Strange Saturday - October 31, 2020
Hi!
Here is your weekly dose of “Everything Strange,” literally a list of everything strange happening around us. So let’s start with
Today's Strange History
Flu Pandemic: Exactly 102 years ago, today in 1918 it was announced that Spanish flu killed 21,000 people in the US in a single week.
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Dictator: In 1922, Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) became premier of Italy.
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Nazi Germany: In 1940, today was the deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto.
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Serial Killer: Today in 1974, Ted Bundy victim Laura Aime disappeared in Utah, US.
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Assassination: In 1984, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her bodyguards at her home in New Delhi.
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Bitcoin: Exactly 12 years ago today in 2008, "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" whitepaper was published by Satoshi Nakamoto. It described a decentralized peer-to-peer payment infrastructure.
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Population: In 2011, the world's population reached 7 billion according to the United Nations.
Twitter Killer: Today in 2017, Takahiro Shiraishi was arrested in Zama, Japan, a day after 9 dismembered bodies were found in his apartment. Later he pleaded guilty to murdering 9 people after contacting them on Twitter.
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Statue of Unity: In 2018, World's biggest statue - the Statue of Unity was unveiled of Indian independence leader Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at 182 meters in Gujarat state of India.
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ISIS: 1 year ago, today in 2019 Jihadi terrorist group Islamic State named Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Qurashi as its new leader after US special forces killed its former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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What is Today?
Today i.e. 31st October is
✨ Magic Day
🐏 Hug A Sheep Day
🍮 Caramel Apple Day
Something Strange, Something Personal
What I am watching?
Joe Rogan Experience #1555 - Alex Jones & Tim Dillon: This is a Joe Rogan podcast with standup comedian & actor Tim Dillon and filmmaker, writer & journalist Alex Jones.
News, that am going through:
1. Billy Mansfield: Brother’s drug bust leads to ‘suspicious’ find on property of Florida serial killer - Kiro 7
2. Guests are invited to Lenoir County's oldest home for 'paranormal investigation' - abc
3. Reading Beyond the Veil: Paranormal Book Recommendations From the Pros - Den of Geek
Quote, that I am deeply thinking about:
“God doesn’t know where God came from” - Alex Jones; filmmaker, writer, journalist and host of the Alex Jones Show
So will end today’s strangeness here. As always, please give me feedback. What do you want more or less of? Other suggestions? Let me know! Just email me at StrangeButTrue@substack.com.
Thanks for reading! Everything I write here is completely for free, just out of my love for researching history, crime, criminals & the paranormal. It would mean a lot to me if you could share this with 1 of your friends; an Instagram or Whatsapp share works too. Bye, talk to you on Wednesday.
Much love and Stay Strange,
Stranger