Category Archives: 21st Century

Historical Facts from 2001 to 2100 CE

January 15, 2011

Posted on January 15, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 15, 2011, police in Titusville, Florida got a tip that helped them solve an arson at a home on North Dixie Avenue. While sifting through the wreckage of the burned home, they found a suspicious latex glove and inside the glove, they found the… Continue reading →

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January 14, 2019

Posted on January 14, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 14, 2019, 30-year-old Bryan Duane Stewart of Milton, Florida became upset with his neighbors and threatened to “kill’em with kindness.” Kindness was Stewart’s machete. Stewart and his machete, Kindness, were subsequently subdued by… Continue reading →

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January 5, 2010

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 5, 2010 the medical professionals at Southampton General Hospital in Hampshire, England encountered a medical emergency they’d never experienced before. A fourtyish year-old man was brought into the emergency room with his penis stuck into a… Continue reading →

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January 1, 2011

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 1, 2011, Robert Freund, age 31, died because he thought he had the skill of a native Alabamian. He was igniting a large firework at his home of 498 Country Oaks Drive, Johnsburg, Illinois, when it exploded, causing injuries to his head and… Continue reading →

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December 31, 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Joel Byers

On December 31, 2020, the world greeted the end of this year and said, “It’s about damn time.” With a global pandemic killing millions, murder hornets, Australia caught fire and wouldn’t stop burning, Donald Trump was impeached… Continue reading →

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December 27, 2010

Posted on December 27, 2020 by Joel Byers

On December 27, 2010, police responded to a frightened and concerned husband. He’d received word that his young wife had been kidnapped and if he sent 20,000 euros to the account provided, the kidnappers would release his wife… Continue reading →

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December 14, 2014

Posted on December 14, 2020 by Joel Byers

On December 14, 2014, a lonely scientist at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica decided to try his luck on the dating app “Tinder”. To his amazement, he found a hit just 45 minutes away by helicopter. It was another lonely… Continue reading →

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December 1, 2020

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 9, 1970, a 45-foot-long rotting sperm whale corpse washed up on the beach near the Oregon city of Florence. The weight of the carcass was estimated at 16,000 pounds. How did the state of Oregon decide to dispose of… Continue reading →

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November 28, 2005

Posted on November 28, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 28, 2005 a 22-year-old man named Ronald MacDonald was charged with stealing money from a safe at a Wendy’s fast-food restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire. Officer Big Mac, the arresting officer, said Wendy Thomas… Continue reading →

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November 27, 2018

Posted on November 27, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 27, 2018, Arizona Man decided to give Florida Man a run for his money. The Buckeye Arizona police department was called to respond to a disturbance at the local Walmart. Apparently a 2nd Amendmenter had… Continue reading →

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