The reason John F. Kennedy kept a battered coconut shell on his desk in the Oval Office

Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 3, 2018 Domagoj Valjak During his presidency, John F. Kennedy decorated his desk with a number of items that carried personal meaning. These included model sailing ships, an ornamented whale tooth, and various naval memorabilia. However, the most unusual and perhaps most significant item was a paperweight made out of an … Read more

Barbed wire made possible America’s original social network, when news traveled throughout the countryside on a telephone party line

Courtesy: The Vintage News Dec 26, 2017 E.L. Hamilton Fences are said to make good neighbors. This was especially true on the American frontier in the late 1880s when people talked literally over the wires. It all came about when Alexander Graham Bell’s invention of the telephone collided with the epic fencing of the Great Plains. … Read more

Hitler’s Escape Sub Possibly Found

Courtesy: The Vintage News Apr 24, 2018 George Winston Type XXI submarine One of the more colorful rumors floating around about the end of the Second World War was that Hitler and his inner-circle managed to escape to live long, consequence-free lives with all of their Nazi loot in some undisclosed country in South America, usually … Read more

The character of Chewbacca was inspired by George Lucas’ tall hairy Alaskan Malamute

Courtesy: The Vintage News  Dec 14, 2017 Alex .A Getty Images Although it was created some 40 years ago, the cultural impact of the Star Wars universe has continued to grow, earning more and more dedicated fans as generations change. Over the decades, George Lucas’ cult film series has become a major part of pop culture and has affected the … Read more

The Alfred Jewel: One of the most famous and mysterious treasures from Anglo-Saxon England

Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 13, 2018 Magda Origjanska In discovering the Anglo-Saxon world, archaeologists have made a number of excavations that provided a fruitful insight into the treasuries of this eminent historical period. One of the most significant, yet mysterious, treasures that has been discovered from this period is the Alfred Jewel–a 9th century object … Read more

Madam C. J. Walker, America’s first female self-made millionaire, started with a hair tonic

Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 9, 2018 Magda Origjanska Our society enjoys reading “rags to riches” stories of well-known business people, entrepreneurs and corporate executives, with explanations of their career path, seasoned with advice of “how to become a millionaire in one year,” “how to instantly elevate your career,” or “grab your opportunity and make it … Read more

The Jonestown Massacre: Unfathomable mystery of why more than 900 people followed Jim Jones to Guyana

Courtesy: The Vintage News Jan 9, 2018 Tijana Radeska Jones at an anti-eviction protest in front of the International Hotel in 1977. Photo: Nancy Wong CC BY-SA 3.0 There is nostalgia as never before for the San Francisco of the 1960s and the 1970s. A new generation filled the streets with a message of love and peace, … Read more

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