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50 Crazy Events That Really Happened: Vol. 2
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Series: 50 Crazy Events That Really Happened, Book 2
General ReferenceGeneral World History
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ISBN13: 9798186579090
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 13 2026
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 13 2026
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.58 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Some stories are just too crazy to believe! This collection of 50 bizarre events actually happened. These are the things they never taught you in school! Here are the true stories of the remarkable people and unbelievable events that are too crazy to make up. Learn the true stories of...
- The Great Emu War
- The Great Emu War
- The Evil Clown Panic
- Pepsi's Naval Fleet
- The Dancing Plague
- Riots Over Straw Hats and Chariot Races
- Staged Train Wrecks That Entertained Americans
- The Cadaver of a Pope Put on Trial
- The Pig and Potato War
- The Island That Disappeared
- The Woman Who Survived Three Ocean Liner Disasters
- The Great Sheep Panic
- Russian Families Killed By Potatoes
- When the U.S. Government Purposely Poisoned Its Citizens
- The Heaven's Gate Cult
- When Philadelphia Was Bombed By Its Police Department
- The Man Who Kayaked from Germany to Australia
- The Storming of Area 51
- When Heroin Was Sold as Cough Medicine
- The Plot to Establish a Fascist Dictatorship in the U.S.
- The Tallest Human Ever
- When Drinking Coffee Was Illegal
- Lawn Chair Larry
- The Schoolhouse Blizzard
- Ships with Thousands of Cars on the Ocean Floor
- Metric Conversion Error Nearly Kills 69 People
- The Latrine Disaster
- The Phantom Barber
- Nuclear Close Calls
- The Heidi Bowl
- Y2K
- Cat Spies and more!
- Pepsi's Naval Fleet
- The Dancing Plague
- Riots Over Straw Hats and Chariot Races
- Staged Train Wrecks That Entertained Americans
- The Cadaver of a Pope Put on Trial
- The Pig and Potato War
- The Island That Disappeared
- The Woman Who Survived Three Ocean Liner Disasters
- The Great Sheep Panic
- Russian Families Killed By Potatoes
- When the U.S. Government Purposely Poisoned Its Citizens
- The Heaven's Gate Cult
- When Philadelphia Was Bombed By Its Police Department
- The Man Who Kayaked from Germany to Australia
- The Storming of Area 51
- When Heroin Was Sold as Cough Medicine
- The Plot to Establish a Fascist Dictatorship in the U.S.
- The Tallest Human Ever
- When Drinking Coffee Was Illegal
- Lawn Chair Larry
- The Schoolhouse Blizzard
- Ships with Thousands of Cars on the Ocean Floor
- Metric Conversion Error Nearly Kills 69 People
- The Latrine Disaster
- The Phantom Barber
- Nuclear Close Calls
- The Heidi Bowl
- Y2K
- Cat Spies and more!
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