Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Very few good decisions are made when people are drunk.

Whether they're calling up an old friend out of the blue or picking a fight with someone

who is much bigger, it's safe to say that most actions performed under the influence

of alcohol are often followed by regret.

Unless you're Russell Airendel.

In 1948, Airendel and his buddies had been drinking rum when they came up with a brilliant

idea, one that would put them on the map.

Literally.

Airendel was an American businessman who also worked as a lobbyist for Pepsi Cola.

He'd been traveling in Canada with some friends when he came across a tiny island, about

three acres inside, off the coast of Nova Scotia.

It was called Outer Ball Tuscate Island, and up until that point, it had been nothing

more than a fishing camp.

The nearby community of Wedgeport on the mainland had become a popular spot for tuna fishing,

thanks to an international tournament that had begun back in the 1930s.

This meant in celebrities from all over North America went there to participate, including

Franklin Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart.

Airendel had come to partake in a few days of tuna fishing, and he did what many wealthy

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