Monthly Archives: February 2020

February 19, 1980

Posted on February 19, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 19, 1980, Bon Scott, the lead singer for AC/DC died in London, England at the age of 33. Mr. Scott died the way many rock stars have gone. After a night of heavy drinking, drugging and fornicating, he choked to death on his own vomit. He joined the list that includes Jimi Hendricks, … Continue reading →

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February 18, 1930

Posted on February 18, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 18, 1930, Elm Farm Ollie, a Guernsey cow, was the first cow to be flown on an airplane. Another first that happened on that flight was that she was also the first cow to be milked while flown on an airplane. This was done to supposedly allow scientists to observe the in-flight effects … Continue reading →

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February 17, 1600

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 17, 1600, Italian philosopher, Giordano Bruno, was on his way to be burned at the stake for heresy, when his handlers put a stake through his tongue to shut him the hell up. Why was Bruno sentenced to die? Because he proposed that the distance stars were in fact suns with planets of … Continue reading →

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February 16, 1905

Posted on February 16, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 16, 1905, the first United States Esperanto club was organized in Boston, Massachusetts. It would be the nerdiest club in America until the invention of the Klingon language in 1984 elevated Star Trek conventions to the number one spot. voQmoH ‘Iw ‘Iv Hoch ‘a val SoH!

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February 15, 399 BCE

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 15, 399 BCE, Socrates was sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youths and impiety toward the gods. It seemed the ‘Gadfly’ of Athens asked the ‘wrong’ philosophical questions and embarrassed the wrong people one time too many. Socrates was a rock star before there was … Continue reading →

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February 14, 1849

Posted on February 14, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 14, 1849, James Knox Polk became the first serving US President to have his photograph taken. People who have viewed the photograph say that it is strange, in that the Polk’s eyes and slit of a mouth seem to always follow you. The photographer, Matthew Brady, said that another eerie occurrence of the … Continue reading →

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February 13, 2017

Posted on February 13, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 13, 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older brother of Kim Jong-un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. North Korean agents convinced two women to spray King Jong-nam with the deadly VX nerve agent. They were told that they were being filmed on a reaction/prank TV show. Why did Kim Jong-un … Continue reading →

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February 12, 1502

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 12, 1502, Queen Isabella I of Castile issued an edict outlawing Islam in her country. This forced her Muslim subjects to either convert, go to prison, voluntarily leave if they could, or die. Just so all the American conservative Christians understand, this was religious discrimination. Not allowing you to force other people’s children … Continue reading →

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February 11, 2016

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 11, 2016, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatories in Livingston, LA and Hanford, WA announced that they had detected the elusive gravitational waves on September 14, 2015. Flat Earthers immediately started to protest, as they don’t believe in gravity, and said that what the observatories detected was swamp gas from a weather … Continue reading →

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February 10, 2009

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 10, 2009, two communication satellites collided over Siberia. The American Iridium 33 was in its assigned lane driving the speed limit, when the derelict Russian Kosmos-2251 came barreling over the horizon. It tried to pass on the right when it clipped the American satellite, causing both to crash and burn. It is believed … Continue reading →

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