Everything you never wanted to know about random acts of history. Also, trivia that is so trivial, it just has to be interesting.
A depiction of the most idiotic move of Carthaginian military commander Hannibal, trying to take elephants over the French Alps. As can be expected, the elephants died.
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Falling into Poop
This story is about the Defenestration of Prague, which occurred in 1618 in, you guessed it, Prague. Some Protestants had the nerve to construct some churches, and you can imagine that the Catholic Church was like “AWWW HELL NO!”. Some Protestants bribed their way into Prague Castle to confront the Catholics who were attempting to stop the building of the Protestant churches, whereupon two of the four Regents for the Emperor left the room in a normal way, leaving known Catholic hardliners Count Vilem Slavata and Count Jarolslaw Martinitz. The Protestants proceeded to push these two out the third-floor window of the castle, along with a secretary. Legend has it that they fell 70 feet. What is not legend, however, is that they landed in a large pile of horse manure that was piled into a dry moat. The Catholic Church, of course, maintained that they were saved by the grace of angels instead of horseshit.
Napoleon’s Penis
Did you know that:
During the autopsy of Napoleon Bonaparte, the presiding priest (supposedly it was the priest) saved a few…choice body parts, kept them until he died, and his family sold them to a private collector? Bet you didn’t want to know that.
Need to learn about Alexander Hamilton, the most swag guy in early American government? This guy will rap about it.
