The Moberly–Jourdain incident: In 1901, two female academics claimed to have experienced a timeslip into pre-revolutionary France … Strangeness Interiors News
Ida Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists from McClure’s Magazine who exposed the corrupt business of John D. Rockefeller News
In 1970 Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen wanting to ban cars and legalize certain substances News
“Ape Woman” Julia Pastrana was exploited during her life, exhibited for 153 years after her death Strangeness
Roald Dahl, the writer of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” was given a Viking funeral, buried with wine, snooker cues, pencils and a power saw News
Farewell to a visionary mind: Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo and died on Einstein’s birthday News