Bristol’s beautiful cinemas of the past: they were either demolished or closed down

ABANDONED SPACES Photo Credit: brizzle born and bred CC BY-ND 2.0 As one of the UK’s most popular tourist destinations, and declared the best city in Britan to be living in 2017 by The Sunday Times, Bristol is definitely a city that has a lot to offer. It has a long history beginning in the 11th … Read more

Long before she cooked French dishes on TV, Julia Child helped the CIA develop shark repellent

Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 2, 2018 Goran Blazeski Photo Credit Lynn Gilbert – CC BY-SA 4.0 The war broke out, and I wanted to do something to aid my country in a time of crisis. I was too tall for the WACs and WAVES, but eventually joined the OSS and set out into the world … Read more

Lisbon’s Belem Tower: The era when Portuguese explorers were all the rage

Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 3, 2018 Magda Origjanska In Lisbon, the Belem district is one the most picturesque areas in Portugal’s capital. Many great Portuguese explorers, such as Bartholomeu Dias, who rounded the Cape of Good Hope, Vasco De Gama, who discovered the sea route to India, and even Ferdinand Magellan started their voyages of … Read more

89 quotes

May 18, 2018 by Paulo Coelho   1. “Never explain. Your friends won’t need it. And haters will continue to hate (because they also hate themselves).” – Paulo Coelho 2. “There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.” – Paulo Coelho 3. “You have to take risks. We will only understand … Read more

Paleontologists identified a 16,000-year-old horse from the Ice Age found during a Utah family’s backyard renovation

Courtesy: The Vintage News May 8, 2018 E.L. Hamilton Photo: Thanksgiving Point You never know what you might turn up when you dig in your backyard, aside from bits of glass, rusty nails, and tulip bulbs. One couple in Utah undertaking a renovation project discovered what they thought was the skeleton of a cow. But it … Read more

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