A Brief History On February 26, 1993, New Yorkers were shaken during their lunch break by the explosion of a giant bomb! Digging Deeper Digging deeper (through the rubble) we find the same Arab-Muslim gang of terrorists who would later perpetrate the September 11, 2001 attacks plotting to take down the World Trade Center, a target they saw as the heart of American capitalism in a city known for having a large Jewish population. The plan was to place a giant 1,300-pound bomb in a rental van which would then be parked in the basement parking garage where the explosion was expected to cause one tower to topple into the…
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A Brief History On February 25, 1932, Adolf Hitler applied for German citizenship. Why? Because he was not German! And that is just the first of today’s fascinating facts about Adolf Hitler. To see our full list of the “Top Ten Bizarre Adolf Hitler Facts,” please click here. For more on this particular entry, please read on below… Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find Hitler born in Austria, and thus had to apply for naturalization as a German citizen in order to hold political office. So how many other famous people were not of the nationality or ethnicity you thought they…
A Brief History On February 24, 1989, 9 of the 337 passengers on United Flight 811 exited the flight early to their untimely deaths. Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find the giant Boeing 747 airliner heading for Sydney, Australia, having originated in San Francisco. The giant airplane was only about 16 minutes into its flight after takeoff from its stopover in Honolulu and at about 22,000 feet when a cargo door suddenly and violently popped open! The door was of the kind that swings outward when opened and was secured with electronic latches, possibly the source of the failure. As the…
A Brief History On February 23, 2010, pranksters pulled off what some consider the greatest series of prank calls in history! Digging Deeper Digging deeper, we find a neighborhood in Sugar Creek, Missouri the scene of the incident, at least on the victims’ side. (Why do they say Mizz-ur-uh when the state’s name ends in “i?” Just wondering…) Usually referred to as “A Nightmare on Burton Street” (derived from the film title A Nightmare on Elm Street), the prank calls consisted of 7 calls made by one or two pranksters using soundboards. Soundboards are recordings of other people, often other victims of prank calls, that…
A Brief History On this day, February 22, 2014, we celebrate the five month anniversary of the launch of our site on September 22, 2013. In our first year (2013), we featured over 100 entertaining articles concerning bizarre and fascinating historic events. According to Google Analytics, the following ten articles were the most popular articles read by our thousands of much appreciated fans in 2013! Please let us know in the comments which article was your favorite from 2013. Digging Deeper 10. How an Accidental Explosion Brought Down the Chinese Empire Read here to learn how on October 9, 1911, an accidental…