From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (pirate Jolly Roger)

There were many variations of the Jolly Roger Not every pirate ship boasted a skull and crossbones, but most of them had some form of what is famously known as the ‘Jolly Roger.’ Blackbeard, for example, had a white skeleton devil thrusting a spear through a red heart. Some ships had red skeletons on theirContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (pirate Jolly Roger)”

From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Victorian fasting girls)

Oh the incredible ‘Fasting Girls’, girls who could live on nothing but air. No sustenance required for these ladies. Food? Who needs it! These girls became hugely popular for a time in the 1800’s due to their miraculous ability to survive without eating a single thing…or at least that’s how they marketed themselves. Reality wasContinue reading “From the FCS Book of Little-Known Facts (Victorian fasting girls)”