Forgotten stories from the pages of history. Join us for surprising and curious tales from the past and challenge yourself with our... more
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For this final episode of the Futility Closet podcast we have eight new lateral thinking puzzles — play along... more
One of the most remarkable pilots of World War II never fired a shot or dropped a bomb. With... more
In 1891, a mysterious figure appeared on the streets of London, dispensing pills to poor young women who then... more
In 1856, a mysterious man appeared on the roads of Connecticut and New York, dressed in leather, speaking to... more
In 1616, British officer Nathaniel Courthope was sent to a tiny island in the East Indies to contest a... more
In 1904, adventure novelist H. Rider Haggard awoke from a dream with the conviction that his daughter's dog was... more
In 1945, a U.S. Army transport plane crashed in New Guinea, leaving three survivors marooned in the island's mountainous... more
In 1917, a New Jersey company began hiring young women to paint luminous marks on the faces of watches... more
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 is remembered for its destructive intensity and terrible death toll. But the scale... more
The modern strawberry has a surprisingly dramatic story, involving a French spy in Chile, a perilous ocean voyage, and... more
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