What's your favorite "History is Stranger than Fiction" moment from world history?

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Einstein's letter to FDR on starting development of nukes sat on FDR's desk for several (many?) days and was finally acted upon December 6, 1941.


What, if anything, might have become of that letter had it sat one more day and then was engulfed in the tempest of the Pearl Harbor attack ?

Interesting thing is the Manhattan project to first use nukes supposedly according to the club was at Bohemian Grove was agreed upon. This is a strange place. They have a three story owl where they perform mock sacrifices to in July. If you want to know history stranger than fiction, this would be a place to start where US presidents and other US elite meet in the summers of norther california.




Here's what Richard Nixon said about the place:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN2GS3b8cyU