Charles Darwin’s cousin invented the dog whistle, meteorology, forensic fingerprinting, mathematical correlation and the concept of inherited intelligence Strangeness
WW2: Eiffel Tower’s lift cables were cut so that Hitler would have to climb the steps to the top News
Ruins of Viking village near the Hudson River seriously question where were the borders of the legendary Vinland News
In medieval Europe, narwhal tusks were believed to be the horns from the legendary unicorn, and Vikings were probably selling them for tremendous amounts of gold News Strangeness
Victor Hugo wrote “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” in part to raise awareness of undervalued Gothic architecture in Paris Strangeness
The Werther Effect: A spike of emulation suicides after a widely publicized suicide following Goethe’s novel “The Sorrows of Young Werther” News