In 1993, a man named James Scott purposely damaged a levee and caused a massive flood of the Mississippi River only to stall his wife from coming home so that he could party.

His actions flooded 14,000 acres of farmland, destroyed buildings, and closed a bridge. He was…

People who accidentally found their doppelgängers in museums - a thread 🧵

Norway changes to color television live in 1972

Check out this reusable grocery list from the 1950s

I generally think wikipedia vandalism is unfunny and immature and I care enough about the sanctity of the encyclopedia to act like a total narc when people deface it. but there is one example that unfortunately makes me laugh every time I see it. so here you go.

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Anyone on GC Twitter hears the same bullshit again and again about how 'detransitioning' is a myth or that 'regret rates' are statistically insignificant.

When the The New York Times published this hit piece painting kids speaking out about their experience in the gender…

What happened to Yarden Silveira, this young man, should never happen to anybody else. His last reviews, dated March 11, 2021, were desperate cries for help before he died on May 20, 2021. The medical professionals seemed unmoved—and Silveira died under a shroud of hopelessness.

I'm so sorry Yarden

Someone should have said something.

Someone should have done anything...

You didn't deserve this 💔

Yesterday, I was attacked in the NYC subway. At 5:50 pm on February 14th, while performing at 34th St Herald Square station, a woman wearing a mustard jacket, red scarf, and gloves assaulted me by smashing the back of my head with my metal water bottle.

Barry Marshall was convinced that the Helicobacter pylori bacteria caused stomach ulcers, but no one believed him.

Since it was illegal to test his theory on humans, he drank the bacteria himself and developed ulcers within days.

He treated them with antibiotics and we on to…

Zoomers yearn for 90s and Y2K core so bad but they’ll never know the joy of devil sticks

The Leadening has begun and the Stanley girlies are not okay.

In 1935, fishermen caught a tiger shark and put it on display in an aquarium in Sydney.

Shortly after, the shark fell ill, vomiting in front of a small crowd. Among the contents was a left hand and forearm bearing a distinctive tattoo. Fingerprints confirmed the limb belonged…

This is Liam. Make sure to look for Liam when you walk by.

No, I don’t know where this is.

Child came in carrying this very realistic, but very poorly painted, homemade baby doll and scared the piss out of nursing staff. #nightmarefuel

For those who’ve only just seen the Measurement video, nearly 9 months later 💖

108 year old woman in 1977 speaks about life in the Victorian era

So apparently my hometown Pizza Hut (where my dad still lives) has rebranded as Pizza Hut Classic. They brought back the old interior, the old logo, and so the lunch buffet again, even cups. Didn't know this was a thing, tried to capture as much of the aesthetic as I could here.

I don't have a lot of money, but I am offering a $100 reward for the return of this afghan. I made it by hand, all single crochet, pieced together and given to my mom on her birthday a little over 20 years ago. It MISSING from Hallmark Care Center in Mt. Vernon Iowa.

A woman named Sharon Weiss baked a pie from Marie Callender and it burned to a crisp. She shared a picture of her pie and complained to MC that they “ruined her Thanksgiving dessert”.

Then the internet intervened in all its meme glory 😂😂😂