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SOURCES – 15 historical moments that are strange, wild, and true

The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “15 historical moments that are strange, wild, and true.”

  1. Belief, Legend, and the Great Moon Hoax
  2. This Day In History: Mount Tambora Explosively Erupts in 1815
  3. Have Mercy…
  4. H-France Review Vol. 21 (November 2021), No. 203
  5. 30 Years Later, Notorious ‘Max Headroom Incident’ Remains a Mystery
  6. The Comet Panic of 1910, Revisited
  7. Pont-Saint-Esprit poisoning: Did the CIA spread LSD?
  8. The story of the Cottingley Fairies shows that image manipulation is nothing new
  9. Chair, Lawn, Larry Walters
  10. 53 years ago, a Michigan man had a funeral for 30,000 pizzas — Here’s why
  11. The Resurrection of Henry “Box” Brown
  12. The Empire’s Salt Tax: Uncovering the Forgotten Hedge of India
  13. Mechanical Turk: An elaborate 18th-century hoax that played chess like an AI robot
  14. The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine
  15. Gregor MacGregor, the Prince of Poyais