Edgar Allan Poe happily called his time the “epoch of the hoax.” He contributed six hoaxes. But did he prank a city on April Fool’s Day? For over a century …
The First Church of the Last Laugh convenes for April Fool’s Day to celebrate Saint Stupid, patron Saint of Civilizations and Parking meters. You should come – you’re already …
On Mar. 30, 1870, the Fifteenth Amendment was formally adopted. The next day, Thomas Mundy Peterson cast the first African-American vote. A man of firsts, Thomas Mundy Peterson was …
There is probably the only battle a Manatee will ever be sure to win: a photo-shop one Here’s where the talented people at Reddit took the meeting between a …
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Medieval folk were a miserable lot. Not so. Even monks spent time coming up with Medieval pranks, wheezes, and practical jokes. Thomas Betson …
There’s probably a reason Columbus was disappointed at the masculine faces of mermaids According to a ship log dated January 9, 1493, Christopher Columbus said that on the previous …
On March 29, 1848, one of the first residents to notice a deafening silence was farmer Jed Porter of Niagara Falls, New York. Source During the late evening of …
While you might think that sticks are the purview of popsicles, lollipops, and candy apples, there’s a ton of food that can be skewered. Here is just a small …
The Silent Day “Nyepi” is to trick demons into believing there is no life on the island of Bali, so they can leave. The demons have been called during …
Josephus Daniels, former secretary of the US Navy may have been the namesake of the proverbial cup of joe. Joe is, of course, short for Joseph. And in American …
Did country music go from wry, bittersweet songs about bad luck and heartbreak to an endless series of party anthems and syrupy love songs? Peter Lewis thought so. He took …
This is how country music star Conway Twitty once made the IRS sing the blues. The Courts ruled in the case of Harold L. Jenkins (a/k/a Conway Twitty) v. Commissioner in country …
