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September 28, 1928

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Joel Byers

On September 28, 1928, scientist Alexander Fleming noticed a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory. He later named it Steve, but when he found out other scientists had already named their pet bacteria Steve… Continue reading →

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September 8, 2015

Posted on September 8, 2019 by Joel Byers

On September 8, 2015, British researchers revealed that evidence of a larger version of Stonehenge had been found about 2 miles from the original Stonehenge location. They had identified 90 buried stones that had been found through the use of ground penetrating radar. Miskatonic University of Providence, RI was asked if the ancient druids had … Continue reading →

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July 9, 2018

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 9, 2018, researcher, Dr. Nur Gueneli, discovered that bright pink might be the world’s oldest biological pigment. The ancient pink pigments were discovered in 1.1-billion-year-old marine shale rocks found deep beneath the Sahara Desert in the Taoudeni Basin of Mauritania, West Africa. The pigment was produced by cyanobacteria that was fossilized in the … Continue reading →

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February 23, 1886

Posted on February 23, 2019 by Joel Byers

On February 23, 1886, scientist and inventor Charles Martin Hall, along with his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall, produced the first samples of man-made aluminum. Aluminum is the most abundant metal found throughout the world, but it wasn’t until that point, that it could be used as a metal, as it was always bonded with … Continue reading →

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March 23, 1989

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com in 1989 two Utah scientists, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons, reported that they had produced fusion at room temperature, which is the Holy Grail of energy production. Nuclear fusion normally happens inside the cores of stars at millions of degrees of heat and incredible pressure. Other scientists rushed to replicate … Continue reading →

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March 8, 1775

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1775 Joseph Priestley discovered that mice needed oxygen to live. When asked why he used mice for his experimentation, Priestly said that they were easy to capture, could be stored in small cages, and were vermin that had no use other than experimentation. He was subsequently asked why he … Continue reading →

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March 7, 1979

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1979, while examining photographs taken by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, it was discovered just like Saturn, Jupiter had a ring around it. When scientists were asked what this meant, they replied that this had to mean that Jupiter was the man as its ring was small and barely viewable … Continue reading →

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February 19, 2012

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Joel Byers

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 2012 in the Netherlands Dutch scientists grew meat from bovine stem cells. A team of researchers at Maastricht University led by Professor Mark Post successfully grew muscle tissue from the stem cells. The scientists said this was the first step in their goal of creating a lab-grown hamburger by … Continue reading →

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August 21, 1560

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this date in Twisted-History.com in 1560, 14 year old Tycho Brahe of Denmark received his first telescope and became interested in astronomy. Tycho Brahe was known during his lifetime as an astronomer and alchemist and for his exact, accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations. Also on the August 21, 1560, Tycho Brahe became … Continue reading →

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August 3, 2011

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Joel Byers

On this day in Twisted-History.com in 2011, Ugandan and French paleontologists announced the discovery of a 20 million year old ape skull in northeastern Uganda. The skull belonged to a male Ugandapithecus Major, a remote cousin of today’s great apes. It was speculated that this type of ape was a tree-climber and had not developed … Continue reading →

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