One of the most impressive tombs found in the Kidron Valley: The Tomb of Absalom News Abandoned Spaces
Edinburgh Castle is so old that by the time of the first definite mention of it in literature, its founding was already shrouded in myth and legend Abandoned Spaces News
That time when the US Delta Force blasted Van Halen, The Clash, and AC/DC’s music for three days to force Manuel Noriega out of the Vatican Embassy News Strangeness
Charles Darwin’s cousin invented the dog whistle, meteorology, forensic fingerprinting, mathematical correlation and the concept of inherited intelligence News Strangeness
Edwin Booth, John Wilkes Booth’s brother, saved the life of Robert Lincoln, on a train platform Strangeness News
In Ancient Rome, a slave would continuously whisper ‘Remember you are mortal’ in the ears of victorious generals as they were paraded through the streets after coming home, triumphant, from battle News