Thursday · 3 December 19929.2 WTF
Technology & CommunicationUnited Kingdom
The First Official SMS Arrives. The Phone Cannot Text Back.
United Kingdom✓ Verified
Weekday archive · File 04
Thursday
Thursday was supposed to be uneventful. The records disagree.
Current WTF score9.30 WTF
Archive count24 stories
StatusHas requested a recount.
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The Thursday File
Featured evidenceT
The New Bridge Keeps Galloping. Four Months Later, It Stops Being a Bridge.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens as an unusually slender modern span, earns a nickname for its movement and collapses in the wind four months later.
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All Thursday WTFs
12 stories per page24 verified entriesShowing 1–12 · Newest additions first.
Thursday · 4 September 20089.5 WTF
Cultural Heritage & EngineeringEthiopia
Ethiopia Welcomes Its Obelisk Home. It Travelled in Three Pieces.
Ethiopia / Italy✓ Verified
Thursday · 22 December 19839.2 WTF
Entertainment & Corporate OverreachUnited States
Universal Takes Donkey Kong to Court. Nintendo Wins.
United States / Japan✓ Verified
Thursday · 15 April 20109.4 WTF
Aviation & Natural PhenomenaIceland
Iceland’s Volcano Grounds European Flights—While Keflavík Stays Open
Iceland / Europe✓ Verified
Thursday · 1 April 20049.3 WTF
Technology & CommunicationUnited States
Google Launches Gmail. People Think It’s an April Fools’ Joke.
United States✓ Verified
Thursday · 14 November 18899.5 WTF
Travel & MediaUnited States
Nellie Bly Travels Around the World. Halfway Through, She Learns It Is a Race.
United States / Worldwide✓ Verified
Thursday · 1 February 19799.0 WTF
Design & ArchitectureJapan
The World's First Capsule Hotel Opens. The Room Is Basically the Bed.
Japan✓ Verified
Thursday · 24 August 20069.5 WTF
Science & AstronomyCzechia
Astronomers Vote on the Solar System. Pluto Loses.
Czechia / International✓ Verified
Thursday · 27 May 19379.0 WTF
Transport & Civic LifeUnited States
The Golden Gate Bridge Opens. Cars Have to Wait Until Tomorrow.
United States✓ Verified
Thursday · 22 November 19569.5 WTF
SportAustralia
Melbourne Hosts the Olympics. The Horses Compete in Sweden.
Australia / Sweden✓ Verified
Thursday · 11 July 19859.1 WTF
CommerceUnited States
Coca-Cola Replaces Coca-Cola. Seventy-Nine Days Later, It Apologizes.
United States✓ Verified
Thursday · 9 April 20159.4 WTF
Civic LifeJapan
Godzilla Destroys Tokyo on Screen. Shinjuku Makes Him a Tourism Ambassador.
Japan✓ Verified
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Day Statistics
9.30
Current editorial WTF index
24
Published stories
16
Locations represented
18
Primary categories
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