| Category |
Name |
What They Are |
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| Miscellaneous |
Raymond Robinson (Green Man) |
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| List of animals with fraudulent diplomas |
A brilliant satire of diploma mills |
| Museum of Broken Relationships |
A real museum in Zagreb dedicated to love’s relics |
| Lawnchair Larry flight |
A man who took to the skies using a lawn chair and helium balloons |
| List of inventors killed by their own inventions |
Morbid but compelling read |
| List of common misconceptions |
Entertaining, surprisingly deep |
| Emu War |
Australia declared war on emus... and lost |
| Exploding whale |
Yes, the infamous Oregon event where dynamite was used (badly) to dispose of a whale carcass |
| Mary Toft |
Woman who claimed to have given birth to rabbits in 1726 |
| Grigori Rasputin |
Mad monk, mystic, and political enigma |
| Triboulet |
Court jester to French kings; remembered for wit and historical anecdotes |
| Nzambi Matee |
Kenyan engineer and environmentalist creating building materials from plastic waste |
| Edith Cummings |
American golfer and socialite, one of the inspirations for Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby |
| Cosmic latte |
The average color of the universe, as calculated by astronomers |
| Phineas Gage |
19th-century railroad worker who survived a frontal lobe injury; case study in neuroscience |
| Bohemian Grove |
Mysterious private club and gathering site for influential men |
| Mictlāntēcutli |
Aztec god of the dead and the underworld |
| Abuwtiyuw |
An ancient Egyptian dog with the earliest known pet funeral |
| Ken Allen | An orangutan famous for his escape attempts at the San Diego Zoo |
| Nils Olav | A king penguin who serves as a mascot and colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian Guard |
| William Windsor (goat) |
A goat. |
| Action Park |
An infamously dangerous theme park. |
| Winchester Mystery House |
Strange house |
| Water intoxication |
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| Voynich manuscript |
15th-century codex in an unknown script |
| Codex Gigas |
13th-century manuscript |
| Milnesium tardigradum | Species of tardigrade capable of surviving in space |
| Ego Leonard | Giant minifigure |
| Hevisaurus | Finnish heavy metal band aimed at children |
| Utsuro-bune |
Legendary object that washed ashore in Japan in 1803 |
| Alibi-ya | Service that provides fake bosses for weddings or other events |
| 1936 Summer Olympics | Held in Nazi Germany |
| Nazi UFOs | Nazi attempts to create advanced aircraft. See also: Foo fighter |
| Time Cube | A controversial and eccentric "theory" about time and reality |
| Society 5.0 | Japanese concept of a super-smart society |
| Zhang Shuhong |
Chinese businessman who committed suicide after finding his company was using dangerous paints on toys. |
| Albert Fish |
A notorious serial killer, cannibal |
| Cadaver Synod |
897 posthumous trial of Pope Formosus |
| Eremina desertorum |
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| Other terrestrial and pagophilic animals |
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| Jonathan (tortoise) |
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| Harriet (tortoise) |
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| Aum Shinrikyo |
cult responsible for the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. See also: Shoko Asahara |
| Golf Legends |
Mickey Wright | Renowned professional golfer, often considered one of the greatest female golfers of all time, from San Diego |
| Tony Manero (golfer) | Professional golfer and winner of the 1935 U.S. Open |
| Bobby Jones (golfer) | Amateur golfer and founder of Augusta National Golf Club and The Masters Tournament |
| Payne Stewart | Professional golfer known for his attire and U.S. Open win in 1999 |
| Gene Sarazen | Golfing legend credited with inventing the sand wedge |
| Seve Ballesteros | Spanish golfer and Ryder Cup hero |
| Byron Nelson | Golfer famous for his 11 consecutive PGA Tour wins in 1945 |
| Harvey Penick | Renowned golf instructor and author of *Harvey Penick's Little Red Book* |
| Ben Crenshaw | Two-time Masters champion |
| Arnold Palmer | Umbrella |
| Tommy Armour | Professional golfer and inventor of golf equipment |
| Gary Player | Big Three" |
| Billy Casper | American golfer and two-time U.S. Open champion from San Diego |
| Gene Littler | American golfer known for his amazing swing from San Diego |
| Ben Hogan | Legendary golfer and one of the greatest players in history |
| Tom Kite | Professional golfer |
| Ted Ray (golfer) | Known for his long drives |
| Tom Watson (golfer) | American golfer and eight-time major champion |
| Philosophers and Philosophy |
Plato | Ancient Greek philosopher |
| Epictetus | Stoic philosopher emphasizing reason and inner freedom |
| Aristotle | Ancient Greek philosopher and student of Plato |
| The Republic (Plato) | Philosophical dialogue about justice and the ideal state |
| Socrates | Ancient Greek philosopher |
| Virgil | 1st-century-BC Roman poet |
| Voltaire | Philosopher and writer, critical of religion and government |
| Albert Camus | Existentialist philosopher and writer |
| Historical Events |
The Day the Music Died |
Plane crash leading to the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper" |
| Ancient Greek philosophy | Cultural movement |
| Ancient Rome | Civilization in law, government, and architecture |
| The Enlightenment | Intellectual and cultural movement |
| Industrial Revolution | Period of rapid technological |
| Renaissance | Cultural and artistic movement marking the transition from the Middle Ages |
| Operation Northwoods |
A declassified U.S. Department of Defense false flag proposal from 1962 |
| Historical Leaders |
Nero | Roman Emperor |
| Porfirio Díaz | Mexican general and long-serving president |
| Marcus Aurelius | Roman Emperor and philosopher, |
| Napoleon Bonaparte | French military leader and emperor |
| Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson | British naval commander known for his victories in the Napoleonic Wars |
| Joan of Arc | French folk heroine and saint who led the army to victory during the Hundred Years' War |
| The Art of War | Ancient Chinese military treatise by Sun Tzu |
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