Meet Carl Pettersson – The Swedish sailor who became king of an island in Papua New Guinea after he was shipwrecked in 1904 Strangeness 9 years ago by Ian Smith
In 1838, a 14 year old boy broke into Queen Victoria’s Buckingham Palace while disguised as a chimney sweep then ran off with her underwear Strangeness 9 years ago by Neil Patrick
The first time the Japanese people heard the Emperor’s voice was when he announced Japan’s surrender in WWII Strangeness 9 years ago by Sam Dickson
The Vikings essentially invented the rap-battle during the fifth century Featured Administrative corner News 9 years ago by Tijana Radeska
Strange justice: the animals who went on trial in the Middle Ages Administrative corner Featured Strangeness 9 years ago by Tijana Radeska
During Roman times, salt was worth its weight in gold and soldiers were sometimes paid in salt, hence the word “salary” Strangeness 9 years ago by Ian Harvey
In the final days of WWII, German Wehrmacht soldiers fought alongside US Army troops to defend a medieval castle from the Waffen SS Strangeness 9 years ago by Ian Smith
The Skuldelev ships – The 5 original Viking ships recovered from the waterway of Peberrenden at Skuldelev in 1962 Self-Propelled Strangeness 9 years ago by Neil Patrick
The Last King of Paradise – Kalākaua was the last reigning king of Hawai and the first king to travel around the world Strangeness 9 years ago by Neil Patrick
The Rynek Underground Museum: A journey through time under Krakow´s Main Market Square News Interiors 9 years ago by David Goran
The aircraft graveyard at the former Khodynka Aerodrome: Historic planes have been left to rot on what used to be Moscow’s oldest airfield News Abandoned Spaces 9 years ago by David Goran