Strangeness | Vintage News
Bonsai tree planted in 1625 has survived Hiroshima and is still flourishing at the National Arboretum in Washington D.C.
Victorians at the beach and the bizarre device called the “Bathing Machine”
Barefoot and starved, Spartan boys underwent grueling combat training but were also punished for not answering questions briefly and wittily enough
In mid-1800s, the terrain and climate of American Southwest posed a daunting challenge, so a solution was found: Buy camels
Walt Disney haunted by sadness and guilt over losing his mother to a tragic gas leak in a house he bought for her
The art forgery that helped Michelangelo start his career as an artist
The death of Boney M’s singer Bobby Farrel has occurred on the same day and in the same city as the death of Rasputin, the “lover of the Russian queen” …
That time when the fountains at the Gardens of Versailles consumed more water per day than the entire city of Paris
Ed Gein: The terrifying mama’s boy who inspired the creation of Norman Bates, Leatherface, and Buffalo Bill
Kubrick’s last film, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’, set an actual Guinness World Record for “longest constant movie shoot” at 400 straight days
