Tag: strange-history
Your Smartphone Has More Power Than NASA’s Apollo Computers
In 1969, NASA’s Apollo 11 mission made history by landing humans on the Moon. But what&r...
May 07, 2025
The First Webcam Was Invented to Watch Coffee — Not People
Long before Zoom meetings and TikTok streams, the first webcam in history had a surprisingly humble...
May 07, 2025
Why Old TVs Made That Creepy Buzzing Sound Before Turning On
If you grew up before flat screens, you probably remember the strange whine or buzz that old TVs mad...
May 07, 2025
The First Smartphone Was Released in 1994 — and It Had Email
Long before Steve Jobs took the stage, IBM released the Simon Personal Communicator in 1994 —...
May 07, 2025
The First Computer Bug Was a Real Insect
In 1947, computer scientists working on the Harvard Mark II, one of the earliest electromechan...
May 07, 2025
The Italian Village That Lives Inside a Cliff
Rising from a sea of mist in central Italy is Civita di Bagnoregio, a medieval village perched on to...
May 06, 2025
When a War Lasted 335 Years — Without a Single Shot Fired
Some wars are short and brutal. Others, like the 335 Years’ War, are long... and utterly absur...
May 06, 2025
The Dancing Plague That Took Over a City
Imagine waking up to find dozens of people dancing in the streets — not for joy, but because t...
May 06, 2025
When the Pope Put a Corpse on Trial
In one of the darkest and most bizarre moments in church history, Pope Stephen VI staged a trial &md...
May 06, 2025
The Great Emu War: When Australia Lost to Giant Birds
In the annals of bizarre military history, few episodes are as strangely comical as the Great Emu Wa...
May 06, 2025