Helicopter Melon Thief (Footnote to History)

• 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.

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200 Hog Calling Records Stolen (Footnote to History)

• 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?

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Just Tell It Like It Is (Footnote to History)

• 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.

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Leg Broken 3 Times in 3 Minutes (Footnote to History)

• 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.

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4 Cows Killed by Lightning (Footnote to History)

• Published on August 18, 2021

• Posted in: Animals & Pets, Death and Murder, Footnotes to History

In July 1899, farmer Charles Hulse had four of his cows killed at the same time by a bolt of lightning.

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Parrot In Tree Cries ‘I Like Ike’ (Footnote to History)

• Published on August 10, 2021

• Posted in: Animals & Pets, Footnotes to History, Tidbits

In 1952, a parrot escaped from a London apartment and took to a tree outside of Parliament. It had been taught to say "I Like Ike."

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Farmer Joe Solves Vacation Milking by Taking Cow Along (Footnote to History)

• Published on August 7, 2021

• Posted in: Animals & Pets, Footnotes to History, Tidbits

Farmer Joe Trevethan was unable to take a vacation of twenty years because he needed to milk his cow. So, he took the cow with him.

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Shortage of Marriage Licenses (Footnote to History)

• Published on July 23, 2021

• Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage, Tidbits

It was reported in 1946 that there was a shortage of marriage license blanks in Hagerstown. Maryland due, in part, to men returning from the war.

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Surgeons Take Table Fork From Girl’s Stomach (Footnote to History)

• 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...

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Helps Indict Himself (Footnote to History)

• Published on July 13, 2021

• Posted in: Footnotes to History, Law & Order, Tidbits

On January 24, 1914, James Severn had to sit on a grand jury and deliberate over his own indictment. Is that really legal?

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Ford Car Mysteriously Receives Telegraph Signals (Footnote to History)

• Published on July 10, 2021

• Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Footnotes to History, Science, Technology & Medicine, Tidbits

In 1928, a Ford car was reported to have received telegraph signals. The engine of the car was off.

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