Henry of Lausanne ~1148 A.D.
The staunch antipaedobaptist once overheard a child’s baptism in a cathedral. He ran inside and snatched the baby from the priest, then sprinted towards the edge of town, breaking tackles and juking captors. Once he was outside the town, he spiked the baby and danced a jig, which scholars consider the first end-zone celebration.

Priscillian of Ávila ~380 A.D.
The first heretic to be executed by the Christian Church, this Spaniard felt something in his hat one day, reached in to grab it, and miraculously pulled a rabbit out - to the cheer and wonder of villagers and himself. Unfortunately, priests saw this and accused him of magic, and he was burned at the stake.

Peter Buckington & Benjamin Franklin ~1732 A.D.
One stormy day, Buckington and Franklin were having a religious discussion, in which Franklin said, “If I believe in God, He will protect me even in the tempest outside.” Buckington called out Franklin and said, “prove it”, to which Franklin replied, “I will fly a kite amidst the thunder and lightning!” Franklin did, and his kite was electrocuted within seconds. As lightning coursed through Franklin, suffered a stroke, heart attack, and lost bowel control, prompting him to put a key on the rope in his next, now-famous demonstration.

Johan Rylemeister ~1899 A.D.
In a small northern Kentucky village, Johan preached that the sun revolved around the earth, as thought in medieval times. To illustrate his point, he swung a lightbulb around on a long electrical cord. The bulb came loose, flew 100 feet in the air, and landed in a haystack where it broke. The hot tungsten ignited the hay, where an escaped convict was hiding. The escapee suffered third-degree burns and was immediately apprehended and sent back to prison.