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Tag Archives: Unusual
7 Amazing, Little Known Facts Surrounding President McKinley’s Assassination
The Assassin’s Body: Destroyed or Preserved? Silence in New York City and The McKinley Islands The McKinley Islands? It could have been, had Congress passed a bill to rename The Philippine Islands after the assassination of the 25th President of … Continue reading
Posted in History, New York
Tagged Assassination, New York Tribune, Unusual, William McKinley
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Giant Turnip
There Are Turnips and Then There Are TURNIPS The news caption reads: April 26, 1975, – If this turnip hadn’t had Hope, it wouldn’t have reached its colossal proportions. Hope Miller, 12, has a green thumb – especially when it … Continue reading
Best Legs Beauty Contest 1948
Not Just Another Pretty Face Putting a large black mask over a woman’s face is supposed to block out the rest of her features so that only her legs can be judged? I don’t think so. If the judges really … Continue reading
Bikini Clad Paris Models Shock Their Minds And Bodies – 1949
French Models Get Minds And Bodies In Shape This must have been taken for one of those slow news days when a photo editor thought a cheesecake photograph might be better than a boring news story. Even though it is … Continue reading
Magic Trick Gone Wrong
Unusual Death -1909 From The Washington Times March 14, 1909 BOY IS STRANGLED BY COLLAR BUTTON New York, March 14 – George A. Anderson, a ten-year-old Brooklyn lad, swallowed a collar button and died a few minutes later. He was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Strange Phenomena
Tagged 1909, Brooklyn, Magic, Unusual, Washington Times
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The Gates That Have Been Closed For Over 360 Years And Will Never Be Opened Again
The Bear Gates, Traquair Castle, Scotland The Scottish lament of “Will ye no come back again,” refers to the 1746 exile of Charles Edward Stuart (1720-1788) otherwise known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, the second Jacobite pretender to the thrones of … Continue reading
Faces In The Rocks
The Incredible Rock Sculptures Of Rotheneuf France In the village of Rotheneuf on the Brittany coast of France, one man carved over 300 magnificent sculptures into the granite cliffs overlooking the sea. This amazing work of faces, creatures and scenes … Continue reading
Unique Antique Vampire Slaying Kit Up For Auction
Die, Dracula, Die! On June 22, 2012 at Tennants Auctioneers in Yorkshire, England, a 19th century vampire slaying kit will be auctioned off. Practically everything you would need to kill a fictional character is included. The kit, housed in a mahogany box, … Continue reading
Chimpanzees In Old News and Publicity Photographs
Monkey See, Monkey Do People find chimpanzees amusing, especially when they are doing non-chimp activities. News organizations, on a slow news day would send a photographer to see if a good photo-op would come about. Hopefully no one had their … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Strange Phenomena
Tagged Chimpanzee, Dorothy Lamour, Tommy Dorsey, Unusual
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How’d She Do That?
No Jokes About Women Drivers Please This unusual accident with a car climbing a telephone pole occurred in Akron, OH on May 14, 1936. The caption for this news photograph is “Lois Gerstenmaer somehow managed to get her car into … Continue reading