September 6, 1992 – The largest chicken in recorded history died on this day.  His name was Big Snow, and he weighed 23 pounds and 3 ounces.  This massive rooster had a chest girth of 2 feet and 9 inches.  He stood 1 foot 5 inches tall.
Big Snow died of natural causes and I haven’t been [...]

September 5, 1923 – Today was the day that flyweights Kid Pancho and Gene LaRue landed simultaneous knockout punches.
LaRue landed a left to Pancho’s jaw at the exact moment that Pancho connected with a right to LaRue’s chin.  Both boxers hit the mat and that was that.
The proper scoring in these instances is to call [...]

September 4, 1971 – It was on this day that a Costa Rican government plane was flying above Lake Cote on a mapping mission.  The plane was equipped with a high-resolution camera that snapped photos of the world below at 17-second intervals.  On one of those clicks an interesting object was captured.  Some believe it’s [...]