October 21, 1978. Frederick Valentich, a 20-year-old pilot with 150 hours of flight experience is undertaking an evening training flight in a Cessna 182L light aircraft across the Bass Strait separating

December 1 1948 – a body is found on a beach in Somerton, South Australia. He was a well-dressed man of fit build with no signs of violent struggle or injury to suggest a cause of death. Police inspecting

Twitter user Paul Robertson ( recently created an impressive 151 original Pokemon based on Australian tropes and culture - here they are in all their glory!

So this came out of nowhere today. I was at work and started thinking about family history, then a vivid memory of my grandfather came to me. In the back garden of the house he built he had an extension

Found in the local library

For the Pantera fans. Or florists. Or people who like bad visual puns

Hey all, just thought I’d put together a bit of a primer and history on basketball card collecting – for the long-term collectors this info should be nothing new, but may be of interest to the new collector

Estelle Getty played 80-year-old Sophia Petrillo, the mother of Bea Arthur's character Dorothy, but was actually the second-youngest cast member of the four leading ladies. Her transformation into Sophia

While a standard polygraph test can be beaten by training, a new method of lie detection involves the use of an MRI. Known as brain fingerprinting, this method detects responses to certain stimuli within

An interesting story about an unusual location in Tulsa - a voice amplifier which also acts as a cone of silence...

Ever hear the name John Matuszak? He was the number 1 NFL draft pick in 1973, winning 2 Super Bowl rings in an 8-year career and retiring in 1981. If you’re more a child of the 80’s than a 70’s gridiron

Noticed on an interview for the Star Wars celebration - Rey's identify confirmed?

Hey all, let's share some of the best pics that have been taken of yourselves. This is an oldie but a goodie, taken way back in 2000 in Drumheller National Park, Alberta, Canada. Show other Steemers your

The standard roulette table is laid out as shown below (with some casinos including a '00' variant): Take a look at the layout of the '12's' - each of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are equally divided between

15697946_10154965467070962_4029527124401468907_n.jpg Hey all, my name's Greg and I'm from Mount Barker in South Australia. It's a beautiful part of the state, close to the city, a country-town feel with