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Final score:

52points

Firefly1617

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

China's war on sparrows needs a mention, too

4points

#2

The "Dancing Plague of 1518" in Strasbourg, France, witnessed hundreds of people dancing uncontrollably, seemingly without reason, for days on end.

During that era, people believed it was caused by demonic possession or boiling blood. According to Britannica, investigators in the 20th century suggested that those afflicted might have consumed bread made from rye flour contaminated with the fungal disease ergot, known to produce convulsions.

Final score:

46points

CascadedFalls

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Leo Domitrix 1 year ago

As a medical doctor, I favor a fungal explanation. Or a contaminated water supply. Some crazy stuff gets to the brain via contaminated water.

5points

#3

Stewardess Violet Jessup survived all of the following: the collision of the RMS Olympic with another ship in 1911, the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, and the sinking of the HMS Britannic during WWI. They were all "sister" ships (virtually identical design or of the same class). She had to jump OUT of the lifeboat she was in as the Britannic went down to avoid being crushed by the giant propellers! She suffered a head injury, and then did what most of us would do, and went back to work for the SAME shipping company! I ask you, fellow BPs, coincidence, or sabotage? 🤔

Final score:

31points

Kevin the Manager

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Two_rolling_black_eyes 1 year ago

Poor. Many of us end up working for companies that try to kill us but we can't afford to find another job.

24points

#4

The rollback of people's rights in 2023

Final score:

31points

Vermonta

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Aaron Parker 1 year ago

Yeah but the world today is still infinitely better than it was even 100 years ago in terms of equality, opportunity, quality of life.... not to mention less genocides and stuff like that. (Unless of course you live in Africa, North Korea, or the American South)

17points

#5

January 6th. It was so strange, and I vividly remember going "okay this has to be some sort of prank" when seeing the news.

Final score:

29points

QueerAxolotls

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LinkTheHylian 1 year ago

When stupid bastards listen to the ramblings of another stupid bastard, s**t like this happens.

6points

#6

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood

Final score:

27points

Sarah

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Sarah (Submission author) 1 year ago

Wouldn't let me post a long answer. The Great Molasses Flood of 1919: A large storage tank filled with 2.3 million U.S. gallons of molasses burst, sending a wave of sticky goo through the streets of Boston at 35 MPH (56 KM/H).

17points

#7

The London Beer Flood. On 17 October 1814. It took place when one of the 22-foot-tall (6.7 m) wooden vats of fermenting porter burst. The escaping liquid dislodged the valve of another vessel and destroyed several large barrels: between 128,000 and 323,000 imperial gallons (580,000–1,470,000 L; 154,000–388,000 US gal) of beer were released in total. The wave was 15 feet high (4.6 meters). The doctors at the local hospital had trouble treating victims because other patients kept interrupting thinking there was a party going on they hadn't been invited to. People collected beer from the streets. One death was from alcohol poisoning. 8 people were killed in the flood.

Final score:

23points

Mycroft1967

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DB 1 year ago

Mmm, beer.

5points

#8

Maybe the mystery surrounding Babushka Lady

Final score:

18points

Tiramisu

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Kalon Suszko 1 year ago

The Babushka Lady is an unidentified woman present during the 1963 assassination of US President John F. Kennedy who might have photographed or filmed the events that occurred in Dallas's Dealey Plaza at the time President John F. Kennedy was shot. Her nickname arose from the headscarf she wore, which was similar to scarves worn by elderly Russian women (бабушка – babushka – literally means "grandmother" or "old woman" in Russian). The Babushka Lady was seen to be holding a camera by eyewitnesses and was also seen in film accounts of the assassination.[1][2] She was observed standing on the grass between Elm and Main streets, standing amongst onlookers in front of the Dallas County Building, and is visible in the Zapruder film Info on The Babushka lady https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babushka_Lady

17points

#9

Napoleon Bonaparte was a brilliant military commander. While his final defeat was at Waterloo, his most humiliating one was against small, long-eared bunnies. According to the story, in July 1807, Bonaparte arranged for a rabbit hunt. However, rather than wild animals, Napoleon’s chief of staff elected to round up tame rabbits – anywhere from several hundred up to 3000, so the story goes. And when the time came for the hunt to begin, instead of running away, the rabbits charged Napoleon and his men en masse, hoping for food and leaping and climbing all over them. The French emperor had to retreat to his carriage and make a hasty getaway!

