Charles Vance Millar's will offered a large share of his estate to the Toronto mother who gave birth to the most children during the ten years after his death.

During Operation Cornflakes, the OSS forged German mailbags, stamps, and envelopes so anti-Nazi material could enter the postal system after attacks on mail trains.

In 1835, the New York Sun published a series claiming a powerful telescope had revealed lunar forests, animals, and winged humanoids; the Great Moon Hoax became a sensation.

In 1814, a giant vat burst at the Horse Shoe Brewery, triggering other vessels and sending a destructive flood of porter into the surrounding St Giles neighborhood.

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In 1910, Lilian Bland designed, built, and flew the Mayfly in Ireland; before its fuel tank arrived, she tested the engine using an empty whiskey bottle and her aunt's ear trumpet as…

On her 63rd birthday in 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first known person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel of her own design.

In 1859, San Francisco resident Joshua Norton proclaimed himself Norton I, Emperor of the United States, then issued decrees and became a celebrated figure in the city.

Nantes' Grand Éléphant is a multi-story wood-and-steel walking machine that carries passengers through the former shipyards, with riders viewing the city from the height of a moving…

In the early 1930s, Austrian engineer Friedrich Schmiedl launched rockets carrying hundreds of letters between mountain communities, using parachutes to return the mail to earth.