The following sources were consulted in the preparation of the article “Thirteen of the silliest events that happened throughout history.”
- The Berners Street Hoax
- The Founding of the Conch Republic
- Forty years ago, 10-cent beer makes memories
- Pit bull elected as mayor of small town
- This fish swims upstream: Sacred Cod is carried once again from Old State House to Beacon Hill
- 1939: The year of goldfish gulping
- The Left-Handed Whopper – 1998
- The Time Napoleon Was Attacked by Rabbits
- April 14, 1945: Tweaky Toilet Costs Skipper His Sub
- When Napoléon wanted to invade Brazil
- Deep Freeze Fight
- The Big Cheese: Presidential Gifts of Mammoth Proportions