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French photographer portrays superheroes & villains as if they were 16th century paintings

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Courtesy: The Vintage News Nov 28, 2017 Stefan Andrews The first known use of the word “superhero” goes as far to 1899. Forerunners of the superhero archetype today would include notable folkloric heroes like Robin Hood, who ventured in distinctive clothes and were noted for doing good deeds to their community. The 1903 play The Scarlet Pimpernel has … Read more

“The sun began to be darkened”: The strange cloud over much of the world in 536 AD changed history dramatically

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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

An archaeological dig on the Swedish island of Öland reveals a massacre that happened 1,500 years ago

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Courtesy: The Vintage News May 1, 2018 Nikola Budanovic A recent archaeological find on the island of Öland in southwest Sweden offers an insight into the daily life of Norse people during the period of the Scandinavian Migrations, which coincided with the wider movement of peoples around Europe between 400 and 550 A.D. The earliest evidence … Read more

One of the strangest geological formations on Earth: the Devil’s Slide in Utah  

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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

A huge portion of San Francisco, including the Financial District, sits above dozens of 19th century ships buried underground

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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

Hollywood’s 1940s gossip queen Hedda Hopper, who could easily ruin careers, called her mansion “The House That Fear Built”

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Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 22, 2018 E.L. Hamilton Hedda Hopper (1890-1966). (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) At the height of her power in the 1940s and 1950s, gossip columnist Hedda Hopper had so much clout she could ruin a career with a few vicious sentences. That she hid under hats so flamboyant … Read more

Plagiarism tool used to catch college students detects similarities in Shakespeare’s plays and the work of an obscure Englishman named George North

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Courtesy: The Vintage News Feb 13, 2018 Nancy Bilyeau Does anyone know who William Shakespeare is? Playwright, England’s national poet and the world’s genius, and the Bard of Avon? Yes, of course you do. How about George North? Anyone? Crickets. And yet according to a new academic book being published on February 16th, Shakespeare made good … Read more

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