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- Vintage photos of the Romanovs at the 1903 Costume Ball https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/07/16/romanov-costume-ball-1903/ 14 comments
- The highest paid athlete of all time was a Roman Charioteer https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/18/the-highest-paid-athlete-of-all-time-was-a-roman-charioteer-if-he-had-lived-today-he-would-have-been-worth-15-billion/ 151 comments
- NASA Got Sick of All That Conspiracy Thing and Released Over 10,000 Photos https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/10/05/so-nasa-got-sick-of-all-that-conspiracy-thing-and-released-over-10000-photos-from-the-apollo-moon-mission/ 7 comments
- Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started transmitting again http://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/31/abandoned-in-space-in-1967-a-us-satellite-has-started-transmitting-again/ 64 comments
- Tom Sayers: A Victorian bricklayer who became the world's first heavyweight boxing champion in 1860 https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/01/tom-sayers-a-victorian-bricklayer-who-became-the-worlds-first-heavyweight-boxing-champion-in-1860/ 4 comments sports
- Ho appena scoperto che nei nostri mari ci sono pesci che danno allucinazioni tipo LSD e che gli usavano gli antichi romani alle feste https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/16/sarpa-salpa-is-a-hallucinogenic-fish-that-was-used-as-a-recreational-drug-in-the-roman-empire/ 35 comments italy
- Ancient Rome Brought Back to Life in 3D - Amazing Work https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/01/22/rome/ 4 comments history
- Fungus Found Growing at Chernobyl that Actually EATS Radiation https://www.thevintagenews.com/2020/02/11/chernobyl-fungus/ 6 comments worldnews
- The highest paid athlete of all time was a Roman Charioteer Gaius Appuleius Diocles; if he had lived today he would have been worth $15 billion https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/18/the-highest-paid-athlete-of-all-time-was-a-roman-charioteer-if-he-had-lived-today-he-would-have-been-worth-15-billion// 329 comments history
- On that day, 79 years ago, Maximilian Maria Kolbe was arrested by the Gestapo. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/13/a-polish-priest-imprisoned-in-auschwitz-volunteered-to-take-the-place-of-a-complete-stranger-sentenced-to-death/ 7 comments europe
- Fungus Found Growing at Chernobyl that Actually EATS Radiation https://www.thevintagenews.com/2020/02/11/chernobyl-fungus/?fbclid=iwar1r6rufnu1yjistg3qulwqkhroe-exg3cnl037uch0l8o7gsk3hvn8vihu 49 comments science
- In 1839 France gave the daguerreotype photographic process as a free gift to the world except to Britain. They had to pay https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/11/france-gave-daguerreotype-photographic-process-free-gift-world-except-britain-pay/?fbclid=iwar0nyzrsuj6axqx5jximuvwoosfpvxdkxzgwnn_lspzavd0a-lyqn1xkx9k 14 comments europe
- NASA Giving Away Apollo-Era Saturn Rocket to Anyone who Wants It https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/08/14/apollo-saturn-rocket/ 8 comments nottheonion
- Owners of Huge Noah’s Ark Replica File Lawsuit Over Rain Damage https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/05/27/noahs-ark-replica/ 21 comments nottheonion
- Man Takes Police on Wild Chase in 'Dukes of Hazzard' Dodge Charger https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/06/19/general-lee-chase/ 10 comments nottheonion
- First Group of Titanic Tourists Set to Travel to World’s Most Famous Wreck - "Fewer people have seen the legendary vessel since it sank in 1912 than have gone to space." https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/06/01/titanic-tourists/ 6 comments worldnews
- Scholars Believe That 'Jack and the Beanstalk' is a 5000 Year Old Tale https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/05/09/jack-and-the-beanstalk/ 318 comments books
- a drunk New Yorker stole an aircraft twice and landed it in the middle of Manhattan https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/22/thomas-fitzpatrick/ 9 comments nottheonion
- Dresden before/after WW2 https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/tyupo.jpg 9 comments europe
- The Lobster War - When Brazil and France argued whether lobsters crawl or swim https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/14/the-lobster-war-when-brazil-and-france-argued-whether-lobsters-crawl-or-swim/ 3 comments europe
