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Lipman's $100,000 pencil patent poisons pool worker...

On the 30th of March, 1858, Hyman Lipman patented the idea for a pencil with the eraser attached. And pool worker Whatfor Delaney went bananas...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #comedyshorts #strangehistory #talltales #funny #onthisday

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On the 27th of March, 1881, rioters in Basingstoke, England massed against the Salvation Army, who wanted to take away their booze. And their ducks...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #comedyshorts #strangehistory #talltales #funny #onthisday

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Today in dark, strange and fantastic history:
Writer O. Henry is imprisoned for embezzling money, losing his freedom, his best friend, and his wife...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #comedyshorts #strangehistory #talltales #funny #onthisday

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How Boston's Old Kneewobbler made it okay to be OK...

Charles Gordon Greene used the phrase "OK" in print for the first time on the 23rd of March, 1939, earning the wrath of Boston's Irish...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #onthisday #funny #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory

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The planetary alignment of Mars, Saturn and Jupiter on the 20th of March, 1345 is blamed for causing the Black Death. But the true cause involved a lot more monkey business...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #onthisday #funny #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory

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On the 18th of March, 1882, Morgan Earp was assassinated while playing billiards in Tombstone. Luckily his best friend was there to marry him... then seek revenge!

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #onthisday #funny #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory

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King Gustav III Shot at Masked Ball, Wins Best Costume...

On the 16th of March, 1792, a masked ball and a teddybears' picnic both turn deadly when Count Anckarström shoots King Gustav III...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #onthisday #funny #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory

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Mata Hari's Deadly Taste in Men...
On the 13th of March, 1905, Mata Hari debuted her exotic dance in the Guimet Museum in Paris. Two men are smitten. One doesn't survive...
#alternativehistory #mockumentary #onthisday #funny #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory

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The Bowery Boys' "Bill the Butcher" Mourned by Thousands...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #onthisday #funny #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory

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28 After WW2, Lost Soldier Surrenders After Fatal Kiss...

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Portlock remains one of the only towns in US history officially driven out by a "cryptid."

Would you visit a place with a history this heavy? Or is some land better left to the things in the woods? 🌲👹

#AlaskanKillerBigfoot #StrangeHistory #BlueskyHorror

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Poe's Secret Message Spells Death for a Friend...

#alternativehistory #mockumentary #onthisday #funny #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory

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Nosferatu's First Victim Dies Sticky Death in Berlin... #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory
Nosferatu's First Victim Dies Sticky Death in Berlin... #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory YouTube video by Morgan Delaney

Today in dark, strange and fantastic history:
On the 04th of March, 1922, F.W. Murnau unleashes Nosferatu on the German public. And someone gets it in the neck...
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#alternativehistory #mockumentary #onthisday #funny
#comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory

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Big  Irishman Shocks Public at King Kong Premiere... #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory
Big Irishman Shocks Public at King Kong Premiere... #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory YouTube video by Morgan Delaney

Big Irishman Shocks Public at King Kong Premiere...

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#alternativehistory, #mockumentary, #onthisday, #comedyshorts, #talltales, #strangehistory,

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Ice-cream in Vienna Drives Freud and Jung nuts... #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory
Ice-cream in Vienna Drives Freud and Jung nuts... #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory YouTube video by Morgan Delaney

On the 27th of February, 1907, psychologists Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung meet for the first time in Vienna. And a love affair ends in insanity and death...
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#alternativehistory #mockumentary #onthisday

#comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory

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Church and State Clash Over Toilet Paper #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory
Church and State Clash Over Toilet Paper #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory YouTube video by Morgan Delaney

Church and State Clash Over Toilet Paper #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory www.youtube.com/shorts/jhd4L...

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In the 1930s, Budapest was the City of Suicides. To fix it, a school taught the "art of smiling." They even gave out Smile Masks for people to wear so they looked happy while miserable. It turned the streets into a real life horror movie.

#History #Budapest #StrangeHistory #1930s

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Volcano Eruption Leads Major Wingfield to Invent Tennis #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory
Volcano Eruption Leads Major Wingfield to Invent Tennis #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory YouTube video by Morgan Delaney

Volcano Eruption Leads Major Wingfield to Invent Tennis #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory www.youtube.com/shorts/24ZZI...

