History Dispatches

Japan is home to many unique places, but one of the most fascinating is Aoshima - aka - Cat Island. At its height, the tiny island of Aoshima was home to hundreds of cats - outnumbering humans by more than 35-1. This is the story of Cat Island.

Sources

https://japanswitch.com/ultimate-guide-to-aoshima-aka-cat-island-2/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/27/japans-cat-island-falls-victim-to-demographic-crisis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoshima,_Ehime

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It was a normal spring afternoon on April 20, 1979, when president Jimmy Carter, while visiting his home in Georgia, was attacked by a rabbit. This is the story of the Jimmy Carter rabbit incident, and the media storm it created.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident

"The Other Side of the Story" by Jody Powell

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In 1996, Pepsi launched a new loyalty campaign. Buy Pepsi soda - get Pepsi points - which got you Pepsi branded stuff. For this campaign, a commercial featured a teenage boy flying a $37m fighter jet - which he had gotten using Pepsi points. It was all a good laugh until someone decided to redeem $700,000 of Pepsi points for the plane. This is the story of the Pepsi Points Jet Fighter Lawsuit.

Watch the commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdackF2H7Qc

Sources

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/getting-harrierd-away/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1996-man-sues-pepsi-for-not-giving-him-a-harrier-jet/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_v._Pepsico%2C_Inc.

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On December 31, 1931, a trapper known as Albert Johnson shot and killed a Canadian police officer in the remote Northwest Territories. He fled into the wilderness, and proceeded to evade arrest for 48 days in -40 degree weather. But even today, his identity remains a mystery. This is the story of the Mad Trapper of the Rat River.

Sources

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/albert-johnson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Johnson_(criminal)

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mad_Trapper-Na-1258-119.jpg#mw-jump-to-license

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On Feb. 19, 1942, the Nazis invaded Winnipeg, Canada. However, these Nazis were Canadians engaging in one of the most realistic and detailed mock invasions ever put together. This is the story of ‘If Day’ - the simulated Nazi Invasion of Winnipeg.

Sources

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/if-day

https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/mb_history/13/ifday.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Day

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fake_Nazi_soldiers_assaulting_a_Winnipeg_Free_Press_newsie,_19_February_1942.jpg

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