Shark Observes an Underwater Ping Pong Match
(c) Bettmann The New Yorker magazine put together a slideshow of historical exercise photos. The bizarre…
Category Obscure history
Lost Masterpiece Discovered in Coco Chanel’s Ritz Suite
The Ritz Hotel in Paris is arguably a museum in itself with all the clandestine…
A Letter of Rejection to Andy Warhol c.1956
One of his artworks is counted amongst the top 10 most expensive paintings ever sold…
That Time Mickey Mouse Was a Drug Dealer
In the 1950s, non-medical use of stimulant and sedative drugs was widely accepted and promoted…
The Secret Treasures Museums Don’t Display
When I take my nose out of the encyclopedic rabbit hole that is the internet…
The Secret Newspaper Published from inside a Prison
Doftana Prison sits abandoned near Romania’s Carpathian mountains. Its foundations have been rocked by earthquakes,…
Why is F. Scott Fitzgerald Buried in a Strangely Unremarkable Place?
His novel is at the top of the Amazon bestsellers list, nearly 90 years later…
Antique Chronicles of Japanese, erm, Fart Competitions
To send you off for the weekend, here are the seventeenth century Japanese fart scrolls…
A Thanksgiving Compendium of Go Big or Go Home
Are you ready to eat your weight in stuffing and sweet potato? Sure, there’s the…
Why don’t they bring back Ice-Skating Cocktail Waiters?
Winter is coming, and while I do enjoy having an excuse to quote Game of Thrones…
Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol. 9)
sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and stylish, showing no respect for people in…
Pigeons of War and their Double Decker Buses
To me, one of the greatest miracles/ mysteries of nature is the homing pigeon. No…