Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 11, 2018 Ian Harvey Millions of people surf the internet every day. What most don’t know is that, lurking encrypted and hidden within the everyday web that we all use for news, games, and social media sharing is also the Dark Web, full of bitcoin, drugs, cybercrime, and other shady matters. But … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Nov 30, 2017 Magda Origjanska You may have heard, “Hey, a monkey can do my job” as a way to describe a position not too challenging. However, in the late 19th century there was a man named James Wide who proved it when his job as signalman at a railway station in Cape Town, South … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Nov 28, 2017 Martin Chalakoski We see ancient edifices around the globe, like thе pyramids in Egypt, Borobudur in Indonesia, and the Pyramid of the Sun in the Valley of Mexico, and we ask ourselves, how? How could mankind, so far back in time, build such enormous structures? And all without the advanced … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News May 2, 2018 Mark Shiffer In the summer of 536, a strange cloud appeared in the skies over much of Southern Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia. Sometimes referred to as “a veil of dust,” something plunged the Mediterranean region and many other areas of the world into gloomy years of cold … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News May 1, 2018 Samantha Lord Gloriana, the Virgin Queen, Good Queen Bess: we’ve all heard of England’s illustrious Queen Elizabeth I. Many of us have admired the portraits of her adorned with rich and sumptuous clothing. Given her fame and success in her role as monarch, it would be easy to assume that she … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Mar 1, 2018 Stefan Andrews Nature has a way of creating art, and unusual geological formations found in many places on Earth prove it. In China, there is the Stone Forest of blade-like limestone columns, many of which are taller than 30 feet. These spectacular natural stone formations are said to resemble trees, … Read more
Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 15, 2018 Martin Chalakoski A large portion of today’s San Francisco is built atop piles and piles of vessels that in the mid-19th century shipped hundreds of thousands of gold-crazed prospectors from all over the world to San Francisco Bay in California–but they never made the trip back. According to San Francisco Maritime … Read more
