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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

February 2nd, 1937

#TeddyRoosevelt #Texas #phonographs

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February 2, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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February 1st, 1937

#ThomasEdison #HumansHaveHorns #grapefruit

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February 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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January 31st, 1954

#Mithradates #SonjaHenie #alligators #hyenas #birds

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January 31, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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January 30th, 1937

#FrancoisVillon #VagabondPoet #SterlingSilver #FootballHistory #earthworms

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January 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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January 29th,, 1955

#FranklinDRoosevelt #FDR #CoastRedwoods #Venus #Hesperus #Lucifer

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January 30, 2026 at 1:47 AM
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January 29th, 1937

#AlexanderTheGreat #BasketballHistory #Arabia #elephants

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January 29, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Before helmets.
Before rules.
Before anyone said “maybe don’t.”

Skiing got weird.

🎿 youtu.be/N9qrvb-PFNU
Skiing’s Forgotten Age of Extremes
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January 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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January 28th, 1952

#PerfectEyesightAt100 #USTreasury #puzzles

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January 28, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Before ski lifts, people were flying 800+ feet on skis.

New Strange As It Seems episode drops tomorrow! ❄️⛷️

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January 28, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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January 28th, 1942

#EmptySaddle #coincidences #bugleblower #swans

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January 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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January 28th, 1937

#PeterTheGreat #BasketballHistory #dachsunds #dogs #coffee
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January 28, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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January 27th, 1937

#SamuelSlater #TheMentalSmuggler #UnshavenMourners #Rome #footballhistory #meander

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January 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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January 26th, 1939

#CarpetTackPortraits #MagicNumber9 #CottonballCactus #soapbubbles

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January 27, 2026 at 12:40 AM
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January 26th, 1940

#BoxingHistory #DukeOfMarlborough #JewelBox #owls

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January 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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January 26th, 1937

#KingHenry #CleopatrasNeedle #ImitationIvory #growingchain

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January 26, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Fritzi Ritz By Ernie Bushmiller
January 25,1938
FRITZI RITZ BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1-NANCY INVITES SLUGGO TO HER HOUSE AND HE MEETS FRITZI FOR THE FIRST TIME. NANCY: AUNT FRITZI---MEET MY NEW BOY FRIEND, "SLUGGO" SMITH!! SLUGGO: H'YA, LADY--NICE LI'L JOINT Y'GOT HERE!! P2-FRITZI TALKS WITH NANCY WHILE SLUGGO IS IN ANOTHER ROOM . FRITZI: WHERE ON EARTH DID YOU FIND THAT AWFUL LITTLE RUFFIAN? NANCY: OH, HE'S: GRAND---HE'S REALLY VERY REFINED, ONLY HE AIN'T GOT ANY MANNERS, THAT'S ALL! P3- FRITZI: I MUST GET RID OF THAT LITTLE LOWBROW THIS MINUTE!! P4- FRITZI GOES BACK INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND FINDS SLUGGO LAYING ON THE COUCH, WITH HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS HEAD, HE IS VERY RELAXED. FRITZI: ER---BEFORE YOU LEAVE, WOULD YOU CARE FOR SOME MILK OR COCOA? SLUGGO: I'LL TAKE MILK NOW- - AND COCOA BEFORE I LEAVE!!
January 25, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 25,1946
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- MR. AND MRS. SPUTTER ARE TAKING MRS. SPUTTER : WHAT'S WRONG,DEAR? MR. SPUTTER: I DON'T FEEL WELL- - I'VE HAD SPOTS BEFORE MY EYES ALL DAY P2- MRS. SPUTTER: OH, THAT'S NOTHING - - I'VE OFTEN HAD SPOTS BEFORE MY EYES P3- MR. SPUTTER: OH, I WOULDN'T MIND ORDINARY SPOTS- - P4- MR.SPUTTER: BUT NOT THIS KIND THE SPOTS MR. SPUTTER IS SEEING ALL HAVE NANCY’S FACE ON THEM
January 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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1780’s anonymous cartoon titled “Le Fameux Empyrique Anglois American” (The Famous English American Empiric/Quack) shows Paine, as medicine man, standing on a podium in front of an audience and promoting his bottle labeled “Union” to a crowd of on-lookers: thomaspaine.org/gallery/poli...
1780’s anonymous cartoon titled “Le Fameux Empyrique Anglois American”
January 25, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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January 25th, 1937

#PatrickHenry #FootballHistory #Alcatraz #wills

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January 25, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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January 24th, 1940

#VascoDeGama #TheWorldWar #RomeGeorgia #columbiaicefield

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January 25, 2026 at 1:35 AM
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Fritzi Ritz By Ernie Bushmiller
January 24,1938
When Nancy First Met Sluggo
Fritzi Ritz By Ernie Bushmiller P1- A NEIGHBORHOOD BOY HITS NANCY WITH A LARGE SNOWBALL BOY : HAW HAW! P2-ANOTHER BOY (SLUGGO) SEES THIS AND TAKE CARE OF THE BOY WHO HIT NANCY WITH A SNOWBALL WOTS DE IDEAR OF HIT TIN' DAT LITTLE GOIL? SLUGGO HITS THE BOY SO HARD HE IS KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET…BOP! P3- NANCY: OH- - - THANK YOU! SLUGGO: AW, SKIP IT KIDDO---ME NAME IS SLUGGO SMITH - - - I'M NEW AROUND HERE - - - WANNA BE ME GOIL?
January 24, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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January 24th, 1942

#AlexanderTheGreat #AntonMaysek #strongmen #BrighterInWinter #tuna

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January 24, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 23,1950
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY IS VISITING SLUGGO, WHILE HE RUNS THE CASH REGISTER AT A LOCAL STORE, NANCY HAS MADE A PURCHASE AND HAS GIVEN THE MONEY TO SLUGGO… NANCY: WORKING HERE MUST KEEP YOU FROM PLAYING ON YOUR FOOTBALL TEAM? SLUGGO: YEP P2 SLUGGO RINGS UP THE OLD STYLE CASH REGISTER SLUGGO: BUT, I GET TOO BANGED UP PLAYIN' FOOTBALL --- DIS IS MUCH SAFER P3- THE CASH DRAWER POPS OPEN WITH SUCH FORCE…ZING IT HITS SLUGGO RIGHT ON THE CHIN P4- SLUGGO IS KNOCKED OUT COLD AS NANCY LOOKS OVER TO COUNTER AT HIM.
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 23,1953
NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER P1- NANCY IS AT THE MOVIE THEATRE, WHEN A LADY WEARING A LARGE HAT SITS DOWN RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER, NANCY’S VIEW OF THE MOVIE SCREEN IS TOTALLY BLOCKED . NANCY: WHAT A HAT TO WEAR TO A THEATRE P2- NANCY: I THINK I'LL SIT IN FRONT OF HER --- THE SEAT IS EMPTY P3-NANCY MOVES TO THE SEAT DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE LADY WEARING THE LARGE HAT, NANCY REMOVES FROM HER POCKET A POLKA DOT CLOTH ITEM P4- NANCY NOW WEARING A VERY LARGE HAIR BOW ON THE TOP OF HER HEAD NANCY HAS A VERY SATISFIED AND MISCHIEVOUS EXPRESSION ON HER FACE.
January 23, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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January 23rd, 1937

#Columbus #PresidentHoover #bugle #ox

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January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM