Do you know the history of dessert on a stick? There are two main guys and it’s a whole story. In the winter of 1905 in San Fran, Frank Epperson was drinking a powdered fruit drink when he accidently left it on the porch. This accident will forever change Epperson’s life. He eventually creates the …
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Yarr, avast, and so forth! It’s National Talk Like a Pirate Day, so grab your parrot, tricorne hat, and comically oversized earrings, and make some landlubbers walk the plank. Well, that’s how we picture pirates in the popular imagination, anyway. But the weird thing about pirates is that a lot, if not most of what …
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What do Texas and prehistoric Earth have in common? At least one thing — everything is bigger in both places. Many types of animals that still roam the planet today already existed millions of years ago. Many of them were just a whole lot bigger. We’ve covered some monstrous versions of modern animals before. That …
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These weird history stories may not be well known but they are a little shocking. Do you know these strange stories from the past? We Wanted To Nuke The Moon Yes us, Americans, crazy as it may sound, considered sending a nuclear missile towards the moon. Since WWII we have been in a nuclear arms …
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The circus is in town! Time to go have a good time and see the clowns, lion tamers, trapeze artists, and… Is that a severed human hand in a jar? Back in the day, circuses and carnivals were a bit than what we know today. Sure, they still had clowns and whatnot, but they also …
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Ancient Egypt had a culture that loved cats, tattoos and makeup. Here are more facts about the longest, on-going civilization in the world. Sphinx were used in Ancient Egypt as bodyguards over sacred sites. A sphinx being the mythological creature with both the head of a human and the body of a lion. The most …
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It’s World Folklore Day — which means it’s time for us to dive into the world’s strange folk tales and creatures. Last year, we featured a cavalcade of bizarre things from all over the globe. This time, however, we decided to stay closer to home. We recently talked about some curses in U.S. folklore, but …
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The Bath County History Museum is a small, local museum in Owingsville, Kentucky. It might not be a place you’d ever think to visit, unless you happen to have family in the area or something. But you should if you want to learn more about the bizarre event known as the Kentucky Meat Shower. Nearly …
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We all remember what it’s like to live through a product shortage. After all, it’s only been a few years since the pandemic and the Great Toilet Paper Shortage. As weird as the COVID toilet paper shortage was, it’s not the only time people had to scramble for weird items. From now-extinct spices to human …
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We’ve all had that one job that absolutely sucked. Yet, because compared to some jobs of the past, whatever you did was child’s play. We’re not saying that horrible jobs have been eliminated — they still very much exist. However, technological and scientific advances have eliminated many of the most horrendous occupations of the past. …
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