@pgfh.bsky.socialAn Olympic marathon where one runner took a car, another reportedly stopped for a nap, and the winner was given poison? 🏃🏅
It actually happened at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics!
#ForgottenHistory #OlympicHistory #HistoryTok #WeirdHistory #ProfessorG
@weirdwny.bsky.social#OTD in 2022, #daredevil Steve Trotter passed away. Steve was known for being the youngest person to go over #NiagaraFalls in a barrel at age 22 in 1985. He repeated the stunt in 1995, this time in a tandem barrel with Lori Martin, and survived once more.
Read more about Steve here:
@fatatopolis.bsky.socialFat Tony Pistol | Oh My Word YO! | Voynich Manuscript #VoynichManuscript #UnsolvedMysteries #WeirdHistory #OHMYWORDYO #FatTonyPistol FTP HUB!!! fattonypistol.wordpress.com
@tenebrisvacuum.bsky.socialThe 1904 Olympic marathon might have been the strangest race in sporting history. Between poisoned runners, cheating, and a competitor who stopped for a nap, it's a wonder anyone crossed the finish line.
@econopass.comWalter Morrison invented the Frisbee. His one request: when he died, turn him into one. His family said yes. He is still flying.
#Frisbee #WeirdHistory #AmericanInventors #StrangerThanFiction #OddFacts #Bluesky #Flipboard
@fediboardlifestyle.bsky.socialeconopass.com · Marco Bellinari
Walter Morrison invented the Frisbee. His one request: when he died, turn him into one. His family said yes. He is still flying.
#frisbee #weirdhistory #americaninventors #strangerthanfiction #oddfacts #lifestyle
@blksempai.bsky.socialWild stuff I learned today: Hitler admired Henry Ford not just as an entrepreneur, but for his business success in America. Absolutely baffling. #HistoryFacts #DidYouKnow #Conspiracy #Unbelievable #WeirdHistory
@tomhicksmedia.bsky.socialHow much of this story would you believe if you didn't already know it was true?
#WhatTheHell #WTH #WeirdHistory #StrangeButTrue #LakePeigneur #Louisiana #History #TomHicksMedia
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@econopass.comIceland had no army. It threatened to leave NATO. Britain had frigates. Iceland won three times.
https://econopass.com/cod-wars-iceland-uk-54-years-fish-iceland-won/
#CodWars #Iceland #BizarreWorld #WeirdHistory #UnbelievableFacts
@fediboard-mix.bsky.socialeconopass.com · Marco Bellinari
Iceland had no army. It threatened to leave NATO. Britain had frigates. Iceland won three times.
#codwars #iceland #bizarreworld #weirdhistory #unbelievablefacts
@marchartzman.bsky.socialHave you heard the story of the one-legged man who assaulted a one-armed man with a three-legged stool?
@commonplacefacts.bsky.socialIn 1850, Jacques-Toussaint Benoît tried to invent wireless communication using paired snails, animal magnetism, and copper sulfate. The science was nonsense. The ambition was oddly prophetic. #WeirdHistory #HistoryOfScience
@dailydesignart.bsky.socialDu Moyen Âge jusqu'au XIXe siècle, on vendait de la poudre de momie en pharmacie. La mummia, présentée comme remède miracle contre les fractures et les hémorragies, avalée par des gens très sérieux pendant des siècles. C'est pas une légend…
@creepyacres.bsky.social
@stevefoam.bsky.socialKerensky’s father was headmaster at Lenin’s school and gave Lenin a letter of recommendation for university.
@marchartzman.bsky.socialIn 1901, a man pronounced dead came back to life and was fined $5. Follow me here for more weird history, or check out WeirdHistorian.com and marchartzmanbooks.com. #weirdhistory #spookyseason #oddities #weirdnews #strange
@mostlyasianhistory.bsky.socialThe year is 1866 and you would not believe the trouble White folks are causing in Korea, oh and in 1868 too. Check it out before your friends do!
#Koreanhistory #Maritimehistory #19thCenturyhistory #Asianhistory #colonialisminasia #historicaltroublemakers #weirdhistory #ChristianityinKorea
@blackdragontavern.bsky.socialFor centuries in England, a coroner's jury could declare an object responsible for a death and forfeit it as a deodand.
We have never been very good at accepting a tragedy with nobody to blame. When random chance takes a life, we look for something to make answer for it. ⚖️🛒
#WeirdHistory #Law
@ivytenebrae.bsky.socialSomething DISGUSTING Fell From the Sky… 🤢☁️ #Mystery #WeirdHistory #Creepy #WTF #Shorts
@madhurirathr.bsky.socialThe Weirdest Historical Duels You Probably Never Heard About
Discover 20 strange duel stories from history, including famous figures like Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson and Tycho Brahe.
www.wanderome.com/lists/histor...
#History #WeirdHistory #HistoricalFacts #HistoryLovers #DidYouKnow