Final score:

13points

Stinky

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

Hilarious.

3points

#10

Battle of Karánsebes in 1788 when the Austrian army attacked itself and lost.

Final score:

12points

James S

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ninjaTrashPandaBoom 1 year ago

Damn emus...

6points

#11

Y2K bug, a problem in the coding of computerized systems that was projected to create havoc in computers and computer networks around the world at the beginning of the year 2000.

They promised us chaos. Told us banking, utilities systems, government records, hospital systems would crash, stores wouldn’t function and payment systems would go down etc etc. Nothing happened.

Final score:

10points

Nonotmeyou

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RaisedByCats 1 year ago

The reason nothing happened is that 1000s of geeks worked their butts off to make sure that it didn't happen

24points

#12

The Battle of Bamber Bridge.

When in 1943 a segregated US military try to impose race segregation in the local pubs in the village of Bamber Bridge the local pubs posted "Black Troops Only" signs, this led to direct conflict between the Black troops and their White officers.

Final score:

10points

David L

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Margaret H 1 year ago

Now that was clever.

4points

#13

To call the 1904 St. Louis Olympic marathon a disaster would be an understatement of epic proportions! Of the 32 competitors, only 14 finished. This was largely due to organizer James E. Sullivan’s insane belief that dehydration was good for the body, causing him to only have one water station in the nearly 25-mile race. On dusty, unpaved roads. In July. But it gets crazier, because the racers’ journeys are even more bizarre! First place hitched a ride in a car. Second place took rat poison as a performance enhancer and had to be carried across the finish line! The fourth finisher slept off stomach cramps during the race!

Final score:

10points

Stinky

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

Lmao wtf

5points

#14

Um. When I think of something that had to be the result of time-traveler intervention, I recall the destruction of Nikola Tesla's laboratory in 1895.

Tesla and Edison had been arguing against each other in the public sphere regarding the future of America's power grid. Edison advocated direct current (DC), while Tesla advocated alternating current (AC). There are many nasty details to this "debate" that I won't go into here. But the destruction of Tesla's lab ended all discussion, and the nation went with Edison's DC.

While many believe that it was Edison and his employees who burned down Tesla's lab, this never been conclusively proven. The consequences for history have been substantial, however.

DC electricity by its nature uses more energy to power our homes and devices than AC uses. Think of how much lower our carbon footprint might have been for the past 125 years if our electric needs were only 60% of what we've consumed! Climate change issues would not be as severe. Air pollution would be lower. And all the electricity would have been so much cheaper!

Aside from Edison's own personal desire for wealth and fame, were there others--with more far reaching concerns--who influenced this crucial turn of events?

Final score:

9points

Lyone Fein

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User# 6 1 year ago

Are you from an alternate timeline? AC is the defacto standard for powergrids everywhere.

13points

#15

An easy one is the pyramids

Final score:

6points

Aaron Parker

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Imadoggo 1 year ago

How is this weird

5points

#16

Roswell - 1947
Washington DC UFO incident - 1952
The Phoenix Lights - 1997

Final score:

6points

Kalon Suszko

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Lisa Myers 1 year ago

There is so much evidence about extraterrestrials even in the Bible. Also the Vedas, the Quran, texts from ancient civilizations all over the world and including present day. They have been here for thousands of years, so everybody... Just live your life.

1point

#17

NFTs. How people were eagerly spending 1k+ on a shoddy image that anyone can just copy n save is beyond me. And claiming its worth is in a hidden string of random numbers/letters NO-ONE can even see? Amazed the fad lasted until late 2023 before crashing and burning 🤦‍♀️

Final score:

6points

AngelWingsYT

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

I said this at the start of all that.

