Strange As It Seems

This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

September 26th, 1939

#DeadSeaPacific #LittleCarHop #BalancedBilliardBall #Corfu

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🌟 Extraordinary Women (Part 2): Courage, Eccentrics & Forgotten Icons of WWII 🌟

From hand-stitched gifts for soldiers to women who stepped into roles no one expected, the Strange As It Seems archives reveal another set of remarkable stories that history almost forgot.

✨ In this episode you’ll meet:

A Gold Star mother who turned grief into service 🇺🇸

A woman who became a mascot queen for soldiers in both Guadalcanal and Belgium 🌍

A widowed organizer who founded the National Widow & Widowers Club to ease loneliness 💌

Wartime mothers and daughters whose resilience shaped communities long after the war ended 🎖️

Some stories are inspiring, some eccentric, others deeply moving — all remind us that extraordinary women often leave their mark in unexpected ways.

👉 Watch Part 2 here: https://youtu.be/mvg_XbSFTWM


Which of these women’s stories resonates with you most? And who do you think should be remembered but rarely is?

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Strange As It Seems

This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

September 23rd, 1937

#Louisiana #Towhee #AsparagusIsALily

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👶🕵️‍♂️ Imagine slipping past Revolutionary guards during the French Revolution … disguised as a baby!

In this week’s 1930s radio show revival of Strange As It Seems, we uncover the true story of a 23-inch tall servant who played the part of an infant to smuggle messages and save aristocrats from the guillotine.

🎙️ Originally broadcast nearly a century ago, this episode reminds us that truth really can be stranger than fiction.

📻 Listen now to The Baby Spy! → https://youtu.be/gZWx5CvvYgs

🔎 Why you’ll love this episode:

👶 A dwarf disguised as a baby to outwit Revolutionary guards

✉️ Secret letters smuggled under “baby clothes”

⚔️ A desperate bid to save lives from the guillotine

📜 Proof from the Strange As It Seems archives

👉 Subscribe for more strange-but-true stories from history’s archives — newly restored 1930s episodes uploaded every week!

#StrangeAsItSeems #HistoryPodcast #1930sRadio #WeirdHistory #TrueStories

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Strange As It Seems

This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

September 21st, 1937

#Gettysburg #Turgenief #BaseballHistory

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New episode just dropped today!

🌟 Extraordinary Women (Part 1): Mars Prize, 50 Husbands & America’s First All-Female Jury! 🌟

History is full of kings and conquerors — but hidden in the Strange As It Seems archives is a folder simply labeled “Women – Miscellaneous.” Inside are tales of women who bent history in ways you’ve likely never heard:

✨ A pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in the same game ⚾
✨ A French widow who offered $20,000 to anyone who could contact another planet 🪐
✨ America’s first all-female jury in 1870 Wyoming ⚖️
✨ A woman who married 50 husbands — without ever divorcing 💍

Some are inspiring, some bizarre, all unforgettable.

👉 Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/KIHMOF8UCaE

Which of these extraordinary women’s stories surprised you most? Who else do you think deserves to be remembered?

Stay tuned for Part 2 next week!

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New episode dropping tomorrow!

Stories mined from the folder I recently came across in the archive entitled "Women - Miscellaneous" ... 🧐

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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

September 9th, 1963

#TheAmericanRevolution #EightDollarMountain #Frogs

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🕰️ What if George Washington wasn’t really the first U.S. President?
What if a state named after Benjamin Franklin existed… and then vanished?
What if Charlemagne ruled for 400 years after his death?

These aren’t internet rumors — they’re strange facts pulled from the very first Strange As It Seems book published in 1928 and reprinted in 1931. This book launched a worldwide fascination with oddities, and it swamped John Hix’s desk with letters from readers demanding proof.

In this week’s episode, I dive into that original “greatest hits” collection:

The million-dollar comma that changed U.S. tariffs

The woman who made a living as a human alarm clock with a pea shooter

Ants used as stitches in South America

A football game that could be won 1-0 after both teams scored

And the strangest string of coincidences you’ll ever hear…

✨ These stories were odd, delightful, and sometimes unsettling in 1928 — and they still have the power to stop you in your tracks nearly a century later.

🔗 Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/DY05U_dD-yU

❓Which story makes you question reality the most — George Washington as the 8th president, Charlemagne’s 400-year throne, or the Hugh Williams coincidences?

Let’s talk about it 👇

#StrangeAsItSeems #WeirdHistory #Curiosity #VintageArchives #ObscureFacts

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This day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!

September 7th, 1937

#NellieTayloeRoss #KeeneTexas #BohemianFarmers #BaseballHistory

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