futility closet In 1924, two British mountaineers disappeared trying to conquer Mount Everest. No one knows if they succeeded. Futility Closet
futility closet In the 1870s, a French laborer found himself making strange, compulsive journeys all over Europe Futility Closet
futility closet The story of a daring 1943 commando raid to stop Germany from getting an atomic bomb Futility Closet
futility closet Bogus professor Marvin Hewitt taught at seven different schools and universities Futility Closet
futility closet In the 1930s, two promising young American writers disappeared without a trace Futility Closet
futility closet In 1977, architects realized that Manhattan's Citicorp Tower could be brought down by a high wind Futility Closet
futility closet During WWII, mathematician Arne Beurling made "one of the greatest accomplishments in the history of cryptography" Futility Closet
futility closet In 1911, three men struggled for five weeks through the Antarctic winter to collect penguin eggs Futility Closet
futility closet One man's visit to Japan's closed society changed the country's destiny Futility Closet
futility closet Did an 18th-century engineer manage to build a chess-playing automaton? Futility Closet
futility closet In 1913 T.J. Cobden-Sanderson threw the most beautiful type in the world into the river Thames Futility Closet
futility closet In 1920, whist expert Joseph Elwell was found shot to death alone in his locked Manhattan brownstone Futility Closet
futility closet During WW II two Americans escaped the Japanese by sailing 3,000 miles in a wooden fishing boat Futility Closet
futility closet The mistaken identity of Adolf Beck, "one of the strangest true stories in British legal history" Futility Closet
futility closet Augustine Courtauld was marooned at a remote weather station in Greenland in 1930 Futility Closet
