by | Jul 22, 2020 | Weirdness
from The Charlotte Observer What did people say about wearing masks in the 1918 pandemic? It sounds familiar BY CHARLES DUNCAN A different pandemic swept across the world a century ago, killing about 60 million people. Schools and businesses closed, and many...
by | Jul 17, 2020 | Culture Music Art, Weirdness
from Vanity Fair Homicide at Rough Point BY PETER LANCE A view through the mansion’s smashed gates by news photographer Ed Quigley. At far right: detective Fred Newton, who had a surprising theory about how Tirella died. BY ED QUIGLEY/COURTESY OF JOHN QUIGLEY. In the...
by | Jul 16, 2020 | Weirdness
from Yahoo! News Closest pictures of sun ever taken reveal mysterious ‘campfires’ by Connor Parker One of the closest images ever taken of the sun. (BEIS via PA) The closest-ever images taken of the sun have revealed mini solar flares called “campfires”...
by | Jul 11, 2020 | Weirdness
from AP via KGUN Yuma man jailed for showing gun over yogurt shop’s mask rule By: Associated Press Copyright Associated Press YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — A Yuma man who was ejected from a frozen yogurt shop for not wearing a mask is facing charges for pulling out a gun...
by | Jul 9, 2020 | Weirdness
from NorthJersey.com NJ woman survives harrowing ride through Passaic’s drainage system during flood by Nicholas Katzban A Newark woman went for a mile-long ride under the city of Passaic during Monday’s flash flood. She survived the ordeal after...
by | Jul 8, 2020 | Weirdness
from The Wall Street Journal Reopened Theme Parks Ban Screaming on Roller Coasters. Riders Are Howling. Japan’s park recommendations aim to prevent the spread of Covid-19, but thrill seekers find keeping quiet isn’t easy By River Davis TOKYO—At the Fuji-Q Highland...