3points

#18

Covid

Final score:

5points

Wade

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the quickening 1 year ago

Hardly a one-of-a-kind event in history. We've had other pandemics.

4points

#19

Tik Tok

Final score:

5points

DB

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

You can choose to use or not use the numerous social media platforms. I stick to Bored Panda and have never had a Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc...

-1point

#20

Two groups of undercover cops thinking the other group were up to no good and fighting each other

Final score:

5points

Doozle bug

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Lyone Fein 1 year ago

FBI vs. CIA

3points

#21

9/11/2001

Final score:

4points

Dispatcherqueen

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Paul Pienkowski 1 year ago

When I learned what the rest of the world thought of the US. Our country died that day. My America that I knew was gone. So far, it's worse. Wars. C**p political candidates. COVID. Yes, the US is gone and all that's left is 'Murica. I think we're the most hated country in the world right now, in fact.

10points

#22

The shortest war in history is often referred to as the Anglo-Zanzibar War. It occurred on August 27, 1896, when the British Empire, in response to a dispute over the succession of the Sultan of Zanzibar, bombarded and quickly defeated the Sultan's palace in Zanzibar City. The conflict lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, making it one of the briefest wars ever recorded. British forces supported a new Sultan, and this swift engagement marked the end of the Sultanate's independence and its incorporation into the British Empire's sphere of influence.

Final score:

3points

Isaiah Burger

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#23

The Abbey Mills and Crossness sewage pumping stations. They are two Victorian era wastewater pumping stations. One looks like it could be a church and is nicknamed "The Cathedral of Sewage" and the other looks like a castle. The architecture and details on the inside is absolutely stunning. When it opened in the 1860's, it was attended by the future King of England, several Princes of England, the mayor of London, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and many other important figures of the time. In other words, the most important people in England showed up to see human excrement pumped from one location to another.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbey_Mills_Pumping_Station
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossness_Pumping_Station

Final score:

3points

Thomas White

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

😶

0points

#24

George Orwell (writer of 1984) was definitely a time traveler.

Final score:

3points

Iridian

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

He was clairvoyant.

4points

#25

John Titor
For those that never heard of him...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor

Final score:

2points

Kalon Suszko

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

Meh

2points

#26

Not super historical but the Cecil Hotel Incident. Never has been solved and the video of the girl is #1 one every top 10/20 mysterious footage list.

Final score:

2points

AngelWingsYT

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

There's much more to the Cecil Hotel than her disappearance. A lot of ancient negative energy in that place.

1point

#27

It risks earning me the wrath of believers, but the appearance of someone as wise and charismatic as Jesus in a rather obscurantist era (I'm an atheist, so I don't believe that he was really the son of God, if he really existed, wich is still debated amongst historians).

Final score:

1point

Hawkmoon

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Aaron Parker 1 year ago

The Buddha was the same in India. Sometimes these guys just pop up. A man like Eckhart Tolle is a modern day "super evolved" human in regards to his level of consciousness and control over himself. It's a weird weird world.

11points

#28

Battle of Karánsebes in 1788 when the Austrian army attacked itself and lost.

Final score:

1point

James S

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

Not really as simple as that. The Austrian army was comprised of various nationalities and communication was a HUGE problem. Soldiers get drunk, forget that the small group of soldiers in different uniforms are friends..

4points

#29

The Boston molasses flood of 1919, how?

Final score:

-3points

Doozle bug

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Juan Something(downvotevictim) 1 year ago

Holding tanks incorrectly rated to hold X amount of weight/fluid ounces rupture after being overfilled.

5points

#30

The shortest war in history is often referred to as the Anglo-Zanzibar War. It occurred on August 27, 1896, when the British Empire, in response to a dispute over the succession of the Sultan of Zanzibar, bombarded and quickly defeated the Sultan's palace in Zanzibar City. The conflict lasted between 38 and 45 minutes, making it one of the briefest wars ever recorded. British forces supported a new Sultan, and this swift engagement marked the end of the Sultanate's independence and its incorporation into the British Empire's sphere of influence.