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Latest Curiosities

William Buckley’s Extraordinary Survival in The Australian Wilderness

Dec 23, 2024

The story of William Buckley—an English convict whose daring escape from a penal colony and subsequent life in the uncharted Australian wild...

Henry Every And The Looting of Ganj-i-Sawai

Dec 6, 2024

Henry Every was one of the most successful pirates to ever operate in the Atlantic and Indian oceans during the Golden Age of Piracy. Though...

The Submarine That Gave Its Crew A Mysterious Sickness

Nov 25, 2024

In 1863, German-American inventor and engineer Julius Hermann Kroehl founded the Pacific Pearl Company with the goal of profiting from pearl...

Toyohiro Akiyama: Japan’s First Man in Space Was a Journalist

Nov 18, 2024

Toyohiro Akiyama pressed his face against the glass of the small, round window on his space module and gazed down at Earth from 350 kilomete...

Famous Avian Couples

Nov 7, 2024

Birds have long fascinated us, not just for their grace in flight but for the connections they form with each other. Over time, some bird co...

Henry Trigg And The Coffin in The Roof

Nov 1, 2024

For centuries, physicians and scientists have dissected human bodies to understand human anatomy, with a steady supply of cadavers often sou...

Enemies Making Deal: The First World War Glass–Rubber Exchange

Oct 24, 2024

In the midst of war, when nations are locked in bitter conflict, cooperation seems unimaginable. Yet, history offers surprising instances wh...

Santorio Santori And Insensible Perspiration

Oct 18, 2024

Some people become obsessed with tracking their weight, carefully counting every calorie they eat and burn through exercise. They even weigh...

The Delft Tower Experiment

Oct 7, 2024

In 1654, twelve years after the death of the brilliant Italian astronomer and scientist Galileo Galilei, Prince Leopold de' Medici, brot...

Le Pétomane: The Man Who Could Fart Melodies

Oct 1, 2024

In the vibrant world of Parisian cabaret, where extravagant performances captivated audiences every night, few acts were as peculiar or as u...