Turns out the perfect way to store beer is at the bottom of the ocean in cool, complete darkness. Proof? A beer from the 1840s has been retrieved from the bottom of the Baltic Sea. 

In the dubiously grand tradition of B-Movie outrageousness comes the cult-classic-in-waiting, Iron Sky.

Strange but true: this stash of bank paraphernalia contains some seriously impressive bits of graphic design.

Another one to classify under 'The Internet's capacity to make the boring fascinating' is this visualisation of ye olde shipping routes.

While sci-fi has taught us that future human space colonies will be beset by murderous aliens, hillbilly robots and strange neurological diseases that make all the inhabitants go mad, we still quite like the idea of living in space.

Nietzsche said that if you stare long enough into the void, the void stares back at you. So it might be best to gaze with caution at Everyone Ever in the World from The Luxury of Protest.

Meet Alan Hill, the lone resident and current custodian of Detroit's Packard Automotive Plant, a one-time hub of the luxury car industry.

The smooth Canadian, the jaunty Frenchman and the loyal Scotsman (Scotchman); these gents could teach modern booze heads a thing or two.

Alan Turing helped crack the German code in World War II, but was subsequently prosecuted by the British Government for the "crime" of homosexuality. Now, 10,000 Britons want to put him on a bank note.

Does the date April 15, 1912, ring a faint bell? Look to the left before you answer that.