bizarre events

HISTORY

There are many stories about strange historical firsts—but few are as mind-boggling as that of Annie Taylor, the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls.

THINGS

"History is a cyclic poem written by time upon the memories of man"—Percy Bysshe Shelley The world has been around a really long time, and plenty of interesting stuff has happened since people have been...



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