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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

The straw hat riots USA 1922.

anymore?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Great Molasses Flood in Boston, USA in 1919

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

"The Great Molasses Flood in Boston, USA in 1919 "

That looked a sticky hell.

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By *irty-pairCouple
over a year ago

South Essex

The Great Emu War, Australia, 1932

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By *uck-RogersMan
over a year ago

Tarka trail

Sodom and Gamorrah. Were the siners really buggered.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Prohibition in the United States

1920-1933 for some for others still going to this day

Have a couple off friends who stay in dry county’s

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

The Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

War of Jenkin's Ear 1731

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By *skyouneverknowMan
over a year ago

Calne

The London Beer Flood in 1814 - lots of lives were lost

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The dancing plague 1518

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

The great leprechaun hunt in 1960's liverpool.

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

"The London Beer Flood in 1814 - lots of lives were lost"

...tragic waste of beer.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

The Truss Government, September 2022 - October 2022...

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By *skyouneverknowMan
over a year ago

Calne

"The Truss Government, September 2022 - October 2022..."

It seems much longer than that!

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Penda of Mercia bumping off sundry rival kings

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896, which lasted – at most – 45 minutes.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

A brief one: The Highgate Vampire hunt in 1970.

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

The Erfurt latrine disaster of 1164, which saw around 60 aristocrats drown in liquid excrement.

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By *aysOfOurLivesCouple
over a year ago

Essex

"The London Beer Flood in 1814 - lots of lives were lost"
and lots of livers too

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By *aysOfOurLivesCouple
over a year ago

Essex

The “Zoot Suit” riots June ‘43 L.A. Calif.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"A brief one: The Highgate Vampire hunt in 1970."

I was going to mention the Gorbals Vampire hunt of 1954 too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The War of the Worlds panic in 1938

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By *ny1localMan
over a year ago

READING

"The great leprechaun hunt in 1960's liverpool. "
pity there's no scousers here that remember that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The day i lost

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

The capture of the Dutch fleet at Den Helder in 1795 — the only time *cavalry* has ever defeated warships.

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Great replies x

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

The millennium shut down 2000!!!

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

"The millennium shut down 2000!!!

Oh yes. Though we had one computer that had a small date error .

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

War of the Heavenly Horses , China 104 BC.

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Sightings of Spring Heeled Jack, London and UK from 1837.

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By *ou only live onceMan
over a year ago

London

The Defenestration of Prague, 1618.

Probably not that weird, and actually quite an important event, but I love the word.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"The Defenestration of Prague, 1618.

Seems like this has happened to 18 people Putin doesn't like

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Beard Tax introduced by Tsar Peter I of Russia in 1698. The police could forcibly and publicly shave those who refused to pay!

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By *arm and stickyMan
over a year ago

Mold

"The Truss Government, September 2022 - October 2022..."

Spot on current event!

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

The Dancing Plague 1518

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

In 1672, a Dutch mob killed and ate Johan de Witt, leader of the Dutch Republic (although not technically their prime minister, as is often claimed).

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"In 1672, a Dutch mob killed and ate Johan de Witt, leader of the Dutch Republic (although not technically their prime minister, as is often claimed). "

Maybe the mob mixed up Burgomeister and McBurgermeister

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

The Pig War of 1859, which saw the UK fight the US and lose. It technically lasted 12 years.

Fortunately, the only casualty was the pig.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"The Pig War of 1859, which saw the UK fight the US and lose. It technically lasted 12 years.

Fortunately, the only casualty was the pig. "

It happened on the anniversary of the signing of the Magna Carta

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Dunking chairs, although I do believe I would float

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"Dunking chairs, although I do believe I would float

You are a witch ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Dunking chairs, although I do believe I would float

You are a witch ?"

No, I just use big chairs when dunking my biscuits in my big tea cup.

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By *aughtyTwo8488Couple
over a year ago

derby

The Manhattan cross rip of 1984. Saw a documentary about it.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"The Manhattan cross rip of 1984. Saw a documentary about it."

