Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 3, 2018 Domagoj Valjak During his presidency, John F. Kennedy decorated his desk with a number of items that carried personal meaning. These included model sailing ships, an ornamented whale tooth, and various naval memorabilia. However, the most unusual and perhaps most significant item was a paperweight made out of an … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Dec 26, 2017 E.L. Hamilton Fences are said to make good neighbors. This was especially true on the American frontier in the late 1880s when people talked literally over the wires. It all came about when Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone collided with the epic fencing of the Great Plains. … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Apr 24, 2018 George Winston Type XXI submarine One of the more colorful rumors floating around about the end of the Second World War was that Hitler and his inner-circle managed to escape to live long, consequence-free lives with all of their Nazi loot in some undisclosed country in South America, usually … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Dec 14, 2017 Alex .A Getty Images Although it was created some 40 years ago, the cultural impact of the Star Wars universe has continued to grow, earning more and more dedicated fans as generations change. Over the decades, George Lucas’ cult film series has become a major part of pop culture and has affected the … Read more
April 22, 2018 by Paulo Coelho by Piyush Sharma Everybody makes mistakes, as it is only human. But there are a very few among us who actually learn from our mistakes. The first step is to accept your mistake and make peace with it, and only then can you expect yourself to make a change. This is … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 13, 2018 Magda Origjanska In discovering the Anglo-Saxon world, archaeologists have made a number of excavations that provided a fruitful insight into the treasuries of this eminent historical period. One of the most significant, yet mysterious, treasures that has been discovered from this period is the Alfred Jewel–a 9th century object … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 11, 2018 Ian Harvey Batagaika crater, 2016 Melting permafrost, which some attribute to climate changes, is creating huge craters in Siberia. The craters are appearing as layers of ice melt, and large holes in the tundra sink downward as if they were elevators moving down the shaft, foot by foot. National Geographic has described … Read more
