Do you think you know all the hilarious true stories from history that are on this list? Like the beer tsunami? The Emperor Who Declared War on the Sea According to the Roman historian Suetonius, Emperor Caligula ordered his soldiers to collect seashells from the English Channel after his planned conquest of Britain went nowhere. …
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Do you know the history of children working in dangerous Victorian industries? These kids were worked to the literal bone. Children worked in coal mines. Some children worked underground or around mine entrances, performing repetitive jobs such as opening and closing ventilation doors. The work could involve darkness, dust, exhausting hours, and serious accident risks. …
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You’ve surely heard the urban legend about how we swallow 10 or so spiders while sleeping over our lives. Fortunately, that’s not true. Most animals want nothing to do with your gaping, snoozing maw. This bat obviously didn’t get that memo, though. Dr. Krista Edelman had a nightmarish wake-up recently. Her harmless, if a bit …
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What do you think you know about the history of human experimentation? Do you believe that it was horrible? Anatomists sometimes obtained bodies illegally. Before modern laws regulated human remains, medical schools desperately needed cadavers for dissection. In 18th- and 19th-century Britain and America, “resurrection men” made money by secretly digging up recently buried bodies …
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In the rolling hills of northern Italy is an immaculately preserved, thousands of years old amphitheater of ancient Greek construction. It’s a prime tourist spot, with glowing reviews praising the structure and its genius discoverer. And none of it is real. Not even the reviews. Italian courts recently wrapped up a bizarre fraud case over …
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Did you read Not Fun Facts About Asylums Throughout History: Part One? Because this is part two. Some patients were chained. Before reforms in psychiatric care, chaining and physical confinement were documented practices in institutions in Europe and elsewhere. The “mad” could be displayed publicly. In some historical settings, people with mental illnesses were treated …
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Do you think you know these not fun facts about asylums? There are such crazy stories about the mental health field. “Treatment” could involve spinning patients around. Some doctors believed rapidly rotating a person in a chair could reset the brain and cure mental illness. Ice baths were used as psychiatric treatment. Patients might be …
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The loss of human life is a tragedy, but it does make for a good story. Some of the most popular tales ever written are absolutely littered with cruel and unusual deaths. However, you don’t need to go into the realm of fantasy to find bizarre ways to die. Some people die in just such …
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This is not your potato chips and chocolate kind of list, at least not just potato chips and chocolate. Do you think you know all the craziest chocolate combinations from this list? Chocolate + blue cheese + honey — Funky, salty, sweet, creamy, and ridiculously intense. Chocolate + potato chips + pickle juice — Salty …
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What do you think of these wild ways to reset? Do you think you might try any of them out? Going completely off-grid — Some people are taking “disconnecting” to an extreme by disappearing into cabins, remote campsites, or rural properties with little or no internet access. For a few days, their biggest concern is …
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