Courtesy: The Vintage News Mar 30, 2018 Martin Chalakoski “Gigantic in height, and muffled in a cloak, Ichabod was horror-struck on perceiving that he was headless! But his horror was still more increased on observing that the head, which should have rested on his shoulders, was carried before him on the pommel of his saddle!”- Washington … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 8, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau On November 24, 1971, on a rainy afternoon in Portland, Oregon, a man approached the flight counter of Northwest Orient Airlines. He wore a dark raincoat, a dark suit with a skinny black tie, a neatly pressed white shirt, and loafers. He appeared to be in his … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 2, 2018 Nikola Simonovski Everybody knows that the hippopotamus is big. But how big? Yes, we have those details coming right up: The hippo, native to Africa, has an average length of nearly 15 feet and a weight of 7,000 pounds. It’s the third largest land mammal on the continent, with a lifespan … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Mar 23, 2018 E.L. Hamilton You might think a certain global megabrand has a chokehold on all things coffee, but way back in the 15th century, a tiny southern Arabian country launched our love for the caffeinated concoction. Yemen had a world monopoly on coffee production for nearly 300 years. How did … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Apr 8, 2018 Ian Harvey Books, films, plays, and songs have been written to celebrate the life of the Englishman who robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. The story of Robin Hood has endured at least 700 years, sometimes changing to reflect the times but always repeating certain facts. Robin … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Apr 8, 2018 Bruce Fenton Photo: Paul Hudson/FLickr CC By 2.0 In March 2010 the analysis of bone fragments at the Denisova Cave site in Siberia revealed a new human species to the world, the Denisovans. Since then we have learned that the ancestors of the Denisovans and Neanderthals separated from those … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 3, 2018 Goran Blazeski Often referred to as the “king of gems,” diamonds have represented many things throughout the ages, including deep love, perfection, illumination, endurance, fearlessness, purity, and infinity. We suppose that you’ve probably heard “A Diamond Is Forever.” It is certainly one of the best-known slogans of the 20th century, but more importantly, it was … Read more
