Category Archives: 21st Century

Historical Facts from 2001 to 2100 CE

September 10, 2008

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Joel Byers

On September 10, 2008, The Large Hadron Collider at CERN was powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. At that instance, a butterfly in Waitangi, New Zealand beat its wings. Continue reading →

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September 8, 2018

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Joel Byers

On September 8, 2018, being young, drinking and feeling immortal took another life. On an evening ‘Booze Cruise’ in Boston Harbor, after a few drinks, acrobatic 21-year-old Aaron Dibella was doing handstands on the railing of the… Continue reading →

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September 3, 2018

Posted on September 3, 2020 by Joel Byers

On September 3, 2018, a New Zealander proved why a little more education is worth an ounce of prevention in welding. Howard Miller, a professional welder, was trying to help a friend weld an exhaust pipe on a car. Being a… Continue reading →

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August 31, 2017

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Joel Byers

On August 31, 2017, research published in “Scientific Reports” strengthen theories that the Neanderthals were the first human species to make glue out of tar. This is also reinforced by the Neanderthalic childish insult of… Continue reading →

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August 30, 2019

Posted on August 30, 2020 by Joel Byers

On August 30, 2019, Ukrainian astronomer Gennady Borisov detected the second interstellar comet. He was able to identify that it was an interstellar object by the bumpersticker on the back. It read, “If you can read this… Continue reading →

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August 23, 2015

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Joel Byers

On August 23, 2015, the $1.5 million 17th-century painting “Flowers” by Paolo Porpora was accidentally damage. The painting was being shown in an art exhibit in Taiwan when a 12 year-old boy tripped and put his hand through the… Continue reading →

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August 22, 2019

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Joel Byers

On August 22, 2019 the city council of Bielefeld, Germany offered a €1 million Euro reward to any human being who could provide “incontrovertible evidence” of its nonexistence. For the last 25 years conspiracy theorists in… Continue reading →

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August 13, 2019

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Joel Byers

On August 13, 2019, WHO (the World Health Organization) reported that the number of measles cases tripled worldwide in 2019 with 364,808 reported, compared to 129,239 in 2018. WHO did say that this significant increase can be… Continue reading →

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July 14, 2008

Posted on July 14, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 14, 2008, the iTunes Music Store reported it had 10 million songs downloaded. On July 14, 2009 it had reached 1.5 billion songs downloaded. Digital killed the CD star.

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July 4, 2019

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Joel Byers

On July 4, 2019, Mad Magazine announced it would stop publishing new material after 67 years of providing the sophomoric and infantile humor that 15-year old boys as well as men and women with a 15-year old boy’s sense of humor… Continue reading →

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