Word of the Day: BLURSDAY (neologism) — a term to describe the current day when you are not sure what day of the week it is.
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In 2004, a woman in Covington…
In 2004, a woman in Covington, Georgia, tried to pay a $1,675 tab at WalMart using a forged $1 million bill featuring a picture of the Statue of Liberty.
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In 2016 a British reality show about…
In 2016 a British reality show about surviving the wilderness of the Scottish highlands, but was cancelled after 4 episodes. The producers decided not to tell contestants that the show had been cancelled and allowed them to continue living in the wilderness for over a year to no end.
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Founded by the Great Peacemaker in 1142…
Founded by the Great Peacemaker in 1142, the Iroquois Confederacy is the oldest living participatory democracy on earth. The US constitution was influenced by the political system developed by the Iroquois Confederacy.
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In 1863, a Minnesota regiment captured…
In 1863, a Minnesota regiment captured a Confederate flag from a Virginian regiment during the Civil War. Virginia has been asking for its return since – most recently, in 2000. The then-governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, replied only: “Why? We won.”
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Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi”…
Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” was sold at auction in 1958 for £45, and again in 2005 for under $10,000. In 2011, it was authenticated as a Leonardo original. It was then sold in 2013 for $75 million, sold again for $127.5 million, and later sold at auction in 2017 for $450.3 million.
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The operation of the largest fraud…
The operation of the largest fraud in US history was fairly simple. Bernie Madoff deposited all his investors’ money into his Chase bank account and paid them off as necessary. At its height his account balance was over $5 billion. The scheme collapsed when he ran out of money.
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Eliot Ness, famous for taking down feared…
Eliot Ness, famous for taking down feared gangster and bootlegger Al Capone, died a penniless alcoholic that no one had heard of. His autobiography was published after his death and only then did he become famous with TV shows and movies being made of his exploits.
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Iggy Pop, the historian
In 1995 Iggy Pop reviewed Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire for peer-reviewed academic journal Classics Ireland.
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In 1954, Ernest Hemingway…
In 1954, Ernest Hemingway survived two plane crashes in two days. After the second crash, the writer was presumed dead, but walked out of the jungle the next day, still holding a bottle of gin.
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