Bizarre but true

Watch nowThe Day the Sun Blew Up a Minefield4 Aug 1972 · Hon La, North VietnamWatch nowMidnight at Noon19 May 1780 · New EnglandWatch nowThe Doomsday Equation | Friday 13 November 20264 Nov 1960 · University of Illinois, UrbanaComing soonThe Eleven Days Agatha Christie Vanished3-14 Dec 1926 · Sunningdale, Surrey to Harrogate, YorkshirePremieres 14 NovThe Lake That Fell Into a Hole20 Nov 1980 · Lake Peigneur, LouisianaPremieres 22 NovThe Magician Who Trolled MarconiJune 1903 · Royal Institution, London (and Poldhu / Porthcurno, Cornwall)Premieres 03 DecThe Woman Who 'Gave Birth' to RabbitsSep–Dec 1726 · Godalming, Surrey and LondonComing soonThey Blew Up a Whale. It Went Badly.12 November 1970 · Florence, Oregon

Coming up

• Bungee Jumping Was Invented With Vines Traditional, ongoing · Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
• Europe's Forgotten Zinc Country 1816–1920 · Neutral Moresnet (Kelmis)
• The Bang Heard 4,800 Kilometres Away 1883 · Krakatoa, Sunda Strait, Indonesia
• The Fire Pit Soviets Expected to Burn for Weeks 1971 · Darvaza, Karakum Desert, Turkmenistan
• The Glowing Blue Powder That Poisoned a City 1987 · Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
• The Great Stork Derby 1926–1936 · Toronto
• The Hope Diamond Came by Ordinary Post 8 Nov 1958 · New York to Washington, D.C.
• The Panel Still Missing From Belgium's Masterpiece 1934 · Ghent
• The Panic That Never Happened 30 Oct 1938 · War of the Worlds broadcast
• The Purple Dye That Cost 10,000 Snails a Gram c. 1500 BC–AD 400 · Tyre, Lebanon
• The War Over One Pig 1859–1872 · San Juan Island
• The Windshield Panic Mar–Apr 1954 · Washington State