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Monthly Archives: April 2015
April 21, 1997
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997 the ashes of Timothy Leary and Gene Roddenberry were launched into orbit around the Earth. Gene’s ashes were launched because of his desire to closer to space and the next Final Frontier. Timothy … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged EPA, Gene Roddenberry, science, space, Timothy Leary
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April 20, 1961
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1961, American engineer Harold Graham made the first manned rocket backpack flight in Niagara Falls, New York. He rose to a height of feet and flew a distance of over 100 feet, proving that … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged cool inventions, New York, Niagara Falls, not science fiction, science fact, technology
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April 19, 1965
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1965 the outer Astrodome ceiling was painted at a cost of $20,000 because of the sun’s glare. This caused the grass to die. Yes, the Houston Astrodome was constructed with a natural grass field, … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Houston, new technology, sports, Texas, unintended consequences
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April 17, 1810
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1810 pineapple cheese was patented by Lewis M. Norton. It’s not what you think and it’s not what I originally thought as I screamed “OH GOD NO! Cheese made from pineapples! Not in MY … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged cheese, Connecticut, fads, pet rocks, pineapples
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April 16, 1943
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1943 in Basel, Switzerland, chemist Albert Hoffman accidently discovered the hallucinogenic effects of LSD-25 while working on the medicinal value of lysergic acid. While handling the new substance, he inadvertently absorbed the drug through … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Hoffman, drugs, LSD, Switzerland
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April 15, 2011
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2011, in a Schrodinger’s cat experiment, researchers in Japan and Australia successfully teleport wave packets of light and this is the first transfer of quantum information from one point to another. This provides scientific … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century, Historical Facts
Tagged Australia, cats, Japan, new technology, Schrodinger's cat, science
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April 14th, 2014
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2014, the Netherlands introduced glow in the dark road markings on a small stretch of highway in the country to test the concept. The markings were made with a glow in the dark paint … Continue reading
April 13, 1998
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1998, Dolly, Scotland’s prized cloned sheep gave birth to her first lamb, Bonnie. She was breed with a Welsh Mountain ram named Eyydiclaywerrell Davies and gave birth to a total of six sheep. The … Continue reading
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Tagged dolly the cloned sheep, games of chance, sheep, the scottish, the welsh
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April 12, 1985
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1985 federal inspectors declared that four animals of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus were not unicorns. They were goats with horns that had been surgically implanted. They did verify that the … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged bearded lady, Circus, goats, unicorns
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