Tag Archives: school

November 29, 1870

Posted on November 29, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 29, 1870, Great Britain’s parliament passed the Elementary Act that required all children between the ages of five and thirteen to attend school. Just like in the United States, the ancestors of future… Continue reading →

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September 2, 1867

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Joel Byers

On September 2, 1867, the first all girls’ school was opened in the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Two new fetishes were immediately birthed. The one of being the only boy in an all girls’ school was the first. The second… Continue reading →

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May 29, 1827

Posted on May 29, 2019 by Joel Byers

On May 29, 1827, the first nautical school opened in Nantucket, Maine, under the name of Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin’s Lancasterian School. Classes included “How to Talk Like a Pirate”, “Making Mysterious Comments While Drinking Grog in a Darkened Seaside Pub”, “Learning to Walk With a Peg-Leg”, “Parrot Care 101” and “Booty, the Maintenance and … Continue reading →

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April 14, 1984

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1984 the Texas Board of Education required that the state’s public school textbooks describe the evolution of human beings as “theory rather than fact”. Chim-Chim the Talking Chimpanzee was instrumental in helping the politically motivated religious of Texas in inserting this into the Texas schoolbooks. As Chim-Chim was quoted … Continue reading →

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March 16, 1987

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1987 the “Bostonia” magazine printed and translated Albert Einstein’s last high school report card. It has come to light that he took courses that would be equivalent to high level AP courses today and scored 9 As, 3 Bs, and 1 C. His C was in French. His As? … Continue reading →

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March 1, 1784

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1784, E. Kidner opened the first cooking school in Great Britain. He didn’t try and teach how to make the traditional Steak and Kidney pie, the blood puddings, bangers and mash, bubble and squeak, or spotted dick. Instead he concentrated on French and Italian cuisine because nobody really knew … Continue reading →

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September 5, 1900

Posted on September 5, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1900 France proclaimed a protectorate over Chad. Chad Rochambeau, a seventh grader at St. Mary Mother of God’s School For Secondary Education located in Baton Rouge, LA, thought France meant him. On September 6th, he started a fight with the much larger and burly Edwin Toullouse, a fellow seventh … Continue reading →

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July 20, 1977

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DAY IN HISTORY in 1977 the – The Central Intelligence Agency released documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments for years. It had been operating a school for psychics age 12 to 18 and called it MK Ultra Academy. The School operated between the years … Continue reading →

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