Unreal But Real

Strange History

This Small Minnesota Town Elected a Dog as Mayor — Then Kept Reelecting Him

In 2014, the residents of Cormorant, Minnesota handed their mayoral office to a Great Pyrenees named Duke — and then did it again, and again, and again. This is the completely true story of America's most unlikely elected official, and the tiny community that decided he was exactly what they needed.

Mar 13, 2026

Unbelievable Coincidences

He Survived the First Atomic Bomb. Then He Went Home — and Survived the Second One Too.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business when the United States dropped the world's first combat nuclear weapon on August 6, 1945. He survived, bandaged his wounds, and traveled home to Nagasaki — arriving just in time for the second bomb three days later. He lived to 93. This is his story.

Mar 13, 2026

Odd Discoveries

She Survived the Titanic. And the Britannic. And the Olympic Disaster. Meet the Woman the Ocean Couldn't Kill.

Violet Jessop was a stewardess and nurse who worked aboard all three of the White Star Line's sister ships — and managed to be present for the worst disaster each one suffered. The Titanic sank. The Britannic sank. The Olympic collided with a warship. Violet walked away from all of it and kept showing up for work.

Mar 13, 2026