The Pear of Anguish: The Function of This Medieval Torture Device Was to Maim Women
Down Street: disused tube station and Churchill’s bomb shelter in WW2
William Crookes discovered the element thallium, invented the Crookes tube and the Crooks radiometer and tried to get in touch with his dead brother
Cesare Lombroso was founder of the Italian School of Positivist Criminology and is considered the father of criminology
Meet Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone
The Ironclad Warships
Eusapia Palladino- a supernatural phenomenon or a hoax?
Ohio’s legendary 113-year-old Ghost Ship
James “Scotty” Philip is the man who saved the buffalo
The most Epic Beards in History
