Guy de Maupassant ate lunch at base of the Eiffel Tower everyday so he’d be spared from looking at it
Osamu Tezuka, “father of Manga,” wanted to help Japanese overcome depression over World War II
The last Tasmanian tiger, a much-misunderstood species, died at the Hobart Zoo in 1936 …
1920s Sydney: The opium dealers, cocaine addicts & con artists – back in full colour
Ouch! Splinter-Free Toilet Paper Didn’t Exist Until the 1930s
The wacko & futuristic ‘train zeppelin’ could reach 143 mph
Bizarre: Big Nose George Parrott became a pair of shoes after his death
The Early, folk versions of Little Red Riding Hood are horrifying, violent & grotesque
Submerged for over 1000 years: It was an RAF pilot who first saw it in 1933
Mother held her child for 4,800 years -their skeletons found in Taiwan
