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April 12, 1955

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Joel Byers

On April 12, 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk declared the polio vaccine safe and effective. This was before the internet and idiots and fools had to create their own conspiracy theories and fake science. So, everyone made sure that their children would get the vaccine and save their health and lives. After the internet was invented … Continue reading →

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July 20, 2015

Posted on July 20, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 20, 2015, the hacker group called, “Impact Team” announced that they had hacked the extramarital dating site Ashley Madison. The hacker group threatened to release the data of all of the users, which included names and addresses, if the site did not immediately shut down. The site didn’t, and the info was released. … Continue reading →

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May 3, 1978

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1978 the first spam e-mail was sent by Digital Equipment Corporation salesman Gary Thuerk to all the 400 unsuspecting users of the ARPANET. To this day, like a true saleman (asshole), Gary Thuerk doesn’t think he did anything wrong by sending an unsolicited electronic sales solicitation to people who … Continue reading →

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March 27, 1997

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997, 39 members of the Heaven’s Gate UFO Cult committed mass suicide as they tried to ascend to the UFO they believed was riding in the tail of the Hale-Bopp comet. 28 years later, their website www.heavensgate.com is still on the internet and being maintained and viewable with the … Continue reading →

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November 9th, 2011

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2011, the government of Wales conducted a survey of businessmen and consumers which showed strong support for the country to have it’s very own top-level domain name. In an online poll to determine the new domain name, Wereallyluvsheep.com was the top vote getter, but it was quickly shot down … Continue reading →

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June 26, 1997

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Communications Decency Act of 1996 that made it illegal to distribute indecent material on the ‘Internet’ and once again, the ‘Porn’ flowed like water through the internet, although it had never really stopped as Porn has been the most downloaded and … Continue reading →

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March 6, 1997

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1997  Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal Web site. To the relief of millions, it was porn free.

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