A documentary ?

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

I’m loving this thread

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

"The millennium shut down 2000!!!

Oh yes. Though we had one computer that had a small date error ."
lol

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Travelling

The evolution of the platypus

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tulsa massacre

31 May 1921 – 1 Jun 1921

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The evolution of the platypus "
adam was proud of that name

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By *aughtyTwo8488Couple
over a year ago

derby

"The Manhattan cross rip of 1984. Saw a documentary about it.

A documentary ?"

Yeh you should check it out, it was very well done

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"The Manhattan cross rip of 1984. Saw a documentary about it.

A documentary ?

Yeh you should check it out, it was very well done

I thought Manhattan Crossrip is a fantasy film ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Brian Harvey from E17 running over himself after he’d eaten too many baked potatoes

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By *ackbydemandMan
over a year ago

Leicester

The Palomares Incident 1966

You can thank the invention of the modern package holiday in Spain on the Americans. The compensation money for dropping several hydrogen bombs on them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Berlin Conference

15 Nov 1884 – 26 Feb 1885

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By *usu99Man
over a year ago

Hammersmith

"The Defenestration of Prague, 1618.

Probably not that weird, and actually quite an important event, but I love the word. "

Dang,i was going to say this... Mainly as it is tough getting defenestration into any conversation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Brian Harvey from E17 running over himself after he’d eaten too many baked potatoes "

Beat me to it!

So instead I'll mention Gazza turning up with a KFC, a housecoat, fishing rod and a few tins to calm down Raoul Moat.

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By *s2pervsCouple
over a year ago

Truro

Battle of the Bean Field...

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

The strange disappearance of William Cantello an inventor and the emergence of near identical Hiram Maxim inventor of the gatling gun.

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By *tylebender03Man
over a year ago

Manchester

Brexit

Boris

Covid

Truss

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Our local Aldi on March 14th actually opening up a 3rd till

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

"Our local Aldi on March 14th actually opening up a 3rd till"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The English window tax of the 18th Century. I'm surprised people didn't see through it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The 17th Century Tulip Mania. Basically Bitcoin with better colours.

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By *issalignedTV/TS
over a year ago

London

The Notting Hill Monkey Jazz Band Escape of 1926

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Much weirdness

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Palestinians accepting Jewish refugees in 1947

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By *rontier PsychiatristMan
over a year ago

Coventry

I would recommend The History Guy on YouTube if for loads of snippets of obscure/unusual and/or bizarre historical events.

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

"I would recommend The History Guy on YouTube if for loads of snippets of obscure/unusual and/or bizarre historical events. "

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By *rmainman10Man
over a year ago

Portsmouth

The snap that made half of the world disappear

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

"I would recommend The History Guy on YouTube if for loads of snippets of obscure/unusual and/or bizarre historical events. "

If we're doing recommendations, I would mention the sadly discontinued Futility Closet podcast, which also deals with unusual stories from history.

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
over a year ago

Reading

"The War of the Worlds panic in 1938"

Finally one I've heard of! I'm going to have to Google the others. Hopefully none are made up by the wags on here.

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By *aughtyTwo8488Couple
over a year ago

derby

" Hopefully none are made up by the wags on here. "

Errrrm......

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

[Removed by poster at 08/10/22 11:24:32]

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

[Removed by poster at 08/10/22 11:27:58]

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

"The Manhattan cross rip of 1984. Saw a documentary about it.

A documentary ?

Yeh you should check it out, it was very well done

I thought Manhattan Crossrip is a fantasy film ?"

It's a reference to the climax of the 1984 Ghostbusters film.

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By *usu99Man
over a year ago

Hammersmith

I was going to say Berwick upon T being at war with Russia for many years, but apparently it wasn't true.

Shame, it was a great bit of trivia.

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By *stbury DavenportMan
over a year ago

Nottingham

There were two occasions in the Second World War when American and German soldiers fought side by side against the SS.

