In 1982, 150 Icelanders went to the NATO base in Keflavík to look for endangered Elves
Hershey’s Kisses got its name from the machine that makes them, which makes kissing sounds and appears to “kiss” the conveyor belt onto which the chocolate is dispensed
The worst communist dictators and the things they’ve done
Greyfriars Bobby: the dog that spent 14 years guarding the grave of his owner
Turnspit Dog – The Breed Of Dog That Ran On The Wheel
Lady Mary Bankes defended her castle for three years with her daughters and maids, throwing hot coal and buckets of boiling water on the attackers
There is a church in Rome lined with skeletons and a plaque that reads, “What you are now, we once were; what we are now, you shall be.”
The eerie ghost fleet at Suisun Bay: A collection of U.S. Navy and merchant reserve vessels that has been in the bay since the end of World War II
The act of drinking tea in the UK was introduced in 1662 by a Portuguese queen
Charvolants: the extremely elegant kite-drawn carriages
