An Atomic Age for kids

Nuclear optimism in the 1950s spawned toys that promised to be a “seething scientific creation,” with some actually containing radioactive elements  Courtesy: The Vintage News Brad Smithfield Photo by: The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis CC BY-SA 3.0 Gone are the days when people were totally oblivious of the dangerous effects of radiation exposure when it … Read more

Ancient Greek explorer Pytheas may have discovered Britain and even the Arctic Ocean and Iceland

Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 13, 2018 Boban Docevski Photo Credit: alchetron.com CC BY-SA 4.0 Exploration is a concept that holds a special place in the mind. We are driven by the wish to explore, to know the unknown. Even today, we need to find out many things about our planet; we are still missing pieces … Read more

At 800-year-old Berkeley Castle, the gardens are gorgeous but the stories chilling of pitiless murder of Edward II

Jan 18, 2018 Kate Bulo Berkeley Castle. Author: Kathryn Yengel. CC BY-ND 2.0 Arguably the most enigmatic medieval building in all of England, Berkeley Castle is located in Gloucestershire. It has been home to the Berkeley family for more than 800 years and is believed to be one of the oldest inhabited castles in England. It … Read more

Gaiola Island in Italy: a cursed little paradise from the days of Virgil to John Paul Getty

Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 14, 2018 Brad Smithfield “He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.” – Virgil. It is believed that small and beautiful Gaiola Island (Isola della Gaiola) is a cursed place. Knowing the fact that almost all of its past owners tragically died, mysteriously disappeared, or had bad fortune connected with their … Read more

A corned beef sandwich was smuggled into space and that turned out to be not the best idea

Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 22, 2018 Magda Origjanska In 1965, in the middle of the Gemini 3 mission, astronaut John Young reached into his space suit and pulled out a surprise–he offered a corned-beef sandwich to his crewmate, Gus Grissom. At the time it didn’t cross his mind that this would be the first corned … Read more

The death mask of Napoleon Bonaparte: Mystery surrounds its creation, as does the cause of the Emperor’s death

 Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 22, 2018 Nikola Simonovski Before the invention of photography, people needed a different method of commemorating the faces of the deceased. They had paintings, of course, but another service was saved for the elites: the death mask. This technique was used in many nations to create a lasting memento of a … Read more

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