History’s ‘We Can Fix It In Post’ Moments

County fairs from New York to London crowned sobbing infants as “adorable,” mostly to unsettle onlookers.

Toy stores in America sold kids uranium samples so they could “learn physics” and glow slightly.

Every Thanksgiving in Washington, a nervous bird meets the president’s forced smile for the cameras.

Above New Jersey, luxury met hydrogen and gravity at once, ending dirigibles and public optimism in seconds.

Photo studios worldwide created nightmare art by painting rosy cheeks onto black-and-white ghosts.

Police across the US proudly displayed speed guns the size of small cars to scare drivers.

Winds in Washington turned a suspension bridge into interpretive dance before a national audience.

European scientists proved curiosity fatal by using their own bodies to test thunderstorm conductivity.

Engineers in Moscow improvised astronaut gear that looked like kitchenware and somehow survived orbit.

Early studios filled with smoke and singed eyebrows as photographers lit portraits with literal explosions.

Anaheim’s new park debuted with melting asphalt, empty water fountains, and reporters stuck in the crowds.

Circus promoters in the United States decided a white-painted elephant was marketing, not animal cruelty.

Fashion across Europe squeezed women until fainting became both a medical crisis and social achievement.

Builders in Pisa aimed for heaven and hit groundwater instead, creating the world’s most photogenic mistake.

Atlanta executives swapped a century of brand loyalty for a sweeter formula and instant public revolt.

In Borja, Spain, one woman’s “touch-up” of a church fresco turned Christ into a global meme.

Sailing west from Spain, Columbus missed Asia by half a planet and stumbled into a continent instead.

France poured billions into bunkers only for Germany to stroll around them through Belgium.

On Cuba’s southern coast, a CIA plan to topple Castro collapsed faster than its landing craft.

Across the United States, banning alcohol accidentally turned bartenders into bootleggers and mayors into mob clients.

Marching east, the French emperor learned that confidence and frost can annihilate even the largest army.

Storms over Dundee tore apart Scotland’s proud railway bridge before the opening party was over.

Central London gained a skyscraper that acted as a giant magnifying glass, melting cars and nearby shops.

Nevada’s desert hosted troops told that sunglasses and optimism could block atomic radiation.