A Hollywood party ended the career of comic Fatty Arbuckle with a scandal that kept growing Strangeness Glamour
People used magic to get out of Roman toilets alive and other revelations about daily life in ancient world Strangeness
Heroin, prescribed for coughs and headaches, was a trademarked medicine produced by Bayer company Strangeness
American doctors earned $40 million for whiskey prescriptions during the prohibition News Strangeness
Two mummies in the British Museum reveal some of the world’s oldest known tattoos, including that of a bull News Archeology
A group of rogue Arizona cowboys dug up a dead friend in 1905 to give him one last shot of whiskey Strangeness Lifestyle
“Evacuate the children, put up the blackout curtains, kill the cat”: The mass pet killings of 1939 Strangeness
The brilliant and misunderstood Vincent Van Gogh cut off his ear after arguing with Paul Gaugin and gave it to a prostitute, saying “Keep it carefully” Strangeness
Before the Marlboro Man came to life in the 1950s, the cigarette was advertised with the slogan “Mild as May” in effort to target society ladies Glamour Lifestyle Strangeness
In Ancient Greece, prostitutes wore special sandals that printed a message in the ground reading, “Follow me” News Lifestyle Strangeness
In Ancient Rome, suicide was allowed as a form of euthanasia except if you were a soldier or a slave Strangeness