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Alice Liddell, inspiration for “Alice in Wonderland,” lost two sons to WWI and as a widow was forced to sell her manuscript of “Alice’s Adventures Under Ground”

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 Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 20, 2018 Nikola Simonovski Alice in Wonderland is among the most influential books ever written. Adored by both children and adults, it tells the story of a bored little girl named Alice and her journey to an imaginary parallel world, filled with very amusing human-like creatures. Being one of the most notable … Read more

Blanche Monnier was imprisoned in a tiny room for 25 years because her mother hated her choice of husband

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Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 5, 2018 Tijana Radeska If Blanche Monnier hadn’t made the wrong choice for a future husband, history might not have recorded her existence. She chose someone whom her mother disliked. In fact, Madam Monnier disliked her daughter’s love interest so much that she locked the girl in a tiny room until … Read more

Why men of Ancient Greece proposed to their beloved by throwing an apple at her

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Courtesy: The Vintage News Mar 9, 2018 Magda Origjanska We often read or talk about the institution of marriage in our modern society, and it seems that more than ever before, people find it unnecessary, an obligation. Some people believe that the disintegration of marriage is a result of younger generations’ unrealistic aspirations or the rapid tempo … Read more

Why Greenland’s name says “green,” and Iceland “ice,” when it’s the opposite  

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Mar 8, 2018 Nikola Budanovic Courtesy: The Vintage News Ever wondered why Greenland, three-quarters of which are covered by the only permanent ice sheet outside Antarctica, has in its name the adjective “green”? On the other hand, Iceland, consisting of the words “ice” and “land,” seems a bit too green to live up to that name. … Read more

In 1953, two climbers conquered the 29,000-foot peak of Mount Everest fueled by mint candy 

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E.L. Hamilton Courtesy: The Vintage News Photo: Jamling Tenzing Norgay CC BY-SA 3.0 Surviving a summit of Mount Everest requires a daunting list of essential supplies that take months to assemble and costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Among fueling necessities, however, is a decades-old British treat: the Kendal Mint Cake. In fact, the humble … Read more

پہاڑوں  کی شہزادی ایک دفعہ پھر نکل پڑی۔ قمر خان قریشی

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پہاڑوں کی شہزادی، سلینہ خواجہ، ایک بار پھر سے کچھ خاص کرنے نکل پڑی ہے اور اس دفعہ اسکے ساتھ پاکستان کی ایک اوربہادر بیٹی، ‘ثمر خان’ بھی ہے۔ یہ دونوں، سلینہ کے والد، یوسف خواجہ کے ہمراہ، ‘وادئ ہوپر’ پہنچ چکی ہیں۔ جہاں یہ چار روزہ قیام کے دوران بھرپور ٹریننگ کریں گی۔ اور … Read more

The dwarfs of Auschwitz: how the Ovitzes, a family of dwarfs, managed to survive the death camp

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Courtesy: The Vintage News  Nikola Budanovic In Nazi-occupied Europe, little people, or as is more commonly called, dwarfs, was to be under direct threat. The T4 Euthanasia Program targeted those who were disabled, mentally ill, mentally challenged, or suffering from hereditary growth disorders, and more than 300,000 perished in concentration camps or were simply given … Read more

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