Heroin, prescribed for coughs and headaches, was a trademarked medicine produced by Bayer company Strangeness
Murder mystery: Captain Charles Francis Hall died of arsenic poisoning on way to North Pole Strangeness
“Ape Woman” Julia Pastrana was exploited during her life, exhibited for 153 years after her death Strangeness
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The Louisiana Purchase: Napoleon, eager for money to wage war on Britain, sold the land to U.S.–and a British bank financed the sale Strangeness
Brushy Bill Roberts: He claimed to be Billy the Kid and in 1950 sought a governor’s pardon Strangeness News
When Charles II of Spain died, the autopsy stated that his body “did not contain a single drop of blood” and “his head was full of water” News Strangeness