Shocking
The headlines that made us stop mid-scroll and read it twice.
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Jul 12, 2026
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2 min read
A Man Who Drank Kerosene in 1926
Apparently he also had strict food standards
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+3
Jul 10, 2026
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4 min read
Prisoners Mutiny Over Bedsheets
Free labor no more for the warden...
Shocking
+7
Jul 6, 2026
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2 min read
The Beach Police Had Tape Measures
And you better not talk back...
Firsts
+5
Jun 25, 2026
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5 min read
Golfer Declared Major Winner Before the Tournament Was Even Over
They were banking on Walter Hagen laying an egg on the back nine, and one guy was DQ'd but kept playing anyway.
Firsts
+4
Jun 23, 2026
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3 min read
Today marks the anniversary of the first ever SAT
Take it if you dare...
Business
+8
Jun 22, 2026
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2 min read
Live and Let Live
Unless you're a woman who wants a bob haircut
Shocking
+4
Jun 18, 2026
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6 min read
Master Mind of Modern Mystery
The 1926 parallels to Oz Pearlman are uncanny, and I'm convinced now that we definitely live in a simulation.
Firsts
+8
Jun 17, 2026
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2 min read
Women Are Blamed For High Number of Auto Accidents
Because why not?
Shocking
+4
Jun 13, 2026
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6 min read
U.S. Men's Soccer Used to be Incredible
So what happened?
Shocking
+4
Jun 5, 2026
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1 min read
Prison Break Thwarted by Prisoners
Yes, prisoners...you read that correctly
Shocking
+6
Jun 4, 2026
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2 min read
The Diary Everyone Wanted to Believe
Problem was.. a 19 year old faked the whole thing.
Chicago
+6
Jun 3, 2026
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2 min read
Martin Durkin Trial Opens Today
The coverage was more interested in his looks and the women than the actual murder which changed federal law forever.
Shocking
+9
Jun 1, 2026
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9 min read
The Man of Many Names
A swindler for 50 years. 350 Aliases. 1001 Women. $Millions
Firsts
+3
May 30, 2026
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1 min read
Future of Flight Predictions from 1926
Mostly right, but one was WAY off
Firsts
+4
May 29, 2026
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4 min read
Buffalo Bill's Niece Walked on Airplane Wings
She was more dangerous than he ever was
Firsts
+6
May 26, 2026
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6 min read
Would an American Ever Win Again?
Many believed Walter Travis cursed the Americans 22 years earlier with a putter that was banned.
Shocking
+6
May 22, 2026
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4 min read
The Washington Times paid readers $5 to mail in their fingerprints.
Nobody asked what happened to them.
