Today in 2012, football fans got to see one of the most spectacularly wrong plays in NFL history, one known today simply as “the butt fumble.” Plus: today in 2017, a report on what could have been the greatest crossover event in movie history, with an icon of slasher movies facing off against two icons of stoner movies.

A Decade of Butt Jokes and Misery, It’s the Butt Fumble’s Birthday (The Ringer)

‘Friday the 13th’ Series Director Once Pitched ‘Cheech and Chong Meets Jason’ (The Wrap)

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Today in 1789, North Carolina became the twelfth state to ratify the US Constitution. In the central part of the state there's an unincorporated community that locals named Whynot for a pretty unusual reason. Plus: starting Saturday in Milwaukee, it’s Trainfest, which bills itself as the largest operating model railroad show in the US.

Whynot, North Carolina Was Named Out of Sheer Boredom (Conde Nast Traveler)

Trainfest 2024

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Today in 1969, at a session for soul and funk icon James Brown, drummer Clyde Stubblefield laid down what's probably the most sampled beat of all time. Plus: today in 2021, the premiere of "Sooyii," the first movie filmed entirely in the Blackfoot language.

Funky Drummer — pop history was made when James Brown hollered ‘Hit it!’ (Financial Times)

Film shot entirely in Blackfoot language, on tribal land to premiere (The Missoulian)

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