Yes, That Happened!: A Collection of Wildly Insane-But-True Stories in Pop Culture, Science, and History That Seniors Will Remember

by Kimberly Miller

From the gift J. Edgar Hoover gave twenty-year-old Shirly Temple to secret government tests on human subjects to medical treatments that made patients glow, this book covers strange historical facts and events that’ll get you thinking!

This book is the perfect way to relax, unwind, and learn something new that’ll impress your friends, make family dinners uncomfortable, or help you in some eventual trivia situation. Whatever your reason for loving weird history, we’ve got your back.

If you’ve been looking for a great gift for that history lover in your life, look no further! The range of facts in this book mean that there’s something for everyone and trust me, you won’t be disappointed by the bizarre tales contained within! So hurry up and grab your copy now!

99 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 13, 2022

Reviews

[Jim Razinha · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I was young 50 years ago, I devoured (several times) the Ripley's Believe It or Not books at my great-grandmother's house. Five/six years later, it was the Wallace's books of Lists (our house.) My kids had the Uncle John's Bathroom readers. This is like those. Entertaining; a few new to me, I did check a couple of the wildly insane stories and found them to be true. My one small complaint is that like the other books I mentioned, there are no cites/links for the source material. If the market aim is "seniors", I am of an age and disposition that if I read something without a source, I tend to consider it as little more than opinion, less possibly fact. I am never a "let me google that for you" target, but if I am interested in something now, I will stop reading to dig further. I can also skip passing interest for a more accessible one pretty easily. But that's me. (Oh, and in text citations ... not those surprises at the end of the book.)

I received review copy of this through the LibraryThing Early reviewers program.

[Sofia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another book of facts and small histories that sound amazing but they really happened, but while I say it is another book, this is possibly one of the most detailed book of facts that I have read, and for that I take off my hat, we get to know the why, where, who and all the backstory, in a really complete way.

The research is well done, is like a school paper done with the help of encyclopedias instead of only googling it, and this is a very well deserved praise, is the kind of book perfect to give as a present, if you buy it for yourself is the kind of book perfect to take a story and use it to flaunt some knowledge.

Thank you LibraryThing for the free ARC and this is my honest opinion.

[BJ McSt · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somewhat interesting

A collection of odd but true items from the past. The narratives read as though written by junior high/middle school students, which detracts from the stories themselves. Several chapters include flippant comments about the post-WWII generation. The stories themselves have an almost Ripley's Believe It Or Not quality to them but there are a few nuggets of interesting information among the pages.

[James Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another one of the rather strange but still fascinating books about unusual things such as howTootsie Rolls were used in warfare. Flying saucers over DC, missing atomic bombs, the investigation of the film It's a Wonderful Life by the F.B.I.

These are just some of the fun things in the book. I like the parachuting beavers topic, too.

Really worth reading, sometimes for a good laugh.

[Abby Stopka · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun read. All kinds of interesting stuff that we definitely didn't learn in history class.

[Debbie Benson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. It is a nice collection of interesting facts that I liked learning about.

[Chester Sayler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting

A learning experience. Fun to find new history that you did not know. It is a fast read so why not give it a try. I think you may be very glad you did.

[Edward G. Madsen · Rating 2 out of 5]

All of these stories have been told elsewhere and none are wildly insane. Mildly interesting at best.

[darrell jensen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Now I know

Throughly enjoyed myself reading each of the tales in this book.
I always learn something new and look forward to sharing with my family and friends and so will you.

[Maurizio Codogno · Rating 2 out of 5]

idea simpatica, ma doveva essere resa meglio

L'idea di questo libretto era interessante: presentare un certo numero di curiosità datate dal 1930 al 1960 circa che si sono dimenticate, dedicando a ciascuna di esse due o tre pagine, D'accordo, sono tipicamente roba americana o britannica, ma in effetti ne conoscevo giusto qualcuna. Purtroppo il risultato non è stato all'altezza delle aspettative. Innanzitutto molti di questi fatti sono davvero minori e non così curiosi, salvo qualche eccezione come lo stato di Moosylvania (ma io ero un fan sfegatato di Rocky e Bullwinkle), i castori paracadutati, e il progetto di una bomba atomica tenuta alla giusta temperatura... da un gruppo di polli. Passi per la scelta: quello che però non ho sopportato sono state le chiuse paternalistiche che chiudono quasi tutti i raccontini. Una nota comica finale: in due dei capitoli c'è l'avvertenza "Ho lasciato le misure metriche per adeguarmi alla terminologia militare" (molti dei racconti sono di ambientazione militare, in effetti.) Ma in uno di essi l'unica misura metrica era -40 gradi Celsius, che corrispondono esattamente a -40 gradi Fahrenheit... :-)