Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog

…the first indication of the discovery of a light, silvery metal common in the earth’s crust; i.e. aluminum. In a 1903 number of Knowledge, A. Duboin made the above tale…

…claimed that he departed Ireland at the end of May 1876 just before the “discovery”. After a successful exhibit in the area local to the find, the “Irish Giant” was…

…discovery seriously and his ideas about Secret Mark evolved through time. Then, just to complicate matters a little more, in 1976 the flyleaf was seen in Mar Saba library by…

…on the night of December 23, 1695, and of the discovery of the culprits by several dreams of Mrs. Greenwood, Mr. Stockden’s neighbour. The main points are these:—In the first…

In a previous post we examined the background to the discovery of the Wessel Coins. Today, instead, it is time to look at why the coins are so exciting. It…

…strongest conviction that, in some part of her estates there is a hidden treasure of enormous value; but that all her attempts at its discovery are systematically opposed by evil…

…of the cathedral. If this is true, then, a remarkable hoard awaits discovery: if it is false it is still a good story and has inspired much nuttiness and passion…

…continuous occupation since the time of the eruption. [3] The second point- simultaneous eruption of two volcanos- doesn’t hold up as well. Volcano discovery lists Shasta’s historic eruptions as 4050…

…the creation of a factoid as several online sites refer to this bishopess Terni, almost certainly a misunderstanding of the site of the discovery of the Q episcopa stone. Beach…

…was fairly universally recognized to be seven (including Earth) until the 19th century discovery of Neptune and the early 20th century discovery of the now de-planeted Pluto. It was nine…

Roman coins turn up in the wildest places: Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Iceland… But who would have ever guessed the discovery of a Roman coin in sub-equatorial western Africa? The reference…

…purpose of ascertaining its worth as rail timber, Mr Rogers made a startling discovery. This was nothing less than the fact that the tree in falling had disgourged a skeleton….

…vein is), both heard, and after seen, little statured, about half a yard long; this very instant, there are miners upon a discovery of a vein upon my own lands,…

Minneapolis is in a cavey region. It is also true that the discovery of the Schieks Cave in 1904 under downtown Minneapolis did cause some panic, but the concern was…

…publish them. Here is one that somehow slipped through the net. Beach’s favourite detail are the stripes. In a suburb of Dundee a golden discovery was recently made by a…