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William Addis Went To Prison For Inciting A Riot And Came Out With A Modern Toothbrush Design

It's said that the first person to mass produce toothbrushes came up with his big inspiration while serving a sentence at Newgate Prison.

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John Thompson Lost His Arms In A Farm Accident, Got Himself Help And Got The Arms Back

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On this day in 1992, John Thompson of North Dakota lost his arms in a farm accident. He then got himself emergency care in time so that he got his arms back.

Ina Koenig Saved A Kid Who Fell Into A Mine Shaft By Keeping His Head Above Water

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Around this time in 2012, a teacher in Germany saved a young student's life, literally keeping the three year old's head above water after falling into an abandoned mine shaft. 

The First Top Hat Got Its Inventor Arrested

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Today in 1797, haberdasher John Hetherington reportedly walked onto the streets of London wearing the first top hat, which caused so much hubbub that he was arrested and fined for disturbing the peace!

Maria Beasley Invented A Life Raft And Lots Of Other Hugely Useful Things

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Today in 1882 inventor Maria Beasley received the patent for a collapsible life raft. But Beasley was one of those inventors who came up with idea after idea in a bunch of fields, so there's lots more to her story.

My Year With The A-Team: Season 4, Episode 19 – Beneath the Surface

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It's not every day that you see an elite fighting force spending a whole three days cleaning a kitchen. With dynamite. Until it explodes. Into space.

My Year With The A-Team: Season 3, Episode 24 – Trouble Brewing

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I love it when a plan comes together, especially when it's conquering an evil banker and an evil beer company with soda pop.

My Year With The A-Team: Season 2, Episode 4 – Bad Time on the Border

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Hannibal is roasting to death in the hot American Southwest and B.A.'s checking in with the babysitter?!?

Why Did The Fonz Jump The Shark In The First Place?

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The phrase “jump the shark” is now a shorthand we use for the moment a show or a story turns absolutely ridiculous and keeps heading downhill. But why the heck did it happen at all?

My Year With The A-Team: Season 4, Episode 1 – Judgement Day, Part 1

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I had no idea Hannibal got so many of his military tactics from Hanna Barbera.
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Hooters Towed Down Ohio River

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Making Sandwich In Court

Exhibit A, or Exhibit PB&J?

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25 Days of Holiday Songs

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “2000 Miles” by Sharon Van Etten and the Attachment Theory

I hear people singing, it must be Christmastime!

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “Goin’ Home (Sing A Song Of Christmas Cheer)” by Bobby Sherman

The big day is almost here, and this Bobby Sherman song really taps into the excitement and anticipation.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “I’m Gonna Be Warm This Winter” by Connie Francis

Sometimes you need a holiday song about falling in love at a ski lodge.

Here comes the holidays, and some old friends

For the fifteenth time (!?!?!?!!), the Carlson Kids have taken their Christmas photos with their good friends Santa Claus and Mr. T.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “baby jesus is nobody’s baby now” by Julia Jacklin

If this holiday season is making you feel the way the people in this song feel, there’s still time to shape it more to your liking.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “Listen, The Snow Is Falling” by Andy Bell

I really do put this song on when snow is falling. It fits.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “(It’s Gonna Be A) Punk Rock Christmas” by Dead Boys

Pretty sure I don’t need to remind you to turn the volume way up for this one.

Drummer Hal Blaine Literally Left His Stamp On Popular Music

One drummer played on over 350 of the biggest hit records of the 1960s and 70s.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “I Saw Three Ships A Sailing” by The Chieftains with Marianne Faithfull

A carol from the old times, performed faithfully. And in the case of the singing, Faithfully.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “‘Zat You Santa Claus” by Buster Poindexter

One of David Johansen’s many contributions to music, art and Christmas.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “Can You Fix The Way I Talk For Christmas” by Joe Pesci and Frank Vincent

One of the guys who sings this curveball of a song has a musical history like nobody else.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “There’s Still My Joy” by Roberta Flack

Sometimes music can express what we can’t put into words, especially when it’s sung by one of the all time greats.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “Puppy For Hanukkah” by Daveed Diggs

I like to imagine that this is actually being sung by Daveed Diggs’ character in Hamilton.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “Sled Zeppelin” by Bob Rivers

“Oh oh oh oh oh ohhhh/Dashing through the show” is inspired.

25 Days of Holiday Songs 2025: “Hardrock, Coco and Joe”

If you’re from Chicagoland, you know this one.

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She made hockey history as the first woman to ever play in the National Hockey League.
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Joe Frazier Was A Legendary Athlete, But A TV Athletic Competition Didn’t Go Swimmingly Well For Him

This was a very different version of “down goes Frazier!”
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Elm Farm Ollie, The Cow Who Once Flew Over St. Louis

This is why people use the phrase “when pigs fly,” not “when cows fly.”
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One Tournament Chess Game, Twenty Hours, No Winner

Today in 1989, two players in a chess tournament faced off… and set a record for the longest tournament chess match of all time.
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There’s A Set Of Giant President Heads In Virginia And They’ve Been Through Some Stuff

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The talk of the art world was an exciting avant garde painter named Pierre Brassau, except that Pierre Brassau was a big old hoax.
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It's said that the first person to mass produce toothbrushes came up with his big inspiration while serving a sentence at Newgate Prison.

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