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January 30, 1982

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Joel Byers

On January 30, 1982, Richard Skrenta of Pittsburgh, PA wrote the first computer virus code. It was 400 lines long and infected Apple II machines. He named it “Elk Cloner”. That’s a shame. He could have named it Elk Boner and become a demigod to the… Continue reading →

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June 11, 1973

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Joel Byers

On June 11, 1973, the State of Pennsylvania took a direct hit from its own Justice Department, and was forced to license women to box or wrestle, just like the men. The jello, honey, maple syrup and/or yogurt was optional. Continue reading →

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February 23, 1954

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 23, 1954, the first mass vaccination of children against polio was started in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There were no idiot ‘Karens’ screaming and moaning about how vaccines poison children and how the vaccines were causing autism. The parents of Pittsburgh who lined their beloved children up to get the vaccine had seen first hand … Continue reading →

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November 15, 1989

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Joel Byers

On November 15, 1989, the first “Batman” film was released on video tape. For the people born after 1999, video tape was the extinct technology that people used to watch movies at home on their televisions. They would insert the video tape into a VCR that was wired to their movie watching devices. For the … Continue reading →

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April 17, 1810

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Joel Byers

On April 17, 1810, Lewis M. Norton of West Goshen, Pennsylvania patented Pineapple Cheese. Oh MY GOD, was that a real thing? Someone actually made cheese from pineapples. Didn’t anyone tell this man no, just no, don’t do it, Lewis? What horrors this obviously mentally and spiritually damaged man must have suffered to be able … Continue reading →

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March 16, 1871

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Joel Byers

On March 16, 1871, the state of Delaware, enacted the first fertilizer law in the United States. Contrary to popular belief, it didn’t state that you couldn’t stuff 60 lbs of poo into a 50 lb bag, instead, it taxed the commercial fertilizer companies on how much ‘commercial’ fertilizer they made. Delaware in the late … Continue reading →

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March 3, 1801

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Joel Byers

On March 3rd, 1801, David Emmanuel took office as the elected Governor of the state of Georgia. There has been the reoccurring rumor that he and his family were Jewish, and that would have made him the first Jewish governor in the United States. This was based upon hearsay and the preponderance of Old Testament … Continue reading →

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March 2, 1789

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Joel Byers

On March 2, 1789, Pennsylvania ended its ban on theatrical performances, along with other forms of expensive entertainment. It appears that the Quakers of Pennsylvania were as tight-assed and unloving of fun as the Puritans of Massachusetts were. In 1774 the first Continental Congress banned all the theatre as well as ‘other expensive diversions and … Continue reading →

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June 11, 1973

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1973 the Justice Department of the State of Pennsylvania ruled that women were to be allowed to be licensed to box or wrestle. The first unsanctioned mud-wrestling match was quickly held at Karwoski’s Bar in Pittsburgh on June 14, 1973 when Lisa Kowalski and Lisa McCowen decided to settle … Continue reading →

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March 21, 1905

Posted on March 21, 2015 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1905, the Pennsylvania legislature passed a sterilization bill that would require the forced sterilization of inmates of institutions who were idiotic, imbeciles, epileptic, feeble-minded or insane and the forced sterilization would improve their living condition and help prevent the birthing of others like them. Pennsylvania Governor Samuel Pennypacker vetoed … Continue reading →

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