Curiosities

In 1987, the British public learned that Queen Elizabeth II's severely disabled cousins had spent most of their lives in a mental hospital — allegedly hidden from the outside world for decades.Fair UseNerissa (left) and Katherine Bowes-Lyon, the “hidden”...

Over the years, online users have shared a World War II-era photo allegedly showing a female war worker in Arizona writing a thank-you note to her Navy boyfriend for sending her a signed Japanese soldier's skull. For example, on March...

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