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February 1, 1884

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1884, the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. The word Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (a town in Wales, big surprise there) was originally misspelled as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrydrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Only the people who lived there noticed or cared, but they claimed that it changed the meaning significantly. When asked what the correct … Continue reading →

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January 27, 1926

Posted on January 27, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1926, John Baird, a Scottish inventor, demonstrated a pictorial transmission machine called television. The Welsh asked if this “television” would be able to show pictures of sheep ‘grazing’, and Mr. Baird told them that for a nominal surcharge, they could get all the television pictures of sheep ‘grazing’ that … Continue reading →

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December 25, 1950

Posted on December 25, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1950, four Scottish nationalists liberated the Stone of Scone from the British coronation throne in Westminster Abbey and returned it to Scotland. When the English were asked how they could allow such a thing to happen, they replied, “It’s a bloody 500 lb stone? It’s not like you could … Continue reading →

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November 28, 1922

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1922, Captain Cyril Turner of the Royal Air Force performed the first public exhibition of skywriting over New York’s Times Square. He was going to spell out, “For an extraordinary social engagement, please contact Louisa Cleo Vanderbilt, at her earliest convenience by dialing 7200 on her telephone, between 3:00 … Continue reading →

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September 14, 1868

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1868, Tom Morris, Jr., scored golf’s first authenticated hole-in-one at Prestwick’s 8th hole in Scotland. Mr. Morris conveniently had a six foot high stack of Bibles close by, as well as his aged grandmother, whose life he happily swore upon. The next day in Glasgow, the elderly grandmother Morris … Continue reading →

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September 13, 122 CE

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY!  in 122 AD, the Roman occupiers of England began building Hadrian’s Wall, a walled fortification that separated Southern England from the wild, crazed barbarians that lived in the north (i.e., the Scots). Unbeknownst to the Brits and the rules and regulation loving overlords (the Romans), the Scots liked the ideal … Continue reading →

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August 22, 564 CE

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY in 564 AD, Saint Columba, an Irish Christian missionary, reported seeing and battling a ferocious water monster in the River Ness and banished it to the depths of the river. The next confirmed sighting of a monster wasn’t until 1933 when George Spicer and his wife almost hit it with … Continue reading →

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July 11, 1921

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Joel Byers

On THIS DAY IN HISTORY! in 1921 – A truce was called in the Irish War of Independence as the Guinness Breweries in Dublin contracted a fungal infestation that required all the beer to either be poured out or drunk on the spot. As one side of this Civil War consisted of hard working Irishmen … Continue reading →

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June 28, 1859

Posted on June 28, 2013 by Joel Byers

On June 28,1859 – The first conformation dog show was held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Six years later the swimsuit competition section of the pageant was discontinued when the Welsh were caught trying to enter a shaved pig as an ‘Extemely Short-haired Pug-nosed Caerphilly Terrier With An Obvious Glandular Condition’. The judges ruled that it was … Continue reading →

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