Weekday archive · File 05

Friday

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Current WTF score9.27 WTF

Archive count25 stories

StatusRemains under investigation.

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13 July 1855 · Canada9.8 WTF

Clowns Beat Toronto Firefighters in a Brothel. The Firefighters Return With a Mob.

A fight between visiting circus performers and volunteer firefighters becomes a retaliatory riot. Toronto’s police response creates a scandal of its own.

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Clowns Beat Toronto Firefighters in a Brothel. The Firefighters Return With a Mob.

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Banksy’s Painting Shreds Itself After the Sale.

NORAD’s Simulated Attack Prompts Real Aircraft Launches.

Security Software Crashes Millions of Computers. No Hacker Required.

Neutrinos Apparently Outrun Light. The Timing Equipment Doesn’t.

The Crew Leaves on a North Pole Expedition. At Madeira, Amundsen Announces the South Pole.

Norway's King's Guard Knights a Penguin.

A Man Ties 42 Weather Balloons to a Lawn Chair. He Reaches 16,000 Feet.

Swatch Replaces Time Zones With 1,000 Beats. Midnight Starts at Swatch Headquarters.

A River of Burning Whiskey Floods Dublin. The Fire Kills Nobody. The Whiskey Does.

The First Spacewalk Succeeds. Then the Crew Lands in a Forest.

America’s Second Crewed Spaceflight Succeeds. Then Its Capsule Sinks.

WTF Changes Its Name Because the Internet Changed What WTF Means

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