40 Random Bits of Trivia That Should Win Us the Pulitzer

40 Random Bits of Trivia That Should Win Us the Pulitzer

35 of the Wildest Things Brought Into a Pawn Shop

35 of the Wildest Things Brought Into a Pawn Shop

21 Historical Events That Somehow Took Place at the Same Time

21 Historical Events That Somehow Took Place at the Same Time

Recently Discovered Fossils That Belong in Your Nightmares

Recently Discovered Fossils That Belong in Your Nightmares

15 Dad Jokes for the Hall of Shame

15 Dad Jokes for the Hall of Shame

14 Tiny Whoopsies That Changed History

Sometimes, the world changes because shadowy figures conspire in a room. Other times, it happens because someone slips on a banana peel and hits the red button. Today, we're talking about the second thing. 

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A BEER SHORTAGE DECEMBER 1620 CRACKED After three months at sea, the Mayflower ran out of beer, So the Pilgrims went ashore at Plymouth. Had they sail

Source: Boston Herald

13

SOME CLOUDS AUGUST 1945 CRACKEDCO It turned out to be cloudy one day in Kokura, Japan, so the US decided not to bomb that site of a huge munitions fac

Source: NY Times

12

A LIGHTNING BOLT JULY 1977 CRACKED GO A lightning strike on a transmission line caused 1977's famous NYC blackout. Looters damaged .600 stores. The up

Source: Slate

11

75 CENTS 1986 CRACKED.COM A sys admin at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory noticed a 75-cent discrepancy in the books. He poked around and found i

Source: NY Times

10

A SHOP BURNING 1924 LEGO IEGO LEGO LEGO LEGO CRACKED cO L 15O Ole Korn Christiansen's carpentry shop burned down, so he built a much bigger one. This

Source: Washington Post

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A PAINT FLECK DECEMBER 1981 CRACKEDCON When the Hubble telescope was being constructed, a microscopic chip of paint flaked off a measuring rod. The ro

Source: BBC

8

THESE PIPES APRIL 1992 CRACKED COM The way a contractor laid water pipes in Guadalajara, Mexico, flattened the city in 1992. The zinc-coated pipes ran

Source: Washington Post

7

A DROPPED BOX NOVEMBER 2004 CRACKEDCON Two employees in a Denmark fireworks factory dropped a box. Somehow, the friction from the drop was enough to s

Source: UPI

6

THIS NOVEL 1907 Friday, the Thirteenth THOMAS WILLIAM LAWSON CRACKEDCO Thomas Lawson wrote this book about a stockbroker who chooses Friday the 13th t

Source: CNBC 

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THIS OTHER NOVEL 1869 Library Abit THE A COMPLETE FIRST CLASS STORY IN EACH NUMBER. EANTL Vol I DORTE & CO. ehithae Bope Stret. o Tork. No 40. BUFFALO

Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

4

A TYPO FEBRUARY 2009 Google CRACKEDCON A Google programmer typed a slash by mistake when adding websites to the malware registry. All website URLS use

Source: CNet

3

ONE SIGNAL LIGHT MARCH 1979 CRACKED A light was faulty at the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor. As a result, a valve remained open without any warnin

Source: Department of Energy

2

SOME CIGARS SEPTEMBER 1862 Ke H tii fu paym Thi adehi witl Ln ke i out triypels fsbuy He Pli He rn porL eu hed Ihe bpsninr bnn. CAatre fr AA Oha, CRAC

Source: National Parks Service

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A METEOR OCTOBER 312 No, not the one that hit the dinosaurs. We're talking about one the emperor Constantine saw during the Battle of the Milvian Brid

Source: BBC

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