Rambles and Whimsy

Welcome to the Weird Side of Rambles and Whimsy
If you’ve ever fallen down a Wikipedia rabbit hole at 2am or found yourself wondering how an entire nuclear reactor exploded because of one guy, then you’re in the right place. This corner of Rambles and Whimsy is dedicated to the strange, the curious, and the downright bizarre—from history’s weirdest crimes and nature’s deadliest plants to forgotten cinematic disasters and eerie true stories.
We don’t do clickbait—we do curiosity. Each post is a deep dive into something unusual, unexpected, or just plain odd, written in our signature laid-back style. Whether you’re into ancient mysteries, scientific mishaps, or stories that make you say “wait, WHAT?” out loud, there’s something here to scratch that itch.
So go on—click through. Let’s get weird together.
Maybe your weird is my normal. Who’s to say?
Nicki Minaj

Oldest Objects on Earth
From caveman flutes to cosmic time capsules, discover the 8 oldest objects ever found — and the wild stories they tell.
We’re talking ancient computers, prehistoric erotica, and meteorites older than the Sun. Think you know history? Think again.
Step into deep time and explore the strangest relics ever uncovered.
Where’s your will to be weird?
Jim Morrison

Ötzi the Iceman
A Whisper from the Ice: Trapped beneath the Alps for over 5,000 years, Ötzi the Iceman carries secrets we are only beginning to uncover. Who was he? Why did he die alone on the mountain? Step into a frozen mystery where every discovery raises more questions than it answers.

The Demon Core
A glowing sphere of death. Two scientists. No explosion—just silence, heat, and fatal radiation. Discover the eerie true story of the Demon Core, the third atomic bomb that never saw war but still claimed lives in chilling accidents that haunted the birthplace of the nuclear age.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Hunter S. Thompson.

Biggest Box Office Bombs of the 21st Century
The biggest cinimatic turkeys of the 21st centuary, and why they failed.

10 Movie Plot Holes That Aren’t Actually Plot Holes (plot Polofilla)
Here is my list of ten things that we originally thought were plot holes, but actually have perfectly reasonable explanations.
I think ‘weird’ is an interesting way to say ‘unique.’ It has a strange connotation, but weird is good. If you embrace your weirdness, you’ll be on the way to becoming who you are.
Ben Falcone

True Crime: The World’s Stupidest Criminals (And Their Glorious Fails)
From a terrorist trying to make a fast buck to a man who thought that lemon juice would make him invisible, here we look at the real-life criminals that make The Wet Bandits look like The Pink Panther and A. J. Raffles

Paging Dr Disaster: A Salute to Cinema’s Worst Medical Professionals
Sometimes doctors in movies are awsome…
…sometimes they inspire a article.
Be weird. Be random. Be who you are. Because you never know who would love the person you hide.
C S Lewis

The SL-1 Incident
In 1961, a remote nuclear reactor in Idaho exploded, killing three men and shrouding the SL-1 project in secrecy. Official reports called it a control rod accident — but the evidence, and the silence that followed, tell a stranger story.

13 Mind-Bending Paradoxes
Mankind loves a brain-twisting paradox, and we have been puzzling them out for aeons. From old-fashioned aphorisms such as “The more you know, the more you realize; you don’t know anything.” to the almost self-help quality of “The more you try to impress people, the less impressed they’ll be.”
Blessed are the weird people: the poets, the misfits, the writers, the mystics, the painters, the wanderers and wonderers
Jacob Nordby

Aviation Mysteries
There are many mysteries in aviation, aside from where they hide the identifiable meat in the in-flight meals. Here are four of the biggest head-scratchers to keep Air Traffic Control and pilots up at night.

Nightmarish Plants
Around 12,000 years ago in the middle east, a small group of people did something truly remarkable, something that had never been done before, they tilled the land and planted selected crops, these Palaeolithic farmers were the first to put down roots – no pun intended – and we have been cultivating nature ever since.
Yesterday’s weirdness is tomorrow’s reason why.
Hunter S. Thompson