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A Town In South Dakota Saw Winter Weather Turn Mild In Minutes

It set an all-time record for the fastest temperature change ever documented.

Károly Takács Was A Right Handed Sport Shooter, But Won Olympic Gold Left-Handed

An injury meant he couldn't compete using his dominant hand, so he retrained himself to compete with his other hand.

A 1960s Computer Simulated A “Super Fight” Between Two Heavyweight Legends

As legendary boxing trainer Angelo Dundee put it, “To err is a machine.”

After The “Miracle On The Hudson,” Captain “Sully” Sullenberger Had To Deal With A Lost Library Book

The story of the famous airplane landing has quite a postscript for book and library lovers.

A Woman Applied For A Job In 1976, And Got A Reply In 2024

Hopefully this wasn’t a job where they needed someone to start right away.

The YMCA Once Sued The Village People Over The Song “YMCA”

The YMCA warmed to the song later, but at first it wasn't loving the Village People hit.

It’s Basketball Week on Cool Weird Awesome

This week we’re replaying some of our favorite hoops-related episodes.

How The Laugh Track Made TV Jokes Seem Funny Even If They Really Weren’t

Today in 1910, the birthday of Charlie Douglass, who popularized the use of prerecorded laughter to help TV comedies seem more funny. Amirite folks?
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John Thompson Lost His Arms In A Farm Accident, Got Himself Help And Got The Arms Back

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The Really (Expletive) Complicated History Of Swearing On TV

Today in 1965, a landmark moment in the history of televised profanity: an f-bomb live on the BBC! We'll look back at some choice moments where people used choice words on the air.

Emma Schols Saved Her Six Kids From A Burning House

Today in 2019, a woman in Sweden rose to an unthinkable occasion: she rescued all six of her children, including three under 5 years old, while their house burned down.

Don Calhoun, The Fan Who Hit The Chicago Bulls’ “Million Dollar Shot”

Lots of teams have fans try really difficult challenges to win big prizes. Nearly all of them come up short, but today in 1993, a guy in Chicago stepped onto the Bulls' home court for a million dollar shot… and made it.

When Richard Nixon And Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev Went For A Drive

Today in 1913, the birthday of Richard Nixon, 37th president of the United States, and the only one who ever went a wild ride with the head of the Soviet Union.