The Historically Incompetent Reign Of Sultan Ibrahim The Mad Sultan Ibrahim spent his childhood locked in a cage, and he came to power because everyone else was dead. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 14, 2021
Computer History's Unsung Hero: An Ode To Dennis Ritchie Dennis Ritchie might not be a famous name, but he is responsible for major technological innovations. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 13, 2021
The Grifter Who (Twice) Sold The Eiffel Tower, Then Scammed Al Capone Victor Lustig was a legendary con artist who managed to sell the Eiffel Tower unsuspecting victims twice. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 12, 2021
Ketchup Was the Trendiest Medicine Of The 1830s In an era where tomatoes were bizarrely controversial, some people thought they could be used as a medicine. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 08, 2021
The War That Lasted 335 Years (But Had No Casualties) The 335 Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly was a seemingly endless was that no one paid attention to. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 07, 2021
That Time The Soviets Fired A Cannon In Space In 1975, a cannon mounted to a Soviet space station was fired. It is the only known weapon fired in space. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 07, 2021
British Tanks Can Make Tea Because Of Course They Can In World War II, British tank crews would get out of their tanks to make tea. This proved to be dangerous. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 02, 2021
For Centuries, A (Nude) Mystery Giant Has Watched Over A British Village The Cerne Abbas Giant has been a staple for Dorset, but no one knows when it came from or why it's there. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published November 01, 2021
That Time Google Made Creepy Sailing Showrooms In the early 2010s, Google tried (and failed) to construct barges that could travel around and show off new products. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 30, 2021
Jack-O'-Lanterns Becoming A Thing Involved Tricking Satan (Twice) The origins of the modern Halloween jack-o'-lantern can be traced to an Irish story about a man who tricked the Devil twice. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 29, 2021
The Medieval Italian Battle Seemingly Fought Over A Bucket According to legends, two Italian city-states clashed because one stole a bucket from the other. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 26, 2021
Professional Mourners Were The Life Of Ancient Funerals Found in Rome, Egypt, and more, professional mourners made any ancient funeral into a spectacle. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 25, 2021
Abe Lincoln's Lost Speech May Have Also Been His Best In 1856, Abraham Lincoln delivered a speech that captured audience attention so much that no one wrote it down Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 23, 2021
Diving Into The Dumb Legal Mystery Over A Missing $10 Million Painting A painting disappeared from a rich heiress' home one day. It popped back up 15 years later, and no one knows who took it. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 20, 2021
The Museum Of Bad Art: A Monument To Artistic Failure Some of the worst works of art in the world have found their home at the Museum of Bad Art Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 19, 2021
That Time Coors Tried to Sell Non-Alcoholic Water (And Failed) In the early 1990s, Coors tried to get in on the growing bottled water market. It didn't work. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 18, 2021
THE THING: Exploring Arizona's Weird, Dumb Roadside Museum Hundreds of desert billboards lead to "The Thing." Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 12, 2021
Behind The Bonkers Butter Sculptures At Minnesota’s Dairy Pageant Each year, 12 finalists for the Princess Kay of the Milky Way dairy pageant are turned into butter sculptures. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 12, 2021
Playboy Bunnies Helped with A (Controversial) Vietnam War Evacuation In April 1975, the US government evacuated orphans from Vietnam, and a plane owned by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner helped. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 11, 2021
History's Dumbest Explorers: The Burke And Wills Expedition The qualifications for embarking on a major continental expedition were beyond lacking. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 05, 2021
