Weird True Stories That Sound Made Up: A Collection of Insane-But-True Stories About Pop Culture, Science, History, And More To Satisfy Your Curious Brain

by Kimberly Miller, History Compacted

Do you love head-scratchers, trivia, and strange history? Then this book is a must-read!

We’ve all heard wild stories that seem too impossible to be true—this book contains stories you’ve likely never heard of but need to read!

The world is often a strange place. Sometimes incredible tales fascinate and stick with us, but many interesting stories never become widely known. From what happened to Einstein’s brain to the strange trends in the 20’s and 30’s of trying to swallow something inedible—no, not a tide pod—these strange stories are sure to leave you wondering what the heck people are thinking.

This book makes a great gift for anyone who enjoys odd anecdotes, curious situations, and outlandish facts.

If you love the truly bizarre then this book is a must read! Don’t hesitate, scroll up and one-click buy your copy now, or gift this book to that friend who loves the unexpected. There are bound to be stories within that you’ve never heard or dreamed of!

Genres: History, Nonfiction

233 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 19, 2021

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun true stories

I love strange facts and stories and this book was a joy to read! We have Two Scrap Yards in town, so the Pepsi Story was especially fun for me to read! My neighbor And my son work/ed there!

[Adan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and entertaining little stories.

[Racheal Miller · Rating 1 out of 5]

Needs a better fact checker

Full disclosure, I stopped reading the book. First, the typos and grammar errors were hard to ignore. The reason I didn't finish though was the blatantly wrong information. I was going to consider these minor interpretive errors to keep the stories concise. I can't overlook them when they are so wrong that misinformation is spread. A fact checker could have corrected things like the number of states in 1920. The author asserts 50; there were 48. So, I skimmed a few after this and found more factual errors. Also, the references sections needs to be cleaned up and listed by chapter or properly in alphabetical order. As it stands now it is an unorganized mess with more typos.

[Ursula Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Strange and Unusual True Tales

This was a fun book and audio book about strange and unusual tales from history. I knew about several, but it was interesting to learn about the others. All are nice, bite sized tales of unusual occurrences that are great for trivia games and history class. I listened to this on audio and enjoyed the strange tales.

[William O. Robertson · Rating 1 out of 5]

I enjoy books like this, but for goodness sake, when the author (or editors) do not fact check it makes me questions other details of narratives that are written in this book. For example, in the story, “It's Poison” the author writes that there were 50 states during the era of Prohibition. Incorrect. Another boo boo is when the author states in the story, “Celestial Fireflies” that Astronaut John Glenn was the first American to orbit earth. True. But then, the author goes on to allude that John Glenn even landed on the moon. Incorrect. And then there is the story, “The Unsinkable Kitty” where the author states the German battleship Bismark is sunk in 1939. Nope. The Bismark was sunk in May of 1941. Did this writer ever read of important events during World War II? There is more, in the story on " Ronald Reagan's LP" the author states that the Reagan presidency saw the fall of the Soviet Union and Berlin Wall. These two events happened after Ronald Reagan left office. Although, I will give President Reagan credit for starting the collapse of these two events, they both nevertheless, occurred under the presidency of George H. Bush.

[Susan Stangebye · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this for our book club - it was a quick read. The stories were short and weird, but overall this was ok. It was somewhat amusing - so I didn't regret reading it. It just isn't something I would like recommend to anyone else.

[Maryann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quirky short true stories

Some stories I already knew about but others I had not ever heard of. This book is a very interesting read and I hope there will be another one.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quick easy read

Lots of interesting human interest stories. An easy but enjoyable book to read. I recommend this book to all who like history.

[Hadley · Rating 5 out of 5]

An addictive fun book, great for adults and kids. My ten year old daughter loved it and so did I! Some stories are new, and others clear up rumors that I’d heard. Overall, it was a great book.

[Kelsey Kinney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Crazy

Interesting tidbits of history that makes it fun to learn. These can be used for added facts for memory recall.

[Liz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quick little quirky facts and myths. I had just heard about the cpr doll face two days ago and the fact it was in this what a coincidence 😂

[Ted · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dumb waste of time

[Randall Stroud · Rating 4 out of 5]

good interesting read

A lot of little known but interesting history. Hard to put down. Recommend for those who love history or who just love historical trivia.

[Dale Hackett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strange but true

Interesting facts', all true but not well known. Fun to read. The mystery is in the why these events happened.

[Monique Farah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super easy short interesting stories about history. Fun to read when you have a little down time but don’t want to invest in anything long