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May 2, 2000

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2000 precision GPS became available to the public and Garmin and Tom-Tom soon became commonplace in most peoples’ cars in the Western Civilization. Car map sales have plummeted and most people born after 2000 can no longer fold a map correctly, much less read it. The same thing happened … Continue reading

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October 15, 1860

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1860, 11 year old Grace Bedell wrote a letter to presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln. In her letter she wrote that since he was a homely man who had a face that scared her baby sister, it might prove prudent and beneficial to his presidential prospects if he grew a … Continue reading

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July 17, 1955

On July 17th, 1955 – Disneyland opened its doors in rural Orange County and Walt Disney was finally able to harness the power of children’s laughter and wonder to summon the “Great Old Ones” and bind them to his will and force them to obey his commands. The first death attributed to Disney and his … Continue reading

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