From doll masks to bags over heads to outfits that can't even be described with words, these vintage Halloween costumes are supremely creepy.The Halloween costumes of today may be flashy, complicated, and over the top, but in days gone by, there was enough horror for everyone in a simple mask. While these outfits were quite basic — and often just composed of something like a bag over someone’s head — these getups were also a million times creepier than any costume you’d see today. Read More...
Learn about how the United States planned to nuke the moon and why all carrots used to be purple with these five fascinating facts from Today I Found Out!Before The 17th Century, Almost All Cultivated Carrots Were Purple The modern day orange carrot wasn’t cultivated until Dutch growers in the late 16th century took mutant strains of the existing purple carrot and gradually developed them into the orange variety we have today. Read More...
The 1990s in New York started as the city's worst decade yet ended far better than expected. These surprising photos reveal how. The tone of crime and unrest that marked the early 1990s was defined by the Crown Heights riots of 1991.The trouble started on August 19, 1991, when a car driven by a Jewish man named Yosef Lifsh and part of a police-escorted motorcade for noted Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson struck two black children, killing one (Gavin Cato) in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Read More...
