He was a legendary daredevil, with an incredible career; but at 73 years of age, he had cheated death for the last time “Karl Wallenda (January 21, 1905 – March 22, 1978) was a German-American high wire artist and founder of The Flying Wallendas, a daredevil circus act which performed […]
This jet pilot decided to stage a protest in the skies of London, but his actions became more well known for an incident that occurred on his journey home. “The Hawker Hunter Tower Bridge incident occurred on 5 April 1968 when Royal Air Force (RAF) Hawker Hunter pilot Alan Pollock […]
Soccer’s worldwide popularity has inevitably led to it being the centre of many events and incidents that have gone down in history; some for all the wrong reasons… “On 30 June 2013, da Silva was refereeing an amateur football match in Pio XII, Maranhão. He sent off player Josemir Santos […]
The last thing any non-deviant individual wants to see is a foot that is not their own, particularly one that is no longer attached. As such, it is advised you stay away from this region in the Pacific Northwest “Since August 20, 2007, at least 20 detached human feet have […]
Well if you’re going to make the biggest improvised bomb the FBI has ever seen, you’d better make sure it’s the most complex too, right? “The Harvey’s Resort Hotel bombing took place on August 26–27, 1980, when several men masquerading as photocopier deliverers planted an elaborately booby trapped bomb containing […]
If you could take a sword through the torso without a problem, you’d probably feel pretty invincible right? Well, so did Mirin Dajo – and that’s what killed him. “Arnold Gerrit Henskes (6 August 1912 – 26 May 1948), known by the pseudonym Mirin Dajo, was a Dutch performer. He […]
Looking for the “killer” karaoke song for your performances? Well, unless you mean that in the literal sense, maybe stay away from this song… “The “My Way” killings are a social phenomenon in the Philippines, referring to a number of fatal disputes which arose due to the singing of the […]
Two steam locomotives crash directly into eachother at high speed in Texas, USA 1896. “The Crash at Crush was a one-day publicity stunt in the U.S. state of Texas that took place on September 15, 1896, in which two unmanned locomotives were crashed into each other head-on at high speed. […]
Who thought this was a good idea, even as a joke? “Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc., 88 F. Supp. 2d 116, (S.D.N.Y. 1999), aff’d 210 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2000), more widely known as the Pepsi Points Case, is a contracts case tried in the United States District Court for the […]
No human can drive this badly. “”Prawo Jazdy” was a supposed Polish national who was listed by the Garda Síochána, the national police service of the Republic of Ireland, in a police criminal database as having committed more than 50 traffic violations in Ireland. A 2007 memorandum stated that an […]
