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⚾️ Ready for some wild & wacky facts and stores about old time baseball?

And by old time, we mean olden times - these were facts & stories archived in a folder titled "Old Baseball" - back in the 1930s! 🤯

New episode dropping tomorrow morning!

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November 12, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

November 11th, 1939

#8000PeaceTreaties #ShipwreckIsland #doorbellkittens

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November 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

November 10th, 1936

#LancasterPA #CapitalForADay #TheFirstBalloon #footballhistory

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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

November 9th, 1956

#MachuPicchu #ThomasEdison #BadanahArabia

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November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

November 8th, 1941

#PresidentWhoBecameEmperor #InventorMacBrainard #manfredvonrichthofen

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November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

November 4th, 1948

#UlyssesSGrant #OddAircraftInvention #strangefishing

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November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 30th, 1941

#CarbonDioxide #ScotchFancyCanary #Aphids #soprano

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October 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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New episode dropping later this morning - more rapid fire trivia mined from the late 1930's blotter card series recently discovered in the #StrangeAsItSeems archives!

#Jerusalem #CzarNicholas #Radium #TeddyRoosevelt

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October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 22nd, 1957

#MalgacheOfMadagascar #CaptWilliamDHackettClimber #snappingturtles

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October 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 21st, 1936

#JudgeRoyBean #GeorgeWashington #Mules #guineapigs

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October 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 20th, 1955

#DariusOfPersia #EiffelTower #1950sNomad

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October 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Today in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 19th, 1936

#CharlesV #Madrid #1820Election #kiwi

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October 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 18th, 1965

#DeathToKings #Bernadotte #RheinhardtsPheasant #paratroopboots

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October 19, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 17th, 1947

#CommunistRevolutionInRussia #SaltIsNotWhite #BeardedIndiansInNorthernCanada

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October 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

December 16th, 1947

#Palestine #Beethoven #GasolineBoils

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October 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Ready for some more crazy facts and anecdotes about #AbrahamLincoln?

Stay tuned for another new episode dropping later this morning - finishing out the folder I found recently in the #StrangeAsItSeems archives entitled "Abraham Lincoln"!

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October 16, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 14th, 1942

#DorisPeterson #JohnGrimek #WorldsBestBuiltMan #WWIIHelmetsFromFlatirons

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October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 13th, 1941

#WinstonChurchill #HudsonBayCompany #pussmoth

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October 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 12th, 1939

#IrishVikings #BeerLabelCollecting #PresidentForADay #GolfballEatingCow

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October 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 11th, 1943

#LeroyMills #FootballHistory #AncientGreece #TheaterHistory #stlawrenceriver

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October 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 10th, 1958

#MaryShelley #Frankenstein #ApricotTrees #latahcountyidaho

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October 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 9th, 1943

#GreeksHadMotionPictures #EthylMercaptan #StGothardRailway

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October 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Ready for some amazing, you-never-heard-before facts and tidbits about Abraham Lincoln? New video dropping tomorrow!

Let me know if you found yourself saying "WOW!" to some strange but true things about ol' honest Abe you never heard in school - or anywhere else!

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October 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 8th, 1943

#Swastika #Weightlifting #bankofamericastadium

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October 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

October 7th, 1947
(the year before Israel was created 😲)

#Palestine #WorldsLargestRefrigerator #fabricdyes

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October 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM