Cora Pearl- The decadent 19th-century French Courtesan once had waiters carry her naked on a silver plate Featured News 9 years ago by Ian Harvey
Knights of the Middle Ages wore a distinctive helmet which evolved through centuries Featured News 9 years ago by Ian Harvey
The first escalator: Traumatized customers given cognac in order to revive them after their ‘ordeal’ News 9 years ago by Goran Blazeski
“Pumpkin bombs” were non-nuclear test bombs with the same ballistic and handling characteristics as the “Fat Man”, the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki News 9 years ago by Domagoj Valjak
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 9 years ago by Stefan Andrews
In his painting “Music in the Tuileries”, Manet depicted several portraits of his friends including his best companion and supporter Charles Baudelaire Featured News 9 years ago by Marija Georgievska
Double-edged sword from the Zhou Dynasty has survived centuries underwater Featured News 9 years ago by Ian Harvey
French postman tripped over an unsual stone & spent 30 years in building a palace made of pebbles Featured News 9 years ago by Ian Harvey
That time when the fountains at the Gardens of Versailles consumed more water per day than the entire city of Paris News Strangeness 9 years ago by Stefan Andrews
The Frome Hoard: Britain’s largest collection of Roman era coins is too fragile for researchers to fully investigate Featured News 9 years ago by Ian Harvey
Tintern Abbey is the best-preserved medieval abbey in Wales Abandoned Spaces 9 years ago by Marija Georgievska