This post was originally published on this siteReg (Reginald) Spiers, an Australian javelin thrower from Adelaide, air-freighted himself from London to Perth in a wooden […]
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II, Britain’s clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) developed custom rubber footprint overshoes, officially termed “sneakers,” […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe mechanized gorilla teeth and head gear worn by Hollywood actor and gorilla impersonator Ray “Crash” Corrigan in […]
This post was originally published on this siteJohn Wojtowicz (also known as “Littlejohn” or “The Dog”) standing outside the Chase Manhattan Bank branch in Gravesend, […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn November 30, 1932, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) starlet Anita Page won the Californian contest for the “Most Beautiful Forehead […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe 1982 E.T. Finger Light by Knickerbocker Toy Co. is one of the most infamous movie tie-in merchandise […]
This post was originally published on this siteWomen selling “wine bricks” (compressed grape juice) in New York in August 1931. The packages were supposed to […]
This post was originally published on this siteJuana Maria, better known as the “Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island,” was a Native American woman of […]
This post was originally published on this siteWilliam T. Anderson (c. 1840 – October 26, 1864), known by the nickname “Bloody Bill” Anderson, was a […]
This post was originally published on this site“La muerte niña” (the death of the child) refers to the Mexican tradition of post-mortem photography for deceased […]
This post was originally published on this siteBonde Gaza, a Hungarian musician who survived the Gardelegen massacre where over 1,000 slave laborers were burnt alive, […]
This post was originally published on this siteGoing into the 1994 World Cup in the United States, the Colombian national team was widely considered a […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn June 27, 1994, 26-year-old model and actress Anna Nicole Smith married 89-year-old billionaire oil tycoon J. Howard […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn a striking image from 1972, West Bromwich Albion goalkeeper John Osborne is seen smoking a cigarette during […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe famous 1996 story involving Johnny Depp, John Cusack, Hunter S. Thompson, and a blow-up doll is a […]
This post was originally published on this siteFew stories in sports history match the chaotic, stranger-than-fiction drama of the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Months before […]
This post was originally published on this siteBrazil’s second appearance at a World Cup came in 1934, in Italy. For the first and only time […]
This post was originally published on this siteWhen Josephine Baker (June 3, 1906 – April 12, 1975) burst onto the Parisian entertainment scene in 1925, […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1951, the residents of Goose Rocks Beach in Kennebunkport, Maine, pulled off an extraordinary feat of maritime […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe famously narrow door at the Alcobaça Monastery (Mosteiro de Santa Maria de Alcobaça) in Portugal is one […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn June 1942, 14-year-old child bride Mattie Pearl Manning (née Morgan) and her father, Frank Morgan, were both […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Hardy Tree was a famous ash tree in the churchyard of St Pancras Old Church in London, […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn 1859, English settler Thomas Austin (a wealthy pastoralist) released about 24 European rabbits (a mix of wild […]
This post was originally published on this siteDid you know that the famous “bodies” of Pompeii aren’t actually human remains? Many people assume that the […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn the final scene of the 1972 cult classic Pink Flamingos, the drag queen Divine famously eats fresh […]
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