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Vantablack is the new black
Here is a story about a color, or rather, a color that is so dark that it is, in fact, the darkest material ever made: Scientists Create A “New Black,” The Darkest Material Ever Made Vantablack is...
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The color of heaven?
An entire city in its blue period… From Bright Side, The absolutely incredible blue city that came straight out of a dream “Tucked in the north of Morocco, there is a small town called...
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A lost book for Houdini…
What could be more mysterious than the discovery of a rare manuscript in a defunct magic shop’s collection? The discovery of a rare manuscript created for Houdini, of course! Enjoy… Long-lost...
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Secret Rooms Installed Inside Manholes
Somehow these remind us of books… From Colossal, Secret Rooms Installed Inside Abandoned Manhole Covers on the Streets of Milan by Christopher Jobson “In this new series of outdoor installations...
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Lost In the “Bennington Triangle” – The case of Paula Jeen Welden
Kidnapping? Bigfoot? Serial killer? Suicide? What happened to the Bennington College girl who wandered off campus one day never to be found again? from NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, Vt. student’s body...
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Boy Remembers His Past Life As A 1930’s Hollywood Actor
In the spirit of the Reincarnationist books, here’s something really intriguing… This 10 Year Old Boy Remembers His Past Life As A 1930’s Hollywood Actor Thespiritscience.net “This is such a mind...
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Glastenbury and The Bennington Triangle
As a follow-up to our recent post about a missing 1940’s Bennington student, here is a bit more on the mysteries of the “Vermont Triangle” — The Vanished Town of Glastenbury and The Bennington...
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Flowers as metaphor….
A visual treat for today — From Lost at E Minor, Flowers that demand you give them a second look By Kenny Ong “We do not demand much from our flowers. They look quite pretty as they are and their...
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The Legendary Hawaiian Menehune People
The Menehune. Are they the stuff of myth, or were they the original settlers of Hawaii? What is the evidence?… From Ancient Origins, The Menhune of Hawaii – Ancient Race or Fictional Fairytale?...
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Beautiful old film footage…Enjoy! From The Public Domain Review, Raja Harishchandra (1913) “Directed and produced by Dadasaheb Phalke, the “father of Indian Cinema”, this 40-minute-long silent film...
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Juliet’s poison, and other potent magic from Shakespeare
Toil and trouble….and a little perfume — From Hyperallergic, The Poisons, Potions, and Charms of Shakespeare’s Plays by Allison Meier “Potions, poisons, and symbolic herbs are frequent plot...
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Boxes and boxes of strange mythical creatures…
Prediction: These photographs are going to be an elixir for your imagination for the the entire day at least… From Design You Can Trust, Bodies Of Strange Creatures Were Found In The Basement Of...
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Frankenstein’s Endless Winter
Human-caused climate change has claimed its first mammalian victim. R.I.P. little island dwelling melomys critter. 200 years ago we had a sudden climate change due to an erupting volcano. Nothing...
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The Zimbabwe Close Encounter
This is one of the most compelling close-encounters stories we have heard. Why have we not heard more about this? Zimbabwe UFO Child Conactee Speaks Publicly For The 1st Time by Sid Goldberg, Earth...
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Still lives of meals from scenes in literature…
Ah! These make for a most fantastic guessing game! From which book does this meal hail? (Clue in the caption)– From ‘Fictitious Feasts’, work about food scenes in literature. Here the memory of the...
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The Shakespeare Riots: one of the most bizarre events in New York history
What do Shakespeare, the Bowery gangs, and the train have in common? From Atlas Obscura… The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall Hidden in one of New York’s oldest subway stations is the final...
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Children’s boots & mummified cats: secret objects and symbols to trap evil...
Happy Halloween to our dear Museum-goers! From news.com.au, Mummified cats, ‘witch marks’ and children’s boots in your walls: The secret objects and hidden magic symbols used to trap evil spirits...
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Amazing little houses for tiny bird friends…
A little something pretty to temper this strange month… From Bored Panda, Woman Builds Tiny Houses For Birds That Visit Her “Portland, Maine-based illustrator and bird-lover Jada Fitch creates...
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Frankenstein Birds: Bringing Back the Passenger Pigeon
We stumbled upon an article recently about the remains of a mammoth that is 15,000 years old, with evidence that Ice Age humans were involved in the kill. This puts the arrival of people in the...
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A Mycenaean soldier’s tomb challenges accepted wisdom on Western Civilization…
Bronze! An incredible find sheds new light on the origins of Western civilization… From Smithsonian Magazine, This 3,500-Year-Old Greek Tomb Upended What We Thought We Knew About the Roots of...
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