Week In History


219 B.C. :Breath of fresh air

Experimental surgery on a firebreathing dragon was a roaring success — doctors successfully made it so the beast misted cool water instead of blowing burning fire. Full Story

1952: Bad hair day

Just days after she claimed to have been abducted by aliens, a woman’s hair began changing from minute to minute from curly to straight. While most women would have died for the ability to change hairstyles so easily, Louise Dalton’s tresses just added to her stresses. Full Story

1455: Can’t cheat death!

THE KING of Mozambique declared death an illegal act. Full Story

188: A Bloody Shame

A VAMPIRE in Eastern Europe experienced something even more terrifying than daylight — a cavity in his fang! The illfated tooth had to be pulled, causing him to work twice as hard to nourish himself. Full Story

1847: The ‘Wooden Horse’

THE FIRST commercial railroad train, the so-called ‘Iron Horse,’ was tested in 1848. However, before this mode of transportation was built, inventor Richard Trevithick had designed a far more fuel-efficient train, one which didn’t quite fly . . . or roll. Full Story

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