In 1970 Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen wanting to ban cars and legalize certain substances News
Roald Dahl, the writer of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” was given a Viking funeral, buried with wine, snooker cues, pencils and a power saw News
Farewell to a visionary mind: Stephen Hawking was born exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo and died on Einstein’s birthday News
“Brave New World” author Aldous Huxley requested LSD on his deathbed, a request granted by his wife Strangeness
When L. Ron Hubbard commanded a U.S. military vessel during WWII, he almost started an armed conflict with Mexico by mistake News
In 1941, Rudolf Hess flew to Scotland by himself and attempted to negotiate peace behind Hitler’s back News Battlefields
While Frances McDormand’s Oscar was taken but soon returned, three other actresses weren’t so lucky News Glamour
When Abraham Lincoln died, his corpse was sent on a controversial two-week funeral tour across America News
In 1909, schools were closed after a flurry of sightings of the Jersey Devil: a kangaroo-like creature with wings and a goat’s head Strangeness