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November 7, 1991

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Joel Byers

On November 7, 1991, actor Paul Reubens, aka Pee Wee Herman, pled no contest to charges of animal cruelty. Mr. Reubens had been arrested in Sarasota, Florida for spanking his monkey in an adult movie theater. The monkey was told that they were going to see a Jane Goodall documentary, but instead it was an … Continue reading →

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October 21, 1918

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Joel Byers

On October 21, 1918, world champion typist, Margaret Benedict Owen set a typing speed record of 170 words per minute. When Chim-Chim the talking chimpanzee learned of this, he immediately sent a telegram to Emile Borel in France. In the message, Chim-Chim asked how long it would take Margaret Benedict Owen randomly banging away at … Continue reading →

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October 16, 1925

Posted on October 16, 2019 by Joel Byers

On October 16, 1925, the Texas School Board prohibited the teaching of evolution. Board members were angry that highly educated and intelligent scientists would insist that magic was not real and that miracles did not occur. That the world was older than 7,000 years old. They put their fingers in their ears and shouted “Not … 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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January 22, 1874

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1874 a patent was issued to Samuel W. Francis for the spork. On this day in 2023, Chim-Chim the Smoking Chimpanzee and his fellow Sporkist, Joel Byers, petitioned Congress to name January 22 as National Spork Day. It was denied by all the Spoon and Fork Separatists who believed … Continue reading →

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October 21, 2007

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 2007 Surinder Singh Bajwa, the Deputy Mayor of Delhi, died from the injuries he’d received the day before when he fell from the first floor balcony of his office as he fought off a mob of attacking Rhesus monkeys. Chim-Chim the Talking Chimpanzee was quoted as saying, “Sometimes a … Continue reading →

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October 16, 1925

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1925, the Texas School Board prohibited the teaching of evolution. Chim-Chim, the talking chimpanzee, hailed the school board’s decision, as he explained that weren’t any humans in his family’s woodpile. Chim-Chim was quietly asked by the Texas School Board to stop helping them.

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October 13, 1987

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1987, in San Diego, CA, the US Navy use dolphins as a military aid for the first time. The dolphins, Steve and Larry, where used to detect underwater mines and swimmers and report back to their handlers of their presence. For the swimmers, the dolphins would attach a device … Continue reading →

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September 6, 1992

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1992 a 35-year old man died ten weeks after receiving a transplanted baboon liver. Chim-Chim, the Smoking Chimpanzee immediately protested and said that Theodore the Belligerent Baboon had died ten weeks earlier under suspicious circumstances and that his donor card had not even been signed on the back.

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March 1, 1957

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1957, Kokomo, Jr., the Chimp became the ‘Today Show’ animal editor and parlayed that gig into a decades spanning career as the ‘go to’ chimp for movies and commercials. While Kokomo was universally beloved by humans the world over, his dealings with his fellow primates was not all spaghetti … Continue reading →

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