Factually Absurd

Strange Historical Events

This Man Was Standing Under Not One But Two Atomic Bombs — And Then Outlived Almost Everyone

In August 1945, a Japanese naval engineer named Tsutomu Yamaguchi had the cosmically terrible luck of being present in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki when the United States dropped atomic bombs on each city — three days apart. He survived both blasts, went on to live until age 93, and was officially recognized by his own government as a man history simply could not kill.

Mar 13, 2026

Unbelievable Coincidences

The CIA Paid Psychics to Spy on the Soviets for Two Decades — and Some of It Actually Worked

During the height of the Cold War, the CIA launched a classified program that paid trained psychics to close their eyes, clear their minds, and describe Soviet military facilities from thousands of miles away. The program ran for over 20 years, cost millions of taxpayer dollars, and produced intelligence that was, on several documented occasions, uncomfortably accurate. It was called Project Stargate, and yes, it was completely real.

Mar 13, 2026

Odd Discoveries

An Entire American Town Has Been Slowly Burning Alive Underground Since 1962

Beneath the cracked streets and toxic vents of Centralia, Pennsylvania, a coal seam has been on fire for over 60 years — and there is essentially no way to put it out. What was once a thriving mining community of 1,000 residents is now a near-empty ghost town where the ground smokes, the roads buckle, and geologists estimate the fire could keep burning for another 250 years. It sounds like the premise of a horror movie. It is, in fact, just Tuesday in central Pennsylvania.

Mar 13, 2026