Bizarre

Crowd of men push a giant ball in an outdoor black-and-white pushball game; banner reads Pushball: The Forgotten Sport That Used a Ball the Size of a Small Elephant

Pushball: The Forgotten Sport That Used a Ball the Size of a Small Elephant

In the early 1900s, pushball had Harvard, the British military, and crowds of thousands in its grip. A six-foot ball, two teams, and thirty years of glorious chaos. The full story.

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Did King Adolf Frederick Really Eat Himself to Death?

King Adolf Frederick of Sweden reportedly demolished lobster, caviar, champagne, and 14 cream buns before dying in 1771. But did the semlor actually kill him? The truth is weirder than the legend.

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A bat with a bomb hangs from a branch, against a vibrant orange and purple sky. Below, a black-and-white photo shows a group of men outdoors. Text reads "Project X-Ray: The Dentist, the Bats, and the Bomb That Burned Down America's Own Base."

Project X-Ray: The Dentist, the Bats, and the Bomb That Burned Down America's Own Base

In 1943, a Pennsylvania dentist convinced FDR to fund a secret WWII weapon: bats armed with napalm. The result accidentally burned down a US Army airfield. Here's the full story of Project X-Ray.

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