If you saw Steven Spielberg’s 1979 WWII comedy 1941, you might be surprised to learn that it’s actually based on a true story. The people of Los Angeles really did panic …
Los Angeles Thought It Was Under Japanese Attack In 1942 Read More
The story of the Atari E.T. debacle is a classic tale of corporate mismanagement. In the early 1980s, Atari controlled 80% of the $2 billion video game market on the strength of …
The ‘E.T.’ Video Game Was So Bad, They Buried Thousands Of Copies In A Landfill Read More
Today, people have many misconceptions about Benjamin Franklin’s contribution to the study of electricity and his famous kite experiment. First of all, Franklin didn’t discover electricity; electrical force was a subject of scientific interest for …
Ben Franklin Severely Electrocuted Himself, But Not During The Kite Experiment Read More
When you consider that WWI cost the lives of about 40 million people worldwide, it seems almost impossible that its origin could be so random. Yet the assassination of Franz Ferdinand really did succeed …
Franz Ferdinand Escaped One Assassination Attempt, Only To Randomly Bump Into Another Assassin Read More
It sounds like a gag from a Peter Sellers comedy, but exploding cigars really were one of the methods the CIA considered while plotting to assassinate Cuban President Fidel Castro. The …
The US Discussed Taking Out Fidel Castro With An Exploding Cigar Read More
Thanks to movies like The Boys from Brazil, it’s somewhat common knowledge that several members of the Third Reich fled Germany after WWII and took refuge in South America. It’s less commonly known …
Thousands Of Southerners Moved To Brazil After The Civil War And Continued The ‘Confederacy’ For Decades Read More
During the late 19th century in Paris, a body of a girl presumed to be a teenager who drowned herself was pulled from the Seine River. In an attempt to …
The ‘Most Kissed Girl In The World’ Is A 19th-Century Drowned Teen Whose Face Was The Model For A CPR Dummy Read More
It might sound like the plot of a sci-fi B-movie, but Albert Einstein’s brain really was stolen shortly after his passing. In the 19th century, the brains of geniuses were often preserved so that …
Einstein’s Brain Was Stolen And Went Missing For Decades Read More
The story of the “Cadaver Synod” is kind of like the ninth-century version of the McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit: On the surface it sounds silly, but once you learn the facts, …
Pope Stephen VI Put His Deceased Predecessor On Trial Read More
In reality, it was this brash, over-confident kind of rhetoric – and the actions he combined it with – that led to Galante’s murder. For some time before his death, Galante had been angling …
He Once Said, ‘No One Will Ever Kill Me, They Wouldn’t Dare’ Read More