A Brief History On August 20, 2008, the results of the internet voting of which top locations should be included in Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition were announced. Of those selected, the Polish city of Gdynia was especially notable. The original Monopoly game is famously believed to have been created by Charles Darrow, but this was simply not the case. Here we list 10 people believed to have done something they did not do. (Note: These are mostly mistaken historical beliefs of laypeople, not historians.) Digging Deeper 10. Al Gore Claimed He had Invented the Internet. Often ridiculed for…
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A Brief History On April 17, 2015, Universal Pictures releases Unfriended (previously known as Cybernatural and before that as Offline) to theaters in the United States of America. The film tells the story of the paranormal aftermath of when a high school student named Laura Barns committed suicide due to ridicule received over an embarrassing video of her passed out at a party, but did this incident really happen? Digging Deeper An initial search of the internet might suggest that the incident actually occurred. The embarrassing video of drunk Laura was posted on Youtube here, but “has been removed as a violation of YouTube’s…
A Brief History For starters, if you have never heard of the Christmas Pickle, do not feel bad! The author herself only learned of the Christmas Pickle two years ago while she was living in Germany and was being visited by a fellow American who brought up the topic. The friend hung a pickle-shaped ornament on her Christmas tree every year, and since she believed the tradition came from Germany, wanted to know more about it. Digging Deeper Various American Christmas traditions include: singing carols; hanging stockings over the fireplace; leaving cookies out for Santa; placing mistletoe over doorways; but some Americans apparently also hang an…
A Brief History On December 20, 1941, the American Volunteer Group (AVG), better known by its nickname, the Flying Tigers, engaged in its first round of air-to-air combat when its fighters encountered Japanese “Sally” bombers. Just in case you do not know, the AVG was a group of American flyers under the command of Claire Chennault that flew for China against the Japanese. Digging Deeper As you can tell by the date above, by the time the AVG got into combat, the U.S. was already at war with Japan, which kind of defeated the purpose of using “volunteers” from supposedly uninvolved countries. A similar…
A Brief History Throughout history there have been phonies who liked to embellish their backgrounds. Some claimed to be royalty, others claimed to be war heroes, and some even boasted academic achievements they never earned. Perhaps you know people like this; for sure as heck we at History and Headlines do! The author has worked with goofs who claimed to be Viet Nam veterans who certainly were not, and sometimes more famous people have claimed a war record to help them attain elected office, only to be revealed as frauds later. Some researchers have even faked experiment results! Here 10 egregious examples of liars who…
