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November 19, 1969

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Joel Byers

On November 19, 1969, Apollo 12’s astronauts, Charles Conrad and Alan Bean, made mankind’s second landing on the Moon. It really happened contrary to what idiot flat-earthers believe. Why did America go back so fast after the… Continue reading →

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March 9, 1497

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Joel Byers

On March 9, 1497 Nicholas Copernicus made the first recorded astronomical observation. Without the use of a telescope, he wrote that he saw the Moon eclipse the brightest star in the eye of the Taurus constellation. The next day he continued his heavenly body observations when he wrote that he noticed that the young widow … Continue reading →

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December 24, 1968

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Joel Byers

On December 24, 1968, three days after launching, Apollo 8 reached the moon. It was crewed by astronauts James Lovell, William Anders and Frank Borman. They orbited the moon ten times before successfully returning to Earth. They proved the moon was 238,000 miles from the Earth and had a diameter of 2,160 miles. Once again, … Continue reading →

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December 11, 1972

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Joel Byers

On December 11, 1972 Astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt of the Apollo 17 lunar mission became the last two people to walk on the Moon. Their footprints and the initials of Gene Cernan’s daughter are still there. Yes, the initials of Cernan’s daughter. He wrote them in the lunar dust before leaving. Contrary to … Continue reading →

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November 8, 2011

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Joel Byers

On November 8, 2011, asteroid 2005 YU55 passed within 0.85 lunar distances of the Earth. This was approximately 201,700 miles. It passed between the Moon and the Earth. If it had taken a left turn at Albuquerque, the Mayan prediction for the world ending in 2012 could have happened a year early. Except it didn’t … Continue reading →

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April 11, 1985

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Joel Byers

On April 11, 1985, at the Mount Haleakala Observatory of the University of Hawaii, scientist of the non-mad variety measured the distance between the earth and the moon to within one inch. They did use powerful lasers, which weren’t attached to the heads of fricking sharks, that were aimed at and struck mirrored reflectors placed … Continue reading →

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January 31, 1971

Posted on January 31, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 31, 1971, Apollo 14 lifted off on its 239,000 mile journey to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the moon. Before lift-off, Astronaut Stuart Roosa received a secret message from Ham the Chimp, who was the first non-human primate in space.  It was a half-eaten banana with the words “You’re next” written on the … Continue reading →

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January 10, 1946

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Joel Byers

On January 10, 1946, Project Diana was successfully completed. The United States Army Signal Corps bounced radio waves off the Moon and received the reflected signals, thereby proving that the Moon was real and probably not made of brie, green or otherwise. Flat Earthers cried foul, claiming that the US Army’s science was inadmissible, as … Continue reading →

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July 21, 1969

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1969, Buzz Aldrin became the second man to set foot on the moon, and the first to urinate. Why? He was a man. It’s what we do.

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August 25, 1835

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1835 the N.Y. Sun published the Moon Hoax story and attributed the discoveries of man-bats, buildings, roads, and canals on the Moon to real astronomer John Herschel. John Herschel was not amused, nor was Edgar Allen Poe, who’s own Moon Hoax story was published two months early and received … Continue reading →

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