1930: Live Baby Auctioned Off Published on March 1, 2022 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Hoaxes, Tidbits Could a baby really be auctioned off? An ad by the Red Arrow Auctions claimed that they would be doing so at their next auction. Was there a catch?Click to Read More...
Dying Navy Officer’s Wish Fulfilled Published on January 11, 2022 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Tidbits While Lieutenant Nathaniel M. Dial was dying, he asked that his class ring be given to his son. The ring was then lost. Years later, it was found.Click to Read More...
Sucked into Jet Engine Published on January 4, 2022 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Escape and Survival, Tidbits Can you imagine getting sucked into a jet engine? That happened to Al Richards in 1951 and he survived!Click to Read More...
Retrograph – 1961: Harry Crosby Published on November 17, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities Colorized image of Harry Crosby in the the signal cabin in Sallins, County Kildare, Ireland.Click to Read More...
Retrorewind – 1966: Transogram Swing Wing Toy Published on November 15, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities The Swing Wing was supposed to be Transogram's answer to the Hula Hoop. It wasn't...Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1940: ‘Perfect Host’ Gets Prison Term Published on November 2, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities In 1940, Wayman G. Woody was arrested for robbing the homes of friends while his wife entertained them at dinner.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1952: Dammed Missouri Valley Book Disappears in Flood Published on October 12, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Humor, Tidbits A patron was unable to return the book The Dammed Missouri Valley to his local library because the river had taken it away in a flood.Click to Read More...
A Woman Had Some Run-Ins With Modern Appliances (1957) Published on October 5, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Tidbits Firemen had to be called to get Virginia Schoen's hands out of her garbage disposal. They later returned to get her toe out of her refrigerator door.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1928: Husband Refuses to Buy His Wife False Teeth Published on September 24, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Tidbits In 1928, Mathias Blau was in a Chicago courtroom because he had his wife's teeth pulled and refused to purchase dentures for her.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1957: Helicopter Melon Thief Published on September 12, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History In June 1957, a helicopter landed in a Brawley, California watermelon patch and stole three melons before taking off again.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1952: 200 Hog Calling Records Stolen Published on September 7, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Crime & Punishment, Footnotes to History, Humor Just what would anyone do with 200 stolen hog calling phonograph records?Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1949: Just Tell It Like It Is Published on September 7, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Humor A company in London decided to do away with desk trays labeled Incoming and Outgoing. Instead, they came up with trays with more realistic labels.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1913: Leg Broken 3 Times in 3 Minutes Published on August 24, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! In 1913, Daniel Sullivan's leg was broken three times in three minutes. Click to Read More...
England’s Oldest Woman Seeks New Husband Published on July 15, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Love & Marriage, Tidbits In 1924, 106-year-old Betsy Pennick of Tiptree, England was in search of a new husband. She was in her late teens when Victoria became Queen.Click to Read More...
Footnote – 1933: Surgeons Take Table Fork from Girl’s Stomach Published on July 14, 2021 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits It seems nearly impossible but a girl in 1933 swallowed a full-size table fork. Surgery would be needed...Click to Read More...
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