In 1996 Mattel released a new version of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls called Snacktime Kids. A year later they were off the shelves and since 1996 rumors and myths have spread about what happened. Just how dangerous were the Snacktime Dolls?
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In 1996 Mattel released a new version of the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls called Snacktime Kids. A year later they were off the shelves and since 1996 rumors and myths have spread about what happened. Just how dangerous were the Snacktime Dolls?
Recently I came across a strange “fact” claiming that it’s illegal to die in the town of Longyearbyen located on one of the islands of Svalbard, Norway… except it’s not true. So where did this “fact” come from?
In the 1950s, outside of Italy, not a lot of people knew how spaghetti was made and so, a cameraman for the BBC took the opportunity to create one of the greatest pranks of all time.
During WWII the British military devised a plan to drop anthrax on German cattle but first they tested it out on several dozen sheep… it didn’t end well
In the 19th century there were several reports of exploding teeth but while it’s still a mystery today, what are some theories as to what was going on?
In 1971 Psychologist Philip Zimbardo decided to run an experiment involving a group of students acting like guards and another like prisoners. Within 36 hours there was a riot and Zimbardo himself had lost sight of his goals.
The story of the bat bombs of World War II proves the age-old saying, “it’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” So when someone said “let’s put bombs on bats” no one batted an eye.
Today there are still things we don’t know about the wonders of space and everything that hangs out there. Now imagine it’s the early 20th century and someone says a comet will wipe out all life on the planet… a lot of people are going to believe it.
Art is subjective but there are objectively dozens of non-traditional museums that are both weird and interesting. Here are 5 of them and a brief history of how they started.
In 1930 Congo Pictures released a documentary entitled Ingagi that claimed to be of an expedition to Africa and recorded a real group of rare gorillas who took local women as brides. But how real was this documentary and why did the FTC step in?
Have you ever watched a movie and recognized the scream of one of the characters? Turns out that’s because the scream appears in over 200 movies, games, and tv and is known as the Wilhelm scream… what’s up with that?
During World War II, the soviet union decided to train and use dogs for military operations then someone had the idea to use them to carry bombs to deter tanks… it didn’t go well.
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For centuries Mount Tambora was thought to be nothing but another mountain in the Indonesian archipelago but in 1815 it proved to be one of the deadliest volcanos in recorded history.
In 1991 scientists studying ice cores discovered evidence of a massive volcanic eruption in the early 19th century. The problem was there was no record of it ever happening.
Spider-Man has plenty of superpowers but one of his most recognizable and unique is his spider sense, but is this spider sense based on an actual trait of spiders?
No one likes hearing bad news… or do we? Getting sucked in by the whirlwind of terrifying news is called doomscrolling or doomsurfing and unsurprisingly it’s not good for you.
The recent MonsterVerse films have leaned into the idea of hollow earth as a fast-travel system for Godzilla. But did you know the hollow earth theory was a real theory scientists believed in several hundreds of years ago?
Autonomous cars are becoming a very real thing but if it came down to it and the car was put in a position where it had to kill either the driver or a pedestrian, who does it choose? That's the tunnel problem.
Myths, Mysteries, & Monsters
Since 1967 a mystery has loomed over Winterfold Forest in Surrey, England. A creature, ghost, or even an alien appeared to a motorist on their way home. It hasn’t been seen since and to this day remains a mystery. What was the thing at Winterfold?
In 1922 a shocking murder took place at the Hinterkaifeck farm in Germany. An unknown assailant murdered the Gruber family including 2 children and a maid. To this day, the murders are still unsolved.
In the 1970s a group from the Toronto Society of Psychical Research performed several seances to create a ghost simply with their minds. According to some, it worked.
On February 9th, 1855 the residents of Devon, England awoke to find another blanket of snow dropped on the town but they were shocked and terrified to find footprints that some say belong to the devil himself.
What was supposed to be a simple day trip ended with all but one of the Martin Family disappearing. Since then the case became one of the ‘most baffling’ in Oregon’s history and launched one of the largest manhunts in Oregon.
Today a ghost haunts the Old City Jail in Charleston, South Carolina, one said to be in a white wedding dress looking for more victims to add to her list. Her name is Lavinia Fisher and she's often called America's first female serial killer. But is there any truth to the legends?
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A TikToker has been photoshopping Reddit posts in their videos to send people to a survey website that might be a scam. Here’s what I found.
In 1994 Galoob Toys Inc. released Sky Dancers to store shelves everywhere and they were a hit with all young girls but soon, Galoob Toys began receiving reports of injuries across the country.
On the morning of Tuesday May 27th, 1980 in Medford, Massachusetts, bank employees opened the vault to find it completely empty. Unbeknownst to them over the Memorial Day weekend six men had found a way in and taken the bank for everything it had.
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