- 4,000-yr-old Tablet is the World’s Oldest Customer Service Complaint https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/11/19/oldest-customer-complaint/ 428 comments nottheonion
- The brutal, epic story of Haiti's Citadelle Laferrière. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/11/citadelle-laferriere-built-in-1820-is-the-haitian-symbol-of-liberty/ 87 comments history
- In 1952, a German scientist predicted the name “Elon” would be associated with the colonization of Mars https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/06/13/in-1952-a-german-scientist-predicted-the-name-elon-would-be-associated-with-the-colonization-of-mars/ 23 comments space
- SO, NASA Got Sick of all that Conspiracy Thing and Released over 10,000 Photos from the Apollo Moon Mission http://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/10/05/so-nasa-got-sick-of-all-that-conspiracy-thing-and-released-over-10000-photos-from-the-apollo-moon-mission/2 7 comments nottheonion
- Beautiful surviving examples of elaborate Viking swords https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/30/beautiful-surviving-examples-of-elaborate-viking-swords/ 3 comments history
- This sad footage shows the final days of Nietzsche, after he went mad ... https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/07/25/footage-shows-final-days-nietzsche-gone-mad-2/ 86 comments philosophy
- Crusader-era hand grenade found in Israel https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/12/crusader-era-hand-grenade-found-in-israel/ 5 comments nottheonion
- Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started transmitting again https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/31/abandoned-in-space-in-1967-a-us-satellite-has-started-transmitting-again/ 9 comments space
- Abandoned in space in 1967, a US satellite has started transmitting again http://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/31/abandoned-in-space-in-1967-a-us-satellite-has-started-transmitting-again/ 36 comments electronics
- The Cave of Hands: An important example of prehistoric art believed to have been created around 9,000 to 13,000 years ago https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/29/cave-hands-important-example-prehistoric-art-believed-created-around-9000-13000-years-ago/ 3 comments history
- A concentration camp where 5,000 Jews were massacred is now hosting children's parties http://m.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/29/concentration-camp-5000-jews-massacred-now-hosting-childrens-parties-move-slammed-disgusting-campaigners-2/ 24 comments nottheonion
- Beautiful 2,200-year-old mosaics discovered in ancient Greek city http://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/04/21/beautiful-2200-year-old-mosaics-discovered-in-ancient-greek-city/ 12 comments worldnews
- [Slightly OT] The Pookie - Mine Clearance Vehicle with Formula One Tyres https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/02/12/the-pookie-mine-clearance-vehicle-with-formula-one-tyres/ 5 comments formula1
- American satellite started transmitting 46 years after being abandoned in 1967 https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/10/23/american-satellite-started-transmitting-46-years-after-being-abandoned-in-1967 720 comments space
- Real life Soivet version of a Factorio train http://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/0_847ac_498cc8c8_XXL.jpg 7 comments factorio
- Soviet Accident Prevention Posters https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/06/09/funny-and-cute-soviet-accident-prevention-posters/ 7 comments russia
- Mugshots of female guards in Nazi concentration camps awaiting trial http://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/04/30/mugshots-of-female-guards-in-nazi-concentration-camps-awaiting-trial/ 4 comments history
- Fanny and Stella: The Victorian Men Who Liked to Dress in Women's Clothes http://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/03/12/fanny-and-stella-the-victorian-men-who-liked-to-dress-in-womens-clothes/ 6 comments history
- Gorgeous images from a Russian village http://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/03/08/just-simply-gorgeous-images-from-a-russian-village/ 12 comments russia
- The Posters that Warned against the Horrors of a World with Women’s Rights http://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/02/21/the-posters-that-warned-against-the-horrors-of-a-world-with-womens-rights/ 182 comments history