This incident at sea shows us how uncontrolled decompression can occur, and what it can do to you. “Uncontrolled decompression is an unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as an aircraft cabin or hyperbaric chamber, and typically results from human error, material fatigue, engineering failure, or […]
All this little monkey was missing was corduroy britches. “Jack was the pet and assistant of double leg amputee signalman James Wide, who worked for the Cape Town–Port Elizabeth Railway service. James “Jumper” Wide had been known for jumping between railcars until an accident where he fell and lost both […]
“100 Deadly Skills” by Clint Emerson is the gift that keeps on giving. “You will learn how to escape a locked trunk, make an improvised Taser, trick facial recognition software, prevent tracking, evade a kidnapping, elude an active shooter, rappel down the side of a building, immobilize a bad guy, […]
Sadly not a story about history’s strongest man, but lifting an entire city fourteen feet with jackscrews is still pretty interesting! “During the 1850s and 1860s, engineers carried out a piecemeal raising of the level of central Chicago. Streets, sidewalks, and buildings were physically raised on jackscrews. The work was […]
He was a Nazi. After the war he joined an English football club and went on to be regarded as one of the most beloved players of his time. How? “Bernhard Carl “Bert” Trautmann EK OBE (22 October 1923 – 19 July 2013) was a German professional footballer who played […]
The show didn’t want to pay him, but with a flaw like that, how did this not happen sooner? “Paul Michael Larson (May 10, 1949 – February 16, 1999) was an American contestant on the television game show Press Your Luck in 1984. Larson is notable for winning $110,237 (equivalent […]
He made a lot of predictions, some came true, some yet to be seen, but one cost him everything. “Milton William “Bill” Cooper (May 6, 1943 – November 5, 2001) was an American conspiracy theorist, radio broadcaster, and author known for his 1991 book Behold a Pale Horse, in which […]
The bodies on the frozen slopes are spread out in disarray, but what caused the panic? Some succumbed to the cold, but others have inexplicable injuries… “The Dyatlov Pass incident (Russian: Гибель тургруппы Дятлова) was an event in which nine Russian hikers died in the northern Ural Mountains between 1 […]
A video looking at the US Department of Defense’s “Narrative Summaries of Accidents Involving US Nuclear Weapons 1950-1980”. Yes, there’s quite a few, unfortunately. “Broken Arrow refers to an accidental event that involves nuclear weapons, warheads or components that does not create a risk of nuclear war. These include: Accidental […]
If you’ve ever played GTA you’ll know that getting a tank is pretty much the ultimate thing you can do. Well it turns out, getting one in real life plays out pretty similarly… “Shawn Timothy Nelson (August 21, 1959 – May 17, 1995) was an American plumber and U.S. Army […]
