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You hate wearing masks? You're not alone. A lot of people had the same problem over 100 years ago. Find out more.

Music by JJStiano on Looperman.

How do you explain it when a place on the map should be there, but isn't and another shouldn't be there, but is? Today's story is about the island of Bermeja, and the hamlet of Aglo.

The music is courtesy of JJStiano, and the image of the beach being washed away is kordi_vahle.

What do you do when a comet comes? Find out how many reacted when Halley's Comet made a visit in 1910.

Image courtesy of Buddy_Nath at Pixabay. Theme music is, as always, courtesy of JJStiano at Looperman.

People will eat strange things, but in order to draw attention to themselves, it might surprise you what people will do.

Music from JJStiano at Looperman. Goldfish picture by Dina263 at Pixabay.

This is the story of the unlikely death of one man.

Music courtesy of jjstiano at Looperman. Image of the gun used in the assassination from Daniel R. Blume.

If they won't let you cut down a tree in Korea, does it make a sound? This is is the weird tale of a tree pruning operation in the Korean demilitarized zone in 1976.

Music is courtesy of jjstiano at Looperman.

When the odd are down and enemies actually collaborate for the greater good to make food fall from heaven, what can it be but a miracle?

Music by JJStiano at Looperman. Image of the Lancaster bomber is in the pubic domain and can be found on Wikipedia.

The tale of Typhoid Mary is a famous one, but how was it that Mary Mallon managed to spread typhoid in New York? The tale is stranger than you think.

Music, as always, is by jjstiano, at Looperman.

Image from Lupo 09:59, 24 March 2006 (UTC) - According to http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-702b,0,3017376.photo?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation[dead link] this is an illustration that appeared in 1909 in The New York American. (According to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/mary.html, the precise date was June 20, 1909)., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=689799

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The Anglo-Zanzibar War, at 38 minutes is the shortest war in history. Yet enough brief events can be of lasting significance.

The music is from jjstiano and the photo of the HMS Philomel comes from Wikipedia.

The story of the USS Seadragon, its voyage under the ice, and the world's strangest baseball game.

Image from Wikimedia Commons and the music is from jjstiano at Looperman.