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Douglas Bader climbs into the cockpit of his Spitfire. Imperial War Museum

The legless legend from World War II

Siobhan O'Shea January 17, 2019 Facts
Douglas Bader, RAF pilot and incorrigible escape artist, literally had his leg handed to him by the German army in WWII.   Bad Show Dangling from his damaged plane …
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Felix Carvajal at the 1904 Olympic Marathon

Mad Olympic Marathon included strychnine performance enhancers and runners in street clothes and berets

Siobhan O'Shea January 16, 2019 Facts
If there ever was an athletic event that should be a movie, it’s the 1904 Olympic Marathon. The “performance enhancing” rat poison and brandy! The runner who stopped for …
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Contemporary illustrations showing the Whiskey Fire of 1875.

The Great Whiskey Fire of Dublin

Siobhan O'Shea January 15, 2019 Facts
In the Great Whiskey Fire of 1875, a crazy cocktail of fire, whiskey and malt liquor flowed down Dublin’s Ardee-street, Chamber-street, Cork-street, and Mill-street.   Contemporary illustrations showing the whiskey …
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Yule lads

Iceland has 13 troll brothers of Christmas, called the Yule Lads

Siobhan O'Shea December 13, 2018 Facts
The 13 mischievous troll brothers of Christmas, called the Yule Lads, have thrilled and terrified Icelandic children for hundreds of years. Parents used to torment children with such disturbing …
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The Barbie doll started out as a high-class German Escort called Lilli
Bild-ing the Lilli

Siobhan O'Shea December 5, 2018 Facts
Barbie’s first career was as a “golddigger, exhibitionist, and floozy” cartoon in the Hamburg tabloid, Bild-Zeitung. While she might have spent most of her time flinging herself at “balding, jowly …
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The models of three Lego figurines sent with the Juno spacecraft are Galileo Galilei, and the Roman gods Juno and Jupiter. NASA/JPL-CALTECH/LEGO

A catalogue of weird stuff we’ve sent to space

Siobhan O'Shea December 5, 2018 Facts
If there’s something weird in space, does anyone know? Paul Quast has published the first space catalogue of every message and artifact humans have beamed up. It’s hard to …
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fake Goya painting with fake money

Spanish Dumb and Dumber sell fake Goya painting for fake money

Siobhan O'Shea November 28, 2018 Facts
Two bothers, the “Dumb and Dumber” of Spain, tried to sell a fake Goya to a Sheikh, only to be paid in fake money. Back in 2002, they’d been …
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Trial by cake. Corsned

Trial by ordeal? I’ll take Trial by Cake, please

Siobhan O'Shea November 27, 2018 Facts
Definitely my favorite Medieval trial by ordeal, the Trial by Cake involved swallowing a dry lump of consecrated bread, or “corsned,” without choking, turning pale or shaking.  If he …
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MUMAB the modern mummy

The Man who became a Modern Mummy

Siobhan O'Shea November 23, 2018 Facts
In 1994, a Maryland man became a modern mummy using ancient Egyptian techniques. National Geographic dubbed him “Mr. Mummy” . Ronald Wade, director of the state anatomy board, called …
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Mrs. Doubtstien – the Jewish actor that fooled the Nazis

Siobhan O'Shea November 22, 2018 Facts
Barred from working in Nazi Germany as a Jewish actor, Leon Reuss (born Leon Reiss) tricked the Nazis into celebrating him as an Aryan idol.  Reuss retreated to a …
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Man sues Satan

Man sued Satan for depriving him of his civil rights
Hell to pay

Siobhan O'Shea November 15, 2018 Facts
A prisoner filed a lawsuit against Satan and his staff in United States District Court. It was dismissed on procedural grounds. Gerald Mayo, a 22 year old inmate at Western Penitentiary in Pittsburgh, filed a claim before the United States …
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Outlaw Big Nose George Parrott became a pair of shoes after his death

Siobhan O'Shea November 8, 2018 Facts
Big Nose George Parrott was an 1880s Wild West outlaw who grew up to become a pair of shoes. As for his nasal nickname, well, one legend goes: “The …
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