Intriguing Times
Jason R WardTrue, Remarkable, and Occasionally Weird Stories
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 112 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 5 days ago |
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The legendary BBC Panorama hoax that convinced people spaghetti grew on trees
The BBC’s 1957 spaghetti harvest in Switzerland. Colourised still from the original Panorama broadcast.
The BBC’s famous spaghetti tree hoax has been on my ‘potential stories for Intriguing Times’ list for a while. I had assumed most peopl...
Exploding Toads, Panicking Sheep, And A Rain of Spiders. Nature Can Be Weird
Some very strange tales from the animal kingdom
Sometimes, nature seems to hit a glitch in the matrix. Frogs explode, sheep stampede for no reason, weird things fall from the sky, and chimpanzees can get a bit trendy.
The Man Who Spent 10 Months Trapped on a Ferry Between Hong Kong and Macau
Michael Patrick O’Brien on Lee Hong (photo by Oliver Fung)
Lots of people know the story of Mehran Nasseri, the man who spent years trapped in a Paris airport and loosely inspired the Tom Hanks film The Terminal. But more than 30 years ear...
Six Of The Most Painful Marketing Mistakes In Modern History
Free plane tickets, accidentally sexist tweets, and a marathon-sized blunder. Marketing can go very wrong
Marketing is supposed to make you want to buy something. But sometimes, it just makes you wonder how a room full of highly-paid and a...
The Shakespearean Actor Who Morris-Danced 100 Miles Across England
Will Kempe performing his famous Morris dance from London to Norwich in 1600.
Will Kempe was one of the most famous actors of his day. In 1600, he decided to leave London and Morris-dance his way to Norwich, around 100 miles away, as a kin...
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