'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' - The Wall-Crawler's Broadway Bomb In the early 2010s, 'Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark' was the biggest joke on Broadway, and it was a danger to the crew involved. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published December 17, 2021
How Stalin Weaponized Old-School Photoshop To Eliminate Rivals Thousands of doctored photos show Soviet officials that Joseph Stalin made "disappear." Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published December 12, 2021
Victorian Doctors (Wrongly) Thought Beards Could Prevent Diseases For a brief period in the 1850s, some people believed that beards could act as masks to keep germs out. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published December 11, 2021
The Last Duel In Canada Was Appropriately Apologetic In 1873, two dumb friends in Newfoundland decided to settle a dispute in a duel. Both of them were sorry about it. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published December 11, 2021
Sisters Made Motorcycle History (Then Got Arrested For Wearing Pants) In 1916, two sisters rode across the country on motorcycles to make history. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published December 08, 2021
The Astronaut Who Was Allergic To The Moon NASA's Harrison Schmitt was in for a rough surprise when he found out that he was allergic to moon dust. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published December 06, 2021
Queen Elizabeth Owns Every Dolphin In The U.K. These 'royal fish' may not really be fish, but they do look royal. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published December 05, 2021
The Day That Had No News: April 18, 1930 On a news broadcast in 1930, the BBC officially reported that there was no news. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published December 04, 2021
How A Town Used Guinness World Records To Save Itself A small Illinois town is known for its collection of objects that are featured in the Guinness World Records. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published December 02, 2021
The Americans Who Became North Korean Movie Stars During the 1960s, four American soldiers defected to North Korea. They became stars in propaganda films. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 29, 2021
The Missouri Town That Had A 50 Gator Invasion In the early 2010s, a Missouri town fell victim to an alligator salesman from Florida. More than 50 baby alligators were purchased. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 28, 2021
Staged Train Crashes: Our Dumb, Dangerous Old-Timey Pastime Starting in 1896, staged train crashes were some of the most popular events in the United States. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 28, 2021
During WW II, Italian Doctors Made Up A Disease (To Save Jewish Lives) When Nazis occupied Italy in 1943, doctors in Rome created a fake disease as a way to save Jewish people in Italy. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 27, 2021
Dance Marathons Could Last For Months During The Great Depression Dance marathons were the hottest craze of the 1920s. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 26, 2021
Sybil Ludington: The Less Famous, But More Rad, Paul Revere In 1777, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington rode 40 miles by horseback to rally American troops. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 24, 2021
France Tried To Make A Fake Paris For World War I In a plan so out there that it could've worked, France planned to build a decoy Paris right next to real Paris. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 22, 2021
The Baffling Santa-themed Town (Built In A Desert) Santa Claus, Arizona tried (and briefly succeeded) to bring the wonders of Christmas to the desert. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 20, 2021
George Washington Was One Of America's Top Whiskey Producers After stepping down from the presidency, George Washington found a new calling: opening a whiskey distillery. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 20, 2021
Thousands Of Monkeys Have Taken Over A South Carolina Island Since 1979, a colony of medical research monkeys have lived alone on a small island in South Carolina. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 17, 2021
When A Congressman Tried To Change The U.S.A.'s Name And Failed In 1893, an American Congressman tried to add an amendment that would change the name of the country. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 15, 2021
