Pitcher Ray Caldwell Was Struck By Lightning During A Game But Won Anyway

Today in 1919, one of the strangest moments in the history of baseball: a pitcher won a game in which he was struck by lightning!

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Some Olympians Won Medals For Painting And Shooting Cannons

For better or for worse, the Summer Olympics are finally here. We thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the lesser-known events in the history of the Games, like painting and cannon shooting.

By |2024-12-02T08:44:32-05:00July 23, 2021|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , |

Where’s Francine Pierce? Or Martina Van Buren? What I’ve Been Reading This Week, June 2, 2019

Some excellent links from the past week.

By |2019-06-04T11:13:32-04:00June 2, 2019|Categories: Blog|Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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