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Abdullah Rahim
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The Great Moon Hoax of 1835: How a New York Newspaper Fooled the Nation With a Fake Discovery From Space
In August 1835, a New York newspaper called The Sun published a story so strange, so exciting, that it captured…
The Watcher of Westfield – The Unsolved Mystery of 657 Boulevard
In 2014, Derek and Maria Broaddus bought what they thought would be their forever home: a beautiful six-bedroom Dutch Colonial-style…
Lucien Rivard: The Jailbreak That Shook Canadian Politics
Lucien Rivard wasn’t just a criminal—he was a character who would go on to shake up Canada’s political world and…
A Boy at War – The Hans-Georg Henke Image That Defined a Generation’s Loss
Hans-Georg Henke was just 15 years old when he became a soldier during one of the darkest times in history—World…
Caught in the Act, Then Turned Into a Goat – Nigeria’s Weirdest Arrest
On January 22, 2009, something very unusual happened in Ilorin, a city in Kwara State, Nigeria. It started like many…
The Teen Who Rode for Freedom – Sybil Ludington’s 40 Miles of Unwritten History
On the night of April 26, 1777, a 16-year-old girl named Sybil Ludington set out from her family’s home in…
Lifting the Impossible – Ancient Secrets Behind the Pyramids of Egypt
For thousands of years, the Egyptian pyramids have stood tall across the desert sands, reminding us of a powerful civilization…
The Inmate Who Sued Himself for $5 Million—and Asked the State to Pay the Bill
In 1995, a man named Robert Lee Brock made headlines for filing one of the strangest lawsuits ever seen in…
The Billion-Dollar Bite – Laszlo Hanyecz and the Bitcoin Pizza Legend
On May 17, 2010, a programmer named Laszlo Hanyecz made a strange post on a forum called Bitcoin Talk. He…
The Fugitive of Fortune – Tommy Thompson and the Ship of Gold Scandal
In 1857, a ship called the SS Central America sank off the coast of South Carolina during a violent hurricane.…