Monthly Archives: March 2020

March 21, 1925

On March 21, 1925, the state of Tennessee enacted the Butler Act. This law made it a crime for any teacher in any state-supported public school, including colleges and universities, to teach any theory that was in contradiction to the Bible’s account of man’s creation. This was not the first time, nor would it be … Continue reading

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March 20, 1885

On March 20, 1885, Jan Matzeliger of Lynn, Massachusetts patented the shoe lacing machine. He’d previously patented a machine that manufactured shoes, putting thousands of gnomes out of business. When Quamorra Leathertack of the International Brotherhood of Gnomist Machinists and Leatherworkers was informed of the shoe lacing machine, he lost it. He was quoted as … Continue reading

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March 19, 1883

On March 19, 1883, Jan Matzeliger of Lynn, Massachusetts invented the first machine that manufactured entire shoes. This invention did two things. First, it made shoes much more affordable for the common man. Second, it put shoe making gnomes right out of business. Quamorra Leathertack of the International Brotherhood of Gnomist Machinists and Leatherworkers was … Continue reading

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March 18, 37

On March 18, 37 CE,to that point in time, the Roman Senate made the worst decision ever in deciding who to appoint as a country’s leader. It annulled the late Roman emperor Tiberius’s will and proclaimed Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus as emperor. The person who would become known as Caligula. Over the next two … Continue reading

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March 17, 461

On March 17, 461, St. Patrick died in Saul, UK. St. Patrick was famous for driving the snakes out of Ireland, which was amazing, as Ireland never had any snakes to begin with. After his death, his fellow religious brothers found missives from Australia, South Africa and Snake Island, Brazil. Each of the letters were … Continue reading

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March 16, 1987

On March 16, 1987, in response to the highly believed myth that Albert Einstein failed math in school, the magazine “Bostonia” published an English translation of Albert’s final high school report card from 1896. In all of the math subjects, including physics, Mr. Einstein scored the highest possible grade. The math subjects included algebra, geometry … Continue reading

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March 15, 2002

On March 15, 2002, Burger King did the unthinkable in the United States. It began selling a veggie burger. It did exactly what you think it would. It didn’t sell. People who went to Burger King for the Whopper and instead tried the veggie burger said it tasted like what you’d feed the burger and … Continue reading

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March 14, 2020

Today, March 14, 2020, is Pi Day. The day every year that mathematicians and pie lovers finally have something in common. So, celebrate 3.14159265359 with a slice of apple, or cherry, or pumpkin, or chocolate, or even pizza. But if someone hands you a slice of rhubarb, slap that heathen and ask them. “What, do … Continue reading

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March 13, 2002

On March 13, 2002, the Fox television network aired “Celebrity Boxing”. Eighteen years later, Twisted-History proposed that Fox air “Presidential Boxing” and have Donald Trump and Joe Biden get in the ring and throw some punches. Biden shouted “Hell yeah! I’ll whip his ass!” and Trump tweeted that his bone spurs wouldn’t let him get … Continue reading

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March 12, 1911

On March 12, 1911, Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute and his assistant, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi discovered the cause of infantile paralysis. It was caused by a virus, the poliovirus. Dr. Flexner and Dr. Noguchi laid the first block in curing a disease that for centuries had devastated and crushed families. Because of them, … Continue reading

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