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This Cortez in Mexico cutout children’s activity was originally published in the newspaper Evening Star, July 18, 1909. To use, simply click on each image…

Time is still being explored by scientists: our perception of time and the effects of time. People have always tried to measure time, capture time,…

Everyone has their research on the origins of Halloween (Samhain). Here is one brief look at origins that was published in 1914. What surprised me…

I have catmint growing out in the garden and I chew on the leaves all the time. I swear it has never made me ferocious,…

Who knew that Egyptian mummies were wrapped in asbestos cloth to help preserve the bodies? Absolutely fascinating stuff in this article, published in 1896, about…

Intelligence quotient (IQ) tests are generally believed to test a person’s intelligence or a person’s ability to learn. Some researchers believe that IQ tests can…

Here are two old paper doll patterns, Honolulu and Romanian, to add to the growing collection here on StrangeAgo. Two more unusual new members for…

Here is a 1912 article about a young man who invented a rat trap. The farm boy had no formal training and had never been…

By the 1920s, people interested in the world’s great mysteries and psychic sciences were creating machines and gadgets to try and understand psychic energies, ghosts,…

We thought asbestos was the greatest thing. It doesn’t burn and it had a zillion commercial uses. There was money in asbestos, and people were…