The first, the Battle of Castle Itter, was an operation to rescue prisoners that included former prime ministers, generals, a tennis star, and Charles de Gaulle's sister. It’s comparatively unknown and would make a great film with no Hollywood embellishments required.

The second, Operation Cowboy, was a mission to rescue the Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. They’d been st0len by the Nazis, and would have been slaughtered by the Russians if they’d reached them first. Fortunately the Americans and the Wehrmacht were able to rescue them from the SS, right under the noses of the advancing Soviets.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool.

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By *arlomaleMan
over a year ago

darlington

"Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool."
believe it or not they are proud of it

poor monkey

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool. believe it or not they are proud of it

poor monkey

Have you ever met a monkey? All they do is wank and throw shit at people. The little bastard probably deserved it.

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By *oppolocosTV/TS
over a year ago

inverurie

"The Defenestration of Prague, 1618.

Probably not that weird, and actually quite an important event, but I love the word. "

Same with the Diet of Worms 1521,still amuses me.

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By *arlomaleMan
over a year ago

darlington

"Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool. believe it or not they are proud of it

poor monkey

Have you ever met a monkey? All they do is wank and throw shit at people. The little bastard probably deserved it."
sounds like some of my friends

think I need to find a new circle of them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool. believe it or not they are proud of it

poor monkey

Have you ever met a monkey? All they do is wank and throw shit at people. The little bastard probably deserved it. sounds like some of my friends

think I need to find a new circle of them

They sound like a good laugh

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Hundred Years war!!

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By *oppolocosTV/TS
over a year ago

inverurie

"Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool. believe it or not they are proud of it

poor monkey

Have you ever met a monkey? All they do is wank and throw shit at people. The little bastard probably deserved it."

But he wasn't a French spy!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The great toilet roll shortage in 2020.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool. believe it or not they are proud of it

poor monkey

Have you ever met a monkey? All they do is wank and throw shit at people. The little bastard probably deserved it.

But he wasn't a French spy! "

He had a baguette. I can see how they were confused.

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By *arlomaleMan
over a year ago

darlington

"Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool. believe it or not they are proud of it

poor monkey

Have you ever met a monkey? All they do is wank and throw shit at people. The little bastard probably deserved it. sounds like some of my friends

think I need to find a new circle of them

They sound like a good laugh

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still a bunch a cunts to be honest I don’t know why I knock about with them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool. believe it or not they are proud of it

poor monkey

Have you ever met a monkey? All they do is wank and throw shit at people. The little bastard probably deserved it. sounds like some of my friends

think I need to find a new circle of them

They sound like a good laugh

still a bunch a cunts to be honest I don’t know why I knock about with them

But what do they say about you?

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By *arlomaleMan
over a year ago

darlington

"Surely the monkey hanging in Hartlepool. believe it or not they are proud of it

poor monkey

Have you ever met a monkey? All they do is wank and throw shit at people. The little bastard probably deserved it. sounds like some of my friends

think I need to find a new circle of them

They sound like a good laugh

still a bunch a cunts to be honest I don’t know why I knock about with them

But what do they say about you?

"
top bloke splendid chap

ahh you changed ya name I recognised them legs

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Hundred Years war!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1904 Olympic marathon race…. the winner hitched a lift until just before the finish. More to the race than that, a few firsts and some bizarre dress choices.

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

The Irish Invasion of Canada - the Feinian Raids 1867 to 1871.

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

"1904 Olympic marathon race…. the winner hitched a lift until just before the finish. More to the race than that, a few firsts and some bizarre dress choices. "
best way to do a marathon lol

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By *yron69 OP Man
over a year ago

Fareham

Caligula abandons plan to invade Britain and had his Roman legions gather seashells instead.

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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

The Nazca lines in Southern Peru....why

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

1961/62 Operation Fishbowl - series of nuclear warheads being tested at very high altitudes.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

The Tunguska incident.

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