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February 2, 1349

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Joel Byers

On February 2, 1349, the Bubonic Plague was ravaging through Europe and England, and in London, there were at least 200 human bodies a day being buried. While most everyone in London considered this to be a horrible, apocalyptic time, where death and the possibility of dying from a horrible, painful disease was extremely likely, … Continue reading →

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January 26, 1697

Posted on January 26, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 26, 1697, Sir Isaac Newton received Leibniz’s and Bernoulli’s six month time-limit problem. At that time, mathematicians were like rappers today, and were constantly challenging each other with math problems, trying to prove who had the biggest sets of postulates on the block. At the time, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and his student John … Continue reading →

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January 25, 1839

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 25, 1839, photographer, Henry Fox Talbot exhibited his early photographs to the Royal Institution in London, England. For an extra 5 shillings, it was heard that Talbot would allow an adventurous Englishman to have a private viewing of some of his daguerreotypes of winsome, happily frolicking French maids, and for an extra 5 … Continue reading →

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February 23, 1886

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1886, the London Times published the world’s 1st classified ad. It said, “Distinguished gentleman of means looking for a jemmy Judy who knows how to put Nebuchadnezzar out to grass. I do possess a lobcock chinkstopper that is known to satisfactorily complete a commodity. If you are a bushelbubby, … Continue reading →

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December 5, 1766

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1766, James Christie, the founder of the famous Christie auctioneers, held his first sale in London, England. It went a little something like this: “Who’ll give me a ten pounds? Ten pounds bid, now twenty? Now twenty, maybe thirty? Thirty pounds to the dandy in red, Forty, who’ll drop … Continue reading →

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November 30, 1016

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1016, Edmund Ironside, King of England died while sitting on the toilet in his castle in London, England. Unlike Elvis who died of a heart attack from extreme constipation while sitting on the toilet, Edmund was sitting on a privy (which is just a wooden seat situated over a … Continue reading →

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November 6, 1975

Posted on November 6, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1975, the Sex Pistols played their first live show at St. Martin’s College of Art in London, England. All of the 100 people who attended (which later grew to 14,500 in the telling) left the ‘concert’ and described it as an audio assault and battery. They said it was … Continue reading →

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October 31, 1815

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1815 Sir Humprey Davy of London patented the miner’s safety lamp. His subsequent invention of the miner’s canary hat proved less useful. The miners complained that the canary cage section of the helmet stuck too far above their head and would strike the ceiling of the tunnel and that … Continue reading →

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October 17, 1814

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1814 a rupture of a brewery tank in London, England released 140,000 gallons of beer in the parish of St. Giles and injured hundreds and drowned nine people. The people of St. Giles mourned for six weeks; the loss of the beer, not the nine deaths. In 1814 people … Continue reading →

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September 10, 1897

Posted on September 10, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1897 British police arrest London taxi driver George Smith for drunken driving. They determined that he was drunk because he first, acted and talked in a drunken manner and second, he drove straight into a building. When asked why he did so, he said, “Well officer, that sumbitch building … Continue reading →

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