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Dancing Mania

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

June 24, 1374 – On this day a very strange thing happened in Aachen, Germany.  Hundreds (maybe thousands) of the city’s citizens suddenly started dancing in the streets.  No, this was no coordinated flash mob or a bunch of drunks prancing around a maypole.  These people were whacked out nutters who writhed and twitched until [...]

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The Maury Island Incident

Monday, June 21st, 2010

June 21, 1947 – On this day a man named Harold Dahl was piloting his boat around Puget Sound. He was accompanied by his son and his dog.  Suddenly Dahl saw a group of mysterious flying objects against the clear blue sky. 4 or 5 doughnut-shaped crafts were flying in formation directly above his [...]

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The Fiji Mermaid

Friday, June 18th, 2010

June 18, 1842 – Today was the day that legendary promoter P.T. Barnum bought the rights to display the Fiji Mermaid.  This half-woman, half-fish oddity would become one of his most popular sideshow attractions of all time.
The New York Sun gleefully reported on the bizarre specimen:
We’ve seen it! What? Why that Mermaid! The mischief you [...]

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