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Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/11/27

Toby Evans, owner of the 3 Sheets waterfront restaurant in Perth, Western Australia, placed a watergun on every outdoor table so that customers could fend off annoying seagulls. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Beyond the Bizarre)

Lights Out: We start our UK visit!

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/11/23

A trip to two of the most haunted castles in England? Yes please! We kick off our UK visit with a look at the history and hauntings at Hampton Court Palace, Henry VIII’s stomping grounds, and Berry Pomeroy Castle, home to not one, but two ghostly ladies. https://youtu.be/CPFyUT6L6fg

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/11/20

Point Nemo in the South Pacific Ocean is located so far from land that the nearest humans are often astronauts. The International Space Station orbits Earth at a maximum altitude of 258 miles, while the nearest inhabited land mass to Point Nemo is more than 9,942 miles away. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Beyond … Continue reading Today I Learned …

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/11/13

The Boerne 0.5 K run — a charity race for “underachievers” — was staged at Boerne, Texas, on May 5, 2018. The course was only 0.3 mile long, and for an entry fee of $25, participants received free beer at the start and finish. Those not wishing to expend any energy at all could pay … Continue reading Today I Learned …

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/11/06

In 2018, Josiah and Anthea Carelse, from Lakewood, Colorado, unknowingly bought and ate a box of granola that had expired in 1997. The cereal was a decade older than the couple’s daughter. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Beyond the Bizarre)

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/10/30

In 1903, butcher Jacob W. opened a meat market at 2359 Wentworth Avenue in Chicago. Shortly afterward his whole family died and Jacob committed suicide. Jacob’s clerk Fred K. took over the business. In short order his daughter fell into a pickling vat and was scalded to death. A week later Fred died “under mysterious … Continue reading Today I Learned …

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/10/23

A $2 million house in Miami, Florida, built in 1968 by American architect Alfred Browning Parker for himself, has a 90-foot-long stream running through its three connecting buildings, allowing the owners to swim or float between rooms. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Beyond the Bizarre)

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/10/16

In 1799, a American privateer warship, the Nancy, was seized by a British warship, the Sparrow, in the Caribbean, a region forbidden to American ships at the time. Anticipating capture, the Nancy‘s skipper, Thomas Briggs, threw the ship’s American registration papers overboard and replaced them with Dutch forgeries. Charged in Jamaica with smuggling contraband, Briggs … Continue reading Today I Learned …

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/10/09

Jimmy Newell, of Devon, England, was born at exactly noon on October 11, 1913, and died at exactly noon on October 11, 2016 — his 103rd birthday. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: A Century of Strange)

Welcome to the Month of Spooky!

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/10/02

Welcome to October! The month of spooky has begun! Here are a few of the places you’ll find me this month (the first one’s coming up quick, so mark your calendars). On Weds. October 4, I’ll be at the Lakeview branch of the Peoria Library, doing a brand-new talk on Oddities and Mysteries at 6:30 … Continue reading Welcome to the Month of Spooky!

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/10/02

Members of the Gomi Hiroi Samurai theater performance group dress like samurai warriors but devote their energies to collecting trash from the streets of Japanese cities. Whenever they locate and dispose of an item of garbage, they strike dramatic poses and shout menacing warnings condemning the perpetrator. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Beyond the … Continue reading Today I Learned …

2024 Calendars Are Here!

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/09/28

Are you ready to make every day of 2024 spooky? The new calendars are available for $14, with just a quick pm to me here. Twelve months of brand-new stories, including a couple from the new book, Gone on Vacation — and one that has never appeared in ANY of my books before now! I … Continue reading 2024 Calendars Are Here!

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/09/25

Cheetahs are able to reach great speeds partly because they run with their claws out. The extra traction they obtain on the ground operates on the same principle as the spikes on running shoes. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: A Century of Strange)

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/09/18

Raccoons can pick a lock in fewer than ten tries, and can remember the solution for up to three years. (From Ripley’s Believe It or Not: A Century of Strange)

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/09/11

Clive, a Norwegian Forest cat owned by Tanya and Jonathan Irons, disappeared from his home in Nottinghamshire, England, in December 2014, and when he was found in February 2016, he had grown to twice his original size. It turned out that he had spent the intervening 14 months living in a nearby pet food factory. … Continue reading Today I Learned …

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/09/04

More than 60,000 people entered an Airbnb contest to sleep in a bedroom in Paris, France, that was submerged in a huge tank containing 37 sharks. The temporary underwater room for two at the city’s Shark Aquarium had a 360-degree transparent wall, which was all that separated the guests from the sharks. (From Ripley’s Believe … Continue reading Today I Learned …

Today I Learned …

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/08/28

During World War II, fuel was delivered from Sandown Fort on the Isle of Wight to Cherbourg, France, through pipes laid on the seabed. The operation to secretly deliver fuel to occupied France was codenamed PLUTO, for PipeLine Under The Ocean. (Most adorable code name EVER.)

Ever Wanted to Visit the Villisca Axe Murder House?

Lights Out With Sylvia Shults ·

2023/08/27

Every so often, I get asked if I’d like to do an article for some other author’s newsletter. I always say yes, because I know how important it is to have stuff to put INTO these newsletters. Ophelia Julien has been a friend for years, so it was a treat to be asked to contribute … Continue reading Ever Wanted to Visit the Villisca Axe Murder House?

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