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Let me tell you, there is nothing new about household cleaning hacks. In fact, newspapers from over 100 years ago would cover at least one…

The royals had many superstitions of their own. This article talks mostly about Kings and Emperors who had superstitious rings and other trinkets, but it…

The Japanese samurai of Medieval Japan are a fascinating class of people who started off as servants and eventually became the stuff of legends. Samurai…

When it comes to old forms of folk magic, knot magic is one that holds a lot of interest. Our recent and ancient ancestors used…

A burglar broke into their house and the elder sister held the burglar up with a silver spoon. I thought this sort of thing only…

Trains were once the main way to move goods and people across the country. While we still use trains for transporting goods, train accidents are…

Things weren’t much different in the murder department over 100 years ago in the United States. The murders were just as vicious as they are…

In the years leading up to Prohibition in the United States, people would write in their complaints against alcohol to the newspapers. The temperance women…

Prohibition is here to stay? Fortunately, this particular commissioner was incredibly wrong. After all, you can have my beer when you pry it from my…

History is filled with strange stories surrounding gems and pearls. The pearl covered in this newspaper article was found by a poor man who, after…