FILE #001
In 1803, a thief was hanged three times in one morning. And walked away alive
Joseph Samuel, the man Australia failed to hang three times in one morning (1803)
The Archive
Every file we have opened so far. Each one is a single strange, verifiable story, told in about seventy seconds.
FILE #002
Why do casinos refuse to let you gamble with real money?
Why casinos use chips: paying with cash activates pain regions in the brain
FILE #003
Total solar eclipses shouldn't exist. And soon, they won't
Total solar eclipses are a temporary cosmic coincidence — the Moon is drifting away
FILE #004
Why did doctors in 1518 order dying people to dance more?
The 1518 Dancing Plague of Strasbourg — doctors prescribed more dancing
FILE #005
Saturn's rings shouldn't be there. And soon, they won't be
Saturn's rings are temporary — ring rain is erasing them, and they may be younger than sharks
FILE #006
Voyager 1 should have died decades ago. Soon, it actually will
Voyager 1 is running out of power and will go permanently silent in the early 2030s, after already leaving the solar system
Files are numbered in the order they were opened. New files are published several times a week to TikTok and Facebook.