Cartoonist Leigh Rubin's parents were the first Jewish couple ever to be married on US television, but it almost never happened.

Abbott & Costello agree to perform in a boy’s backyard for 70 cents, parents sue a milk dairy because their son grew too tall, & much more!

Nearly 175 monkeys escaped from a Long Island zoo in 1935, led by a male named Al Capone. Would they be able to recapture all of them?

8 stories in which someone got the last laugh. Includes: rattlesnakes outsmart a snake trap, jokes aimed at women are funnier, & more!

A British man risks his life to see his Russian wife.

A man was found murdered in his own home. The most unusual part was that all of the doors and windows were locked from the inside. How did the killer get away?

Beware of people with blue eyes, students use ice nickels to pay for phone calls, speed limit for automobiles set at 2 mph, & more!

One man decides to take on the wealthy grandson of financier J.P. Morgan.

The Titanic is supposedly unsinkable, a cat is jailed, clothing seems to instantly combust, & more!

Need help? Try renting a wife! They would do anything from A to Z, except for X!

A man discovers the Roman Ruins of his youth have been torn down, a violin made from a lobster claw, and much more!

Part 2 of the true story of Francis Van Wie, the streetcar conductor whose scandalous marriages captivated 1940s San Francisco.

A man known only as John F. Kennedy, appears in Kenosha, WI in 1915. He was unable to recall anything about his past.

A man recovers his lost diamond ring through a chance encounter, manhole covers fly in Chicago, dividing a Cadillac 57 ways, and more!

In 1900, a 17-year-old girl's photo is printed on a poster without her permission.

Tumbleweed replaces the standard Christmas tree for one family, a Santa who practically gave away the store, & more!

Three airmen stranded after a Greenland crash face brutal cold and starvation. Will rescue come in time, or will the Arctic claim their lives?

Why homely girls make the best wives, a drum majorette knocks herself out, and much more!

The fascinating story of the Pet Rock fad that began for Christmas of 1975.

Leona Gage had beauty, charm, and a crown—until scandal snatched it away.

A man is forced to pay for the burial of a porcupine, a stowaway who hid inside of someone’s coffin, & much more!

While Winston Churchill was crossing Fifth Avenue in Manhattan in 1931, he was hit by a car and thrown down to the pavement.

An exploration of advice columns and their evolution over time.

Truck driver Eugene Wood hid a BIG secret from his friends and family.

True fish stories, a newsreel photographer goes on an unexpected flight, & more!