futility closet In the 1970s, David Rosenhan showed that healthy people could be diagnosed as mentally ill Futility Closet
futility closet In 1921 the schooner Carroll A. Deering was discovered aground off North Carolina. The crew had vanished. Futility Closet
futility closet In 1932 four gangsters set out to kill their friend and failed five times in a row Futility Closet
futility closet In 1975 a woman set out alone to lead four camels across the deserts of western Australia Futility Closet
futility closet After Pearl Harbor was attacked, one American seaplane had to circle the world to get home Futility Closet
futility closet For 13 years white geologist Clarence King maintained a second identity as a black man in New York Futility Closet
futility closet Brothers Homer and Langley Collyer filled their Harlem townhouse with 140 tons of junk Futility Closet
futility closet Diver William Walker spent five years under Winchester Cathedral to restore the building's foundations Futility Closet
futility closet In 1958, two pilots managed to stay aloft in a small plane for two months straight Futility Closet
futility closet In 1856, 19-year-old Mary Patten commanded a clipper ship around Cape Horn Futility Closet
futility closet In the early 1800s, an escaped convict spent 32 years living among the aborigines of southeastern Australia Futility Closet
futility closet In World War II, the U.S. Army experimented with firebombs carried by live bats Futility Closet
futility closet In 1906, the Bronx Zoo exhibited a Congolese man in its primate house Futility Closet
futility closet 'The Children's Blizzard' of 1888 trapped children in schoolhouses across the American Midwest Futility Closet
futility closet In 1703 a blond Frenchman convinced much of London that he was from Taiwan Futility Closet
