Strangeness | Vintage News
Three giant Viking swords stand buried in a stone in Hafrsfjord, Norway, recalling a mythic struggle for unity
Treacle, crushed emeralds, bloodletting, bathing in urine: Wacko cures and medical procedures from the past
The Fallen Astronaut memorial on the Moon – the first sculpture beyond our planet
The Lobster War: When Brazil and France argued over whether lobsters crawl or swim
Eddie Mannix: the real-life Hollywood fixer, studio executive and producer who inspired Coen brothers “Hail, Caesar!”
Pet dogs were forbidden in the capital of Iceland until the ban was finally lifted in 1984
When John Gotti ordered the murder of his boss, “Big Paul” Castellano, outside Sparks Steak House, it became “the hit of the century”
The early version of chess was chaturanga, a 7th century AD Indian board game of elephants, generals, and chariots
Take-out restaurants existed in ancient Rome and were called “thermopolia”
Swedes swarmed a Lufthansa contest offering a fully funded brand-new life in Berlin, even changing their names to qualify
