“You talkin’ to me?” – Robert De Niro drove passengers in a cab around NYC

The Vintage News Jun 13, 2018 Steve Palace Getty Images If you were to hail a cab in New York City in the early 1970s, you might well have noticed the brooding driver in his 30s at the wheel of your ride. He wasn’t exactly a household name at the time, but the movie Mean Streets (1973) had … Read more

The ancient and mysterious chalk white horses

The Vintage News Jun 13, 2018 Patricia Grimshaw Traveling down the B3098 near Westbury, in Wiltshire, England, a curious sight greets drivers and passengers alike as they round a corner. Up on a hillside, in clear view, is a large, white horse. Not an actual horse and not a statue, but a carving, in the earth, … Read more

The biggest Tree House in the world: Minister’s Tree House in Crossville, Tennessee

The Vintage News This is the biggest tree house in the world, located in Crossville, Tennessee. From start to finish it was a one man project. Horace Burgess, a local minister, is the man directly and solemnly responsible for this huge wooden structure. He said that while praying he had a vision in which God … Read more

A Heldreich’s pine in Italy is named Europe’s oldest tree at 1,230 years, when King Charlemagne lived and the Vikings raided

The Vintage News Jun 1, 2018 Stefan Andrews Getty Images If you’re looking for the world’s record-breaker when it comes to the oldest tree on the planet, experts say head to the Great Basin National Park in the United States and search for a bristlecone pine with an age determined to be a flabbergasting 5,065 years. … Read more

How a physician invented chocolate milk in Jamaica and brought it to Europe

The Vintage News Jun 1, 2018 Andrew Pourciaux Chocolate milk is one of those delicious treats that few can resist, no matter their age. In A Christmas Story, young Ralphie spends an inordinate amount of energy on consuming Ovaltine, a brand of chocolate milk mix, in order to get a decoder ring that ends up being just another … Read more

Treasure – Roman Gold Ring Found with a Metal Detector in an English Field

The Vintage News Aug 14, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau Getty Images Searching for valuables from the Roman age in the fields of England is a popular pastime — if a frustrating one for many who pursue dreams of glory. But for one amateur with a metal detector, the search just paid off big time, with the discovery … Read more

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