Scold’s Bridle was a horrific device used to punish medieval women for slander and gossip Strangeness
Robert Odlum, the first man to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, to prove that people did not die simply from falling through the air Strangeness
Nightingale floors: the Japanese flooring system used for alerting castle lords to nighttime attacks by ninja assassins Interiors
Elton John’s spectacular spectacles started as a tribute to pioneering pop star Buddy Holly, who died tragically at 22 Glamour Lifestyle Strangeness
When her husband was killed by the Nazis, she bought a tank and went on a rampage on the Eastern Front News
The Egtved Girl, found in Denmark in 1921, was a true Bronze Age traveler of high status, with a sense of fashion too News Archeology
The Wieliczka Salt Mine, an underground marvel from medieval times that inspires many artists Interiors News Strangeness
Thanks to Jeff Bezos, two rockets from the Apollo 11 mission retrieved from two miles below surface of Atlantic News