Nike’s “Just Do It” slogan was inspired by the last words of a murderer awaiting execution News 8 years ago by Domagoj Valjak
The Piltdown Man: a notorious archaeological hoax that fooled the scientific community for over 40 years News 8 years ago by Domagoj Valjak
The death of Boney M’s singer Bobby Farrel has occurred on the same day and in the same city as the death of Rasputin, the “lover of the Russian queen” … News Strangeness 8 years ago by Stefan Andrews
Science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke helped popularize the idea that satellites can be used as means of mass communication News 8 years ago by Stefan Andrews
Now a Youth Hostel: Himmler carried out occult rituals in an Ancient German Castle News 8 years ago by Stefan Andrews
Tristan da Cunha is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world News 8 years ago by Stefan Andrews
Teti’aroa: The wondrous atoll in the Pacific widely known for having been purchased by Marlon Brando in the 1960s News 8 years ago by Stefan Andrews
Visitors to the Lascaux caves do not see the genuine 17,000-year-old art, but a replica created to help protect the originals News 8 years ago by Stefan Andrews
That time when the fountains at the Gardens of Versailles consumed more water per day than the entire city of Paris News Strangeness 8 years ago by Stefan Andrews
The Night Witches of the Soviet Air Forces: the female fighter pilots of WWII News 8 years ago by Stefan Andrews
FBI agent Robert King Wittman is responsible for recovering more than $300 million worth of stolen art, including works by Goya, Rembrandt, and Rockwell News 8 years ago by Stefan Andrews