The Machine That Fooled a City: Charles Redheffer’s Perpetual Motion Con
— August 25, 2026For centuries, inventors chased one of the most tantalizing impossible dreams in mechanics: a…
Futuristic artwork featuring domed climate-controlled cities are pretty commonplace, but a futurist named Buckminster Fuller predicted in the 1930’s that Canada would some day enjoy a tropical climate thanks to a massive dome. Thankfully, humans have learned a thing or two since those days and now realize what a terrible impact something like that would have on the global environment.
For centuries, inventors chased one of the most tantalizing impossible dreams in mechanics: a…
In September 1922, the streets of New York City erupted into eight days of…
On July 26, 1184, one of the strangest and most gruesome mass-casualty events of…
Odd or what? That, presumably, is a matter of opinion, but despite your thoughts regarding what's found here, you know you just have to look! We scour the web looking for things that make you question your own version of reality and present them here for your perusal.

