Strangeness | Vintage News
American doctors earned $40 million for whiskey prescriptions during the prohibition
J. R. R. Tolkien named the kind and protective hobbit Samwise Gamgee after a pioneering British surgeon
The brilliant and misunderstood Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear after arguing with Paul Gaugin and gave it to a prostitute, saying “Keep it carefully”
How the Devil came into his dream and inspired Giuseppe Tartini to compose the Violin Sonata in G Minor, “The Devil’s Trill”
Shot and blinded, a pigeon named Cher Ami continued her flight and saved 197 American soldiers at the end of World War I
Hluboká, the most romantic castle in Bohemia: Built in 13th century, it was re-modeled to look like a Tudor residence in 19th century
A comet appearing after assassination of Julius Caesar made Romans believe he was a deity
The French founder of L’Oreal, world’s largest cosmetics company, admired Hitler and befriended Nazi leaders
In 1885, a Victorian barmaid’s suicide attempt was thwarted by her own crinoline
The curious story of “Princess Caraboo,” who came to Bristol in 1817
