People say the 80s was the best decade, and I agree – but for me it’s the 1880s. In that decade video cameras were invented. For obvious reasons it is also when the oldest videos were crafted. Then in 1888 it’s creator recorded this. Filmed in England, it...
A great flood once swept through a major city, killing many and causing millions worth of damage. But unlike other floods, this was not a flood of water… It was whisky – good quality, well aged, thick, creamy whisky. This is the story of the great whisky flood....
What if I told you a Chinese billionaire spent 130 million dollars on a movie – only for that movie to never actually be released. This is the story of that horrific, failed movie. The last few decades have seen China rise from an impoverished nation to one of the...
Even geniuses sometimes do dumb things. I heard that Einstein sold all his bitcoin when it hit 5 dollars a token. So he was a moron. And Einstein isn’t the only one. It turns out a lot of geniuses are really dumb. The problem is though, they are only remembered...
Not all musical instruments are made equal. If you play the saxophone it makes you a more interesting person, if you play the bagpipes you have to move away and live in the woods alone. Like a serial killer. And just like a serial killer, there is an instrument out...
In 1896 two trains were intentionally crashed into each other! It was a publicity stunt, with a crowd of thousands of watching the staged disaster. But when things went wrong, it turned into a real disaster. This is the strange story of deliberate train crashing....
