In the Wild West, some frontier towns imposed strict gun laws. For example, one of the causes of the notorious gunfight at the O.K. Corral was that the lawmen were trying to regulate guns. Before the gunfight, Tombstone, Arizona had passed Ordinance #9 to prohibit the carrying of any deadly weapon within city limits, without …
In 2020, the U.S. experienced a record-breaking year for power outages. On average, folks in the U.S. went over eight hours without electricity in 2020. That’s more than twice as long as the average American went without power in 2013. To make matters worse, last year, Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said that enemies …
Charles G. was an electrical engineer for the National Security Agency during the Cold War. In the late 1970s, American spies in the Soviet Union were being arrested at an alarming rate, which was a huge concern for U.S. intelligence. But the U.S. couldn’t figure out how the spies were being identified. One day, U.S. …
Steve Wynn is a casino billionaire. His father was a bingo parlor operator on the east coast. At age 15, Steve sold ice cream bars from his bicycle. When his father died, Steve took the bingo operation to Las Vegas. Steve built some of Las Vegas’s most famous casinos including Treasure Island, The Mirage, and …
Marco L. enjoys the outdoors and one July he set off on a three-month-long canoe trip in Northwestern Quebec, Canada. He planned to canoe the Nottaway River. About a month into his adventure a bear came to his campsite. The bear destroyed his canoe and ate all his food. Thankfully, Marco’s beloved German Shepherd chased …
Linda W. owned a house in the Old Fourth Ward area of Atlanta. The property was in a historical area. Linda bought it in 1990, paid it off, and planned to own it forever. But she says someone stole the deed to her property. The problem was, she had no idea the title had been …
Ray G. lives in Osteen, Florida. One evening, he decided to go for a late-night walk, so he took his pistol with him. He put his .32 caliber pistol in his back pocket – not in a holster. His pants were loose fitting, and he had to adjust them. As he did, the pistol in …
Early one morning, police in Florida responded to a report of a hit-and-run accident near a hospital. Responding officers noticed a damaged red Pontiac Grand Am with airbags deployed. Officers spoke with the driver who said he lost control and struck a telephone pole. But one of the passengers in the Pontiac gave a different …
One evening, two Utah men tried to hike Kings Peak. The men camped one night at Dollar Lake and planned to summit Kings Peak the next night. Along the way to the peak, the men became too tired to continue. So, they opted to take a shortcut down the mountain. On the way down, one …
In 1953, scientists from the CIA gathered at a cabin in Maryland for a conference. On the second day of the conference, the men enjoyed a bottle of Cointreau liquor. But it wasn’t just liquor in the bottle… Sidney Gottlieb, a CIA program director, had spiked it with LSD. You see, Sidney was the head …