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Strange As It Seems

Welcome to Strange As It Seems!
I’m Jeff Hix, grand-nephew of John Hix, creator of Strange as it Seems — the original comic strip of oddities, peculiar history, and mind-blowing facts that ran from the late 1920's until 1970. My mission? To dust off this library of the curious and bring it into the digital age, sharing the weird, the wonderful, and the absolutely true stories that make you go, “Wait… really?”
From bizarre coincidences to forgotten history, from myth-conceptions to strange-but-true science, we’re diving into the same kind of jaw-dropping facts that once made people mail my grand-uncle for proof (seriously, they did that). And just like before, everything here is backed by research, not rumors.
So if you love fun, fascinating facts that make you sound like the smartest person at the dinner table—without coming off like a know-it-all—you’re in the right place. Let’s explore the marvels of our world together, one curious tale at a time.
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The Hangman Who Couldn’t Escape His Past | Strange As It Seems

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The President Before George Washington?! | Strange As It Seems

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The Strange Story of Washington’s Pen Knife | Strange As It Seems

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The Ridiculous Titles We Almost Gave U.S. Presidents | Strange As It Seems

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The U.S. President Kicked Out by His Own Party?! | Strange As It Seems

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The First U.S. Third Party That Won a State?! | Strange As It Seems

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America’s First Political Convention Wasn’t Democrat or Republican?! | Strange As It Seems

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The Ancient Armadillo With a War Club Tail?! | Strange As It Seems

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Nebraska’s Giant Fossil Elephant, Camel & Hog?! | Strange As It Seems

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Germany Went 2 Years Without Passing a Law?! | Strange As It Seems

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Ecuador Wrote 14 Constitutions?! | Strange As It Seems

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The Netherlands Once Ruled a Vast Empire?! | Strange As It Seems

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The U.S. Spot You Can’t Reach by Land?! | Strange As It Seems

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Which States Touch the Most Others? | Strange As It Seems

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It All Began With Strange State Facts (1930) | Strange As It Seems

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Born in Prison… and Became a Queen?! | Strange As It Seems

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The Strange ‘Penitentiary Tom’ Catfish of North Carolina | Strange As It Seems

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The Safety Pin Invented in Just 3 Hours?! | Strange As It Seems

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The Largest Grizzly Ever Found?! | Strange As It Seems

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Polar Bears Are Actually Black?! | Strange As It Seems

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1930s Science: Girls Smarter Than Boys?! | Strange As It Seems

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The Baby Who Joined Congress at 5 Days Old?! | Strange As It Seems"

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The One-Man Government & a $270 Fish Fine?! | Strange As It Seems

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Flat Tire Turns to Gold + A Burnt Check Cashed 8 Months Later

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Married… Born on the Same Day, Hour & Year?! 😲

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Bats, Caverns & a Texas Bat Hotel 🦇

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1931: The Bat Mystery Science Hadn’t Solved Yet 🦇

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59 Straight Republican Votes — Meet the Men Who Never Missed an Election 🗳️ #StrangeAsItSeems

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Ancient Persian Elections… with Olive Leaves? 🫒🗳️

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The Strongmen Who Redefined Records in the 1940s

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The “Best Built Man” of 1942 — See the Perfect 20-Inch Difference 💪

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Somersaults with 56 lb Dumbbells? Meet Rolandow!

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The Strongman Who Mailed Himself Into History 📬💪

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The $0 Fortune: How Goodyear Invented Rubber as We Know It

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Why Airships Owe Their Lives to a Gas Discovered on the Sun

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When Airships Ruled the Skies – and what that has to do with 365 condoms 🤔

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World’s Fastest Ice Spinner & the Man with 45 Fractures! ⛸️😲

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Ice Skating Legends: From a 79-Year-Old Prodigy to a Baby on Ice! ⛸️❄️

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Laws Written in Blood, a Queen Born in Prison, and a Poet in a Madhouse 🩸👑📜 | #StrangeAsItSeems

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The Safety Pin Was Invented… to Pay Off a $15 Debt?! 📎 | #StrangeAsItSeems

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The WWII Bear Who Marched, Drank, and Saluted 🇵🇱🐻 | #StrangeAsItSeems

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The Man Who Lived His Entire Life as Number 57 🧮 | #StrangeAsItSeems

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Blind as a Bat? Not Even Close. 🦇 | #StrangeAsItSeems

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He Lost an Election Bet… and Got a Ticket for Drunk Wheelbarrow Driving?! 🛞 | #StrangeAsItSeems

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This Strongman Performed… Using His Nipples?! 🧐 | #StrangeAsItSeems

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