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The death of Aeschylus, killed by a turtle dropped onto his head by a falcon, illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture-Chronicle by Baccio Baldini [1]. This list of unusual deaths includes unique or extremely rare circumstances of death recorded throughout history, noted as being unusual by multiple sources.
The early-19th-century master of the bizarre turn of phrase. Great Moon Hoax: An infamous article by The Sun that claimed that animals such as unicorns and bat-winged humans were found living on the moon. Great Stink: A London summer so smelly it prompted government action. Charles J. Guiteau: The strangest man to ever assassinate a US President.
Wikipedia:Talk page highlights – Some of the strangest exchanges that have ever occurred between editors; Wikipedia:Unusual articles – ranging from Death erection to The Hands of Che Guevara; Wikipedia:Unusual place names – The weirdest place names in the world. Wikipedia:Unusual requests that have been posted to the village pump and ...
View from the Window at Le Gras 1826 or 1827, believed to be the earliest surviving camera photograph. [1] Original (left) and colorized reoriented enhancement (right).. The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light. [2]
Entities that may be considered cryptids by cryptozoologists include Bigfoot, Yeti, the chupacabra, the Jersey Devil, the Loch Ness Monster, and the Mokele-mbembe. Scholars have noted that the cryptozoology subculture rejected mainstream approaches from an early date, and that adherents often express hostility to mainstream science.
Fairy circle (arid grass formation) Fast blue optical transient. Flyby anomaly. Fractional quantum Hall effect.
The McMinnville UFO photographs were taken on a farm near McMinnville, Oregon, United States, in 1950. The photos were reprinted in Life magazine and in newspapers across the nation, and are often considered to be among the most famous ever taken of a UFO. [1] UFO skeptics have concluded that the photos are a hoax, but many ufologists continue ...
There are 130 known photographs of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's features were the despair of every artist who undertook his portrait. The writer saw nearly a dozen, one after another, soon after the first nomination to the presidency, attempt the task. They put into their pictures the large rugged features, and strong prominent lines; they made ...