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THE KIBOSH ($140,000 - $250,000)
Bjorn Ironside, a 9th-century Viking king, ruled parts of present-day Sweden and led surprise raids across Europe. In one of his most...
Feb 112 min read
MIRACLE IN THE ANDES ($175,000 - $300,000 USD)
On October 13, 1972, Flight 571, carrying 45 people – including a Uruguayan rugby team, their friends, family, and crew – crashed into...
Feb 102 min read
SCRABBLE SAVANT ($100,000 - $150,000)
In November 2024, New Zealander Nigel Richards, a 57-year-old Scrabble legend, made history by winning the Spanish World Scrabble...
Feb 72 min read
WALDO ($180,000 – $215,000+)
One of seven children, Johnny Cash was born in Arkansas on February 26, 1932, and grew up on the family farm. The Cash family made a very...
Feb 62 min read
THE KNOCKER-UPPER ($180,000 - $300,000+)
In 18th century Britain, the sound of an alarm clock was a rare, unreliable thing. Expensive too, beyond the reach of most working folk....
Feb 52 min read
LIGHTNING STRIKES ($100,000 – $125,000 USD)
If you live to 80, your chances of getting struck LIGHTNING STRIKES ($100,000 – $125,000 USD) by lightning at least once are about 1 in...
Feb 32 min read
THE STORY OF ADOLPHE SAX ($100,000 – $125,000 USD)
In early 19th century Belgium, there was a boy named Adolphe Sax, whose life seemed destined for the extraordinary – perhaps because he...
Jan 313 min read
UNSOLVABLE ($90,000 – $150,000)
In 1939, George Bernard Dantzig, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, arrived late to a lecture by his...
Jan 212 min read
HALF A MILLY ($115,000 – $135,000 USD)
The outcome of a casino heist is almost always the same: a one-way ticket to prison. Over the years, countless intricate plans have been...
Jan 173 min read
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