The Vinatge News Apr 22, 2018 Stefan Andrews Footprints belonging to two different kinds of dinosaurs, discovered on Scotland’s Isle of Skye, have revealed new details of how the now-extinct creatures evolved and moved during a period of the Jurassic era. Traces of the dinosaurs were found both as part of trackways and as isolated marks, … Read more
The idea of finding gold and silver and getting rich fast drew prospectors from all over the United States and the “Colorado Silver Boom” is the perfect example of it. The period is known for the expansion of the silver mining and it all began in 1879 – around twenty years after the Colorado Gold … Read more
The Vintage News Apr 18, 2018 E.L. Hamilton Juliette Gordon Low was a deaf, childless, middle-aged divorcee who could have easily lived out her last years in leisure on her family’s estate in Savannah, Georgia. Instead, she channeled her considerable drive and energy into an organization to help young girls find their own ways in life. … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Apr 17, 2018 Martin Chalakoski “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children…To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!” — Ralph Waldo Emerson If we take that as an actual measurement for success, … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News May 23, 2018 Stefan Andrews One day in 1651, Dutchman Joannes Lethaeus, better known to the world as Jan de Doot, reportedly told his spouse to go the fish market and then called his brother for a little assistance over a private matter. Certainly, he would have a lot to explain to … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Dec 29, 2017 Tijana Radeska Jumbo was the world’s first animal superstar. There were millions of people who went to see the biggest elephant in the world, first an attraction at the London Zoo and later of Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was the most adored animal of the time, and yet his … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage N ews Jan 19, 2018 Nikola Budanovic Despite the widely accepted theory that the black rat (Rattus Rattus) was the main culprit of the plague pandemic that devastated 14th century Europe and Asia, scientists from the University of Oslo, Norway, and the University of Ferrara, Italy, beg to differ. The Black Death, as … Read more
