The “Butt Fumble” Made The New York Jets The Butt Of Endless Football Jokes
Today in 2012, football fans got to see one of the most spectacularly wrong plays in NFL history, one known today simply as “the butt fumble.”
The Leonid Meteor Storm Of 1833 Was “The Night The Stars Fell” (Cool Weird Awesome 1346)
Tonight in 1833, the beginning of a bright show in the evening sky, one that was so bright and so busy, some people started to freak out about it.
A Town In Colorado Holds Coffin Races
Starting tomorrow in Manitou Springs, Colorado, it’s an event known as the Emma Crawford Coffin Races and Festival. And oh man, does the story of Emma Crawford and her coffin take some explaining.
An NFL Team Drafted Norm Michael In College, But He Didn’t Find Out Until 55 Years Later
Today in 1999, a news report about how Norm Michael was drafted by the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles. The catch? He'd been drafted in 1944.
Jason Kelce Lost His Super Bowl Ring In A Pool Of Chili
It's like someone told ChatGPT to write a sad story in twelve words.
Homeowner
"Homeowner" is all we're going to say here?
ELIZA Was An AI Chatbot Decades Before ChatGPT
For all the talk these days about the potential of generative AI, the systems still have a long way to go. For example, some recent research finds that some human users think ChatGPT comes off as less realistic than a famous chatbot from the 60s known as ELIZA.
A Turkey Once Interrupted A Green Bay Packers Game (Cool Weird Awesome 1124)
Today in 1988, a strange moment in Green Bay, Wisconsin: a Packers game got interrupted by a turkey named Henrietta.
Hoping For Free Drinks
There's always hope.
The “Snow Bowl” Proved Playing College Football In A Blizzard Is Hard
For some people, watching football is the best part of Thanksgiving weekend. Today in 1950, there was a football game that had to be seen to be believed: the Snow Bowl.