Factually Absurd

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

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