Strangeness | Vintage News
In the late 19th century, Clark Stanley patented snake oil and advertised it as a painkiller
Jesse Owens Wore German Shoes at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
The Radium Ore Revigator was a pseudo-scientific medical device used to infuse drinking water with radium
The “Kryptos” sculpture at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia carries an unsolved encrypted message
The Lady of Elche: a mysterious artifact found in 1897 on a private estate at La Alcudia, Spain
Usermontu: a remarkable Egyptian mummy known for its ancient metal orthopedic pin with advanced biomechanical principles
Frank Sinatra’s song “My Way” sparked the “My Way killings”, an eerie cultural phenomenon in the Philippines
Eddie Mannix: the real-life Hollywood fixer, studio executive and producer who inspired Coen brothers’ “Hail, Caesar!”
Until the 5th century, many early Christians believed that Emperor Nero was the Antichrist
An energy drink that contained radium was actually a thing in the 1920s
