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People Who Have Gone Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel
Since 1850, more than 5,000 people have gone over Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. The first reco…
3 years, 11 months ago
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1706][Note 1] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a write…
4 years ago
The New England Vampire Panic
The New England vampire panic was the reaction to an outbreak of tuberculosis in the 19th century throughout Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, south…
4 years ago
Coleco
Coleco Industries, Inc. was an American company founded in 1932 by Maurice Greenberg as The Connecticut Leather Company.[3][4] It became a highly suc…
4 years ago
Exonerated Death Row Inmates
This list contains names of people who were found guilty of capital crimes and placed on death row, and were later found to be wrongly convicted. Som…
4 years ago
Insane Beauty Treatments
Insane Beauty Treatments are a thing that doesn't have a Wikipedia page. Sorry. Normally we just do a quick and easy copy/paste for this, but that on…
4 years, 1 month ago
The USS William D Porter
USS William D. Porter (DD-579), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commodore William D. Porter (1808–1864). W…
4 years, 1 month ago
Nuclear Close Calls
A nuclear close call is an incident that could have led to at least one unintended nuclear detonation or explosion. These incidents typically involve…
4 years, 1 month ago
The History of Condoms
Whether condoms were used in ancient civilizations is debated by archaeologists and historians.[101]: 11 In ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome, pregnan…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Cardiff Giant
The Cardiff Giant was one of the most famous hoaxes in American history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m) purported "petrified man" uncovered on October…
4 years, 1 month ago