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Forget modern unboxing videos. Victorian England’s version was way darker: Mummy Unrolling parties. Hosts would strip ancient bandages in front of tea-sipping guests, hoping to find gold amulets. Total scientific curiosity mixed with absolute disrespect for the dead. 🏺
#HistoryFacts #StrangeHistory

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William Buckland Discovers "Love Dinosaur" #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory
William Buckland Discovers "Love Dinosaur" #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory YouTube video by Morgan Delaney

William Buckland Discovers "Love Dinosaur" #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory www.youtube.com/shorts/aQWeb...

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Parents Post Girl as Parcel to Avoid Ponzi Punch #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory
Parents Post Girl as Parcel to Avoid Ponzi Punch #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory YouTube video by Morgan Delaney

Parents Post Girl as Parcel to Avoid Ponzi Punch #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory www.youtube.com/shorts/MEnkO...

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President Herbert Hoover Hijacks Flying Cow for Belgium #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory
President Herbert Hoover Hijacks Flying Cow for Belgium #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory YouTube video by Morgan Delaney

President Herbert Hoover Hijacks Flying Cow for Belgium #comedyshorts #talltales #strangehistory www.youtube.com/shorts/jLz9z...

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Together we examine how belief, fear and storytelling blur the line between history and the uncanny.

#hauntedhistorychronicles #greenchildrenofwoolpit #deborahhyde #britishfolklore #MedievalMystery #uncannyhistory #folklore #StrangeHistory

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The Strange History of the Oneida Free Love Community You won’t believe where your flatware came from

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#StrangeHistory #UtopianSociety #History #Socialism

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The day the sun turned blue. 🔵☀️ #DidYouKnow #StrangeHistory #MindBlown #TrueStory

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These U.S. Laws Are 100% Real 💀 #Shorts  #lakeshorelegendsandlight
These U.S. Laws Are 100% Real 💀 #Shorts #lakeshorelegendsandlight YouTube video by Lakeshore Legends and Light

America has some of the STRANGEST laws on Earth…
and yes, they’re still REAL.
Follow for more!
#WeirdLaws #StrangeHistory

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The Strangest Military Moves of WWI: shocking decisions that changed history. Gear up and dive into daring feints, risky raids, and baffling calls that rewrote the battlefield 🤯⚔️ Watch now https://youtu.be/zGiy9hzjIX8 #WWI #History #MilitaryHistory #StrangeHistory

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An Asteroid, a Comet, or a UFO? The Tunguska Investigation In 1908, a force 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb detonated over the remote forests of Siberia, flattening 80 million trees across an area the size of a major city. But here's the part that keeps scientists up at night: there was no crater. Welcome to the podcast that reopens the case file on the Tunguska Event, one of history's most terrifying and profound unexplained phenomena. This isn't just a history lesson; it's a forensic investigation into a cosmic-level catastrophe. We'll present the mainstream scientific theory: a massive asteroid or comet that exploded in an atmospheric airburst, an event so powerful that modern simulations show it was more destructive than a surface-level nuclear blast. We'll sift through the chilling eyewitness testimonies—accounts of "fire in the sky," multiple suns, and the ground shaking hundreds of miles away. But then, we venture into the fringe. We’ll examine the wild and compelling alternative theories that the history books won't touch. Could it have been a miniature black hole passing through the Earth? Or something not of this world—a UFO malfunction? We present all the evidence, from seismic data discrepancies to the strange accounts that science still can't explain. If you're ready to journey into the heart of one of the greatest ancient mysteries, hit that subscribe button. Let's find out what really happened on that fateful morning in Siberia.

📣 New Podcast! "An Asteroid, a Comet, or a UFO? The Tunguska Investigation" on @Spreaker #airburst #aliens #asteroid #catastrophe #conspiracytheories #cosmicimpact #history #historypodcast #mystery #paranormal #sciencepodcast #siberia #strangehistory #tunguska #tunguskaevent #ufo

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Who was The Leather Man?
Who was The Leather Man? YouTube video by Wicked Scary

Who was The Leather Man? Taking a look at one of New England’s strangest characters #urbanlegends #scarystories #strangehistory youtu.be/zBqjaIE6J20?...

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