There was a secret society for Catholics called “The Order of the Pug.” Novices were initiated wearing a dog collar and had to scratch at the door to get in
Thomas Hooker: preacher, populist, and founder of the Connecticut Colony
Coastal erosion has caused the Medieval town of Dunwich to lie 10 meters underwater and 2,000 meters away from the present-day shoreline
Japanese train station built around a giant 700-year-old camphor tree
Queen Mary’s Dolls’ house has working electricity and plumbing, a library with books specially written from famous authors, a wine cellar, and a Rolls Royce with a working engine
Notable for its perfect circular design, Restormel Castle is one of the oldest and best preserved Norman motte-and-bailey castles in Cornwall
Contact with European colonists brought diseases that devasted Native American populations and altered the landscape of their settlements
The island of Poveglia in the Venetian Lagoon was used as a plague quarantine, military fortification, mental asylum, and TV location for ghost hunters
George Orwell was an avid tea drinker and even wrote an essay on how to make the perfect cup of tea
Before moving to New York to study acting, Marlon Brando was expelled from high school because he rode a motorcycle through the halls
