How The Original (And Literal) Snake Oil Salesman Got Started The real start to fake quackery. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 04, 2021
The Circus Clown Who Wanted To Be President: The Dan Rice Story Like a literal clown, not just the label we usually give politicians. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published October 02, 2021
4 Forgotten Native American Protests That Should Be In History Books Some of these occupations lasted years. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 30, 2021
Tennessee's Corruption Machine - The Tale Of Ray Blanton Ray Blanton died in '96, his misdeeds are still under investigation. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 29, 2021
An Ode To The Poor First Guy To Die In A Plane Crash Look, someone had to be the first person to die in a plane crash, right? It was kind of inevitable. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 27, 2021
The Civil War Had A Glow-In-The-Dark Battle It was dubbed “Angel’s Glow,” and the troops affected by it tended to live longer. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 25, 2021
That Time Soccer Fields Nearly Caused Another Cuban Missile Crisis Kissinger said, "Cubans play baseball. Russians play soccer." Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 23, 2021
Somaliland: The World's Most Bizarre Case Of International Recognition Why does no one recognize Somaliland as a country? Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 21, 2021
Flexplay: Redbox's Dumber, Wasteful, Forgotten Cousin From environmentalists to movie watchers, no one wanted Flexplay. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 19, 2021
The Weirdo American Who Invaded Mexico, Nicaragua, And Honduras (Without U.S. Permission) When invading other nations for your country, you should probably ask your government if they actually want you to do that first. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 17, 2021
Crypt Of Civilization: America's Time Capsule That's Closed Til 8113 The stainless steel door to the Crypt of Civilization was closed on May 28, 1940. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 16, 2021
Zilwaukee, Michigan Was A Town Made To Troll Settlers They were going to use the same tactics as a bootleg handbag vendor. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 11, 2021
5 Absurd Heists That Were Bound To Fail From The Start Overconfidence and unbridled stupidity mean a thief won't just get caught but will get mocked mercilessly. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 09, 2021
The Florida Town Which Was A Refuge For Sideshow Performers It was a vibrant community where sideshow performers could live without judgment. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 08, 2021
North Dakota Was (Sort Of) Not a State Until 2012 North Dakota historian John Rolczynski made it his mission to get this fixed. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 08, 2021
The Alabama Store That Sells All Our Unclaimed Bags There is always a slight feeling of anxiety that your bags won’t make their intended destination. This is what happens to them. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 03, 2021
How Papua New Guinea Became Home To Over 850 Languages There are 7,139 languages spoken in the world today, and an inordinate percentage of them are spoken in a single country. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published September 01, 2021
Before Alarm Clocks, Britain Had Knocker Uppers Alarm clocks are for those rich folks, so you need a more affordable means of waking up. Enter the knocker uppers. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published August 31, 2021
A Trip Through The Tomato's Dark Ages (And On To Our Plates) An entire evil mythos spread regarding the tomato. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published August 30, 2021
Meet The Bulletproof Bat Monster Of Van Meter, Iowa Several of Van Meter's most prominent men were about to encounter the strangest sight of their lives. Authors By Ethan Tyrrell Published August 26, 2021
