2018:

At least four people would like to own Charles Manson’s remains.

1882:

Jesse James keeps getting reburied and fought over.

2017:

Americans at an embassy in Cuba suffer a possible sonic assault.

1976:

Americans at an embassy in Russia get beamed with microwaves.

2017:

Rich people in Silicon Valley swear by the “nice smooth mouth feel” and healthy bacteria in raw water, as long as you drink it before it turns green.

1900:

Rich people swear by the wisdom of drinking anything but raw water.

2017:

Internet resident pays $117,712 for a virtual kitty.

c. 1637:

Dutch resident (allegedly) trades twelve fat sheep for one sexy tulip root.

2017:

U.S. Department of Agriculture bans words related to climate change.

350 BC:

Aristotle denies that the climate is changing.

2017:

Salvador Dalí’s moustache is discovered intact.

1817:

Long-dead Bourbons are shockingly presentable.

2017:

Using Microsoft fonts to solve an international scandal.

1440:

Exposing a literary fraud in the fifteenth century.

2017:

The Vatican forbids gluten-free communion.

1052:

Leavened or unleavened? Saint Peter Damian says he doesn’t care.