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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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Being a real life giant comes with a few downsides. “Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 – July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant and the Giant of Illinois, was a man who was the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He was […]
New Pursuit of Wonder book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D4VSD88 If you are interested in supporting the channel, you can contribute to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/pursuitofwonder Or shop Pursuit of Wonder merch here: https://www.pursuitofwonder.com/store This video is a short fictional ‘thought experiment.’ Nearly 2,000 years in the future, a young brother and sister come […]
