Kolkata to London Used To Be The World’s Longest Bus Route
Back in the 1960s, there used to be a bus running from Kolkata, known as Calcutta back then, all the way to London. That...
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Record For Longest Survived Elevator Fall
If you have ever thought you were having a bad day, just think about poor Betty Lou Oliver who cheated death twice on th...
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The Man Who Broke Into Buckingham Palace And Entered The Queen’s Bedroom
Michael Fagan may not be a familiar name to many but he definitely has a place in the history books. He is a British man...
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The Legend Of The Sleeping Barbarossa Emperor
Emperor Frederick I. also known as Barbarossa was an Emperor of modern-day Germany. He became a symbol of stability and...
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Edgar Allan Poe’s Mysterious Death
Even though he was considered a literary genius, albeit, with the macabre and dark themes, Edgar Poe’s life was largely...
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During The 1960s The US Army Would Test Germ Warfare On The NYC Subway
It sounds completely crazy when you hear it today but Germ Warfare tests are just one of the many tests the US Army did...
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The 1000 Feet Long Benson Rafts
A Benson raft was a massive seasonal log barge built to transport huge quantities of timber from Canada to Southern Cali...
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The Great Mystery Of The Yoyo
Strangely enough one of the funniest human invention origins is a complete mystery. We’re talking about the yo-yo, the c...
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Thanksgiving Invented The TV Dinners Industry
The birth of the massive TV dinner industry, such as microwaveable meals, started as a big mistake. During the 1940s, th...
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Giant British WW1 Stink Bombs
During the First World War, both sides were shooting terrible flammable and toxic chemicals at each other. It was a time...
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