Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila won the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome after running the race barefoot Strangeness
The Tempest Prognosticator- A Victorian Leech powered machine invented to predict the weather Strangeness
A 30-foot tree trunk known as the “Old Man of the Lake” has been floating vertically in Oregon’s Crater Lake for nearly 120 years Strangeness
Meet George L. Cassiday – The Congressional bootlegger who sold liquor to congressmen and senators during the Prohibition Strangeness
In 1885, a Victorian barmaid attempted a suicide and survived thanks to her crinoline skirt Strangeness
Cher Ami – WW1 homing pigeon saved 194 men by continuing her flight after losing a leg, an eye and having been shot through the chest Strangeness News
Behold the mustache cup: The special tea cup used by the Victorian men to protect their mustache from getting dunked into the tea Strangeness