Max Headroom hijacked da tube

On november 22, 1987 a mysterious signal pirate hijacked WTTW Chicago for a few brief moments during a Dr. Who Episode. This kind of thing fascinates me, as does everything from the folks at Damninteresting.com. For the full article, go here. Here’s the video:

Damninteresting routinely delivers articles that are damn interesting. Like the flying tank built by the Germans:

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