May 18, 1910

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1910 the Earth passed through the tail of Halley’s Comet. The public panicked after one astronomer predicted that the gas from the tail would be deadly. The sale of “anti-comet” pills, gas masks, and even umbrellas spiked as people tried to protect themselves from the invisible death that was predicted to fall from the sky. When the Earth actually passed through the comet, everybody died, just as predicted.

 

About Joel Byers

Born in North Georgia and educated at some very fine public institutions. Real education started after graduating from college and then getting married and raising two boys. Has the ability to see the funny and absurd in most things and will always remark on it, even if it means getting the stink-eye from his victims.
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