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- Who are you, knock knock?
Shakespeare is credited with creating the original knock-knock joke. It is narrated by a highly inebriated porter and appears in Macbeth Act 2, Scene iii.
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- Trees of spaghetti
Many of its viewers were tricked by the BBC in 1957 when it claimed that Switzerland was currently enjoying a great crop of spaghetti. - I’m Leaving This Place
The Medians and Lydians were so frightened by a solar eclipse in 585 BC that they fled the battlefield and forgot about the bloody conflict they were engaged in. - Really?
Although we’ll never be able to identify the inventor, they deserve a great deal of thanks for creating the fire hydrant. The lifesaving device’s patent was destroyed in a fire. - Permitted Fluffies
After learning that a man had nearly died from suppressing his flatulence, Emperor Claudius issued an official decree permitting farting at Roman dinner tables. - A humorous historian
The French philosopher and historian Voltaire, who lived in the 17th century, was persuaded to reject Satan on his deathbed. He said cynically, “Now is not the time to be creating new enemies.” - The renowned defense of Lute
According to legend, Shu commander Zhuge Liang threw open the town’s gates, hopped on top of them, and played his lute while waiting for the inevitable to happen. He had only 100 troops to defend against an invading force of 150,000. Suspecting a trap, the invading commander took his 150,000 soldiers and fled. - Bounty Up
The notorious pirate Jean Lafitte reversed the governor’s decision to place a $500 bounty on his head by placing a $5,000 bounty on the governor’s head himself! - The History of Power Metal?
Sabaton, a well-known power metal band from Sweden, uses their music to teach history. They have a whole album devoted to educating their audience about World War II, which is one of their hits. - Stopper for Gold Doors
A young child discovered a rock in 1799, and for three years, his family dutifully utilized it as a doorstop. They simply hadn’t seen that it was solid gold, as it turned out. However, it’s a good doorstop. - Searching for excrement
Barrels of excrement dating back 700 years were found by archaeologists excavating in the Danish medieval town of Odense. They continued to smell, too. I wonder whether archaeology school prepares you for that smell. - Useful Information
“The British are incapable of brewing a decent cup of coffee. It’s an even swap; you have no idea how to make a decent cup of tea. Thus, the manual provided to US soldiers during World War II reads. It seems about right. - Things We Wouldn’t Pay to Watch a Video
Charles Darwin attempted to ride the enormous tortoises he had first seen on the Galapagos Islands. Regretfully, he also fell off a lot. - Torture with a tickle
Both the Ancient Romans and the Chinese utilized tickle torture, and not just for siblings. The Chinese tortured the elite since there was little evidence left behind and recovery was rapid, while the Romans would apply salt to the soles of feet and then have a goat lick them off until it became excruciatingly painful. Perhaps siblings use it for the same reason. - Laughter’s Death
After getting his donkey intoxicated and observing it attempt to eat figs, the Greek philosopher Chrysippus passed away from laughter. I suppose it had to be there. - Avoid Contact with the Columns!
The frightened Greeks actually sent the invading Turks bullets and a note that said, “here are bullets, don’t touch the columns,” when they started tearing off the Parthenon’s columns for ammunition during a battle against the Greeks. - Lovers, Not Combatants
Eighty-one of the Lichtenstein army’s troops survived the final fight in 1866. They had only sent 80, which was the issue. It seems that they returned with an Italian “friend.” Soon after, the army was dissolved. - Bad Guy, Bad Luck
Nedeljko Čabrinović was an enormous failure as an assassin. The arsenic capsule he used to avoid capture was too old to work, he blew up the wrong car when attempting to kill Franz Ferdinand because he had forgotten to set the bomb’s 10-second timer, and his daring attempt to drown himself by jumping into the river, which was only 4 inches deep, failed. Additionally, I’m pretty sure the Benny Hill theme was playing the entire time. - Let’s just gather seashells and forget about the invasion.
Following a protracted journey across Gaul, Roman Emperor Caligula gave his soldiers the order to gather seashells instead of attacking Britain as planned. Do you really need to ask? Yes, they were by the shore. - Are You Certain We Have Sufficient?
In order to eliminate a single tree that was obstructing their view of the North Korean side, the United States organized an army of tanks, helicopters, B-52 bombers, special forces, Tae Kwon Do experts, and soldiers equipped with grenade launchers in 1976. Operation Paul Bunyan was the code name they gave it. The tree went down. - The Dynamite of That Rabbit!
A gigantic swimming rabbit once threatened President Jimmy Carter while he was fishing in Georgia. The rabbit was repelled by Carter, but the fish is still unaccounted for. - *&^%@#$ Polly Wants!
During the former president’s funeral, Andrew Jackson’s parrot swore so loudly and for such a long time that, in front of startled mourners, the evil bird had to be taken out of the service. But who gave him his colorful vocabulary is the actual question. - The Bucket War
A bunch of young men from Modena stole a bucket from Bologna in the fourteenth century. To reclaim the bucket, the infuriated Bolognese waged war. The conflict was among the bloodiest of the Middle Ages, with 2,000 casualties. In fact, it is now referred to as “The War of the Bucket.” The bucket was never returned to the Bolognese. - The Valuable Leg
The Mexican president, General Antonio López de Santa Anna, threw a lavish funeral for a limb he had lost in combat. However, the valuable leg was not doomed. Later, Illinois soldiers would find the grave and bring the limb home as a war booty. In spite of repeated requests by the Mexican government to return it, it is still on exhibit in a museum in Illinois. - Jackie, Private
Jackie, a baboon, joined the South African army as a private and participated in the Battle of Passchendaele. His ability to hear was well known, and he would alert his comrades to the impending attack. In addition, he saluted, stood in formation, and got paid. - Man, we only want your hats.
A merchant ship was once taken by renowned pirate Benjamin Hornigold and his second in command, Edward Teach, who would later become notorious as Blackbeard, solely to take the hats from the crew. The previous day Hornigold and his whole crew had thrown all their hats into the sea in a drunken gesture. - Yes, it does work.
Scientists made a significant finding when the men of a small Welsh village refused to give up the medication they were studying. Although it didn’t treat angina, it gave the men something else. The invention of Viagra. - Take Care of Your Wishes!
Julius Caesar was presented with a letter during a heated Senate discussion. Cato, his skeptical opponent, insisted that he read the letter out loud to the other senators. Cato’s sister wrote a passionate love letter. - The Killer Rabbits’ Attack
A plague of deadly bunnies once struck Napoleon. During a joyous hunt, hundreds of the insane bunnies surrounded the unfortunate victor, biting his leg and butt. - Its Own Toilet Sunken
The toilet of the German U-boat U-1206 sank it. When a sailor flushed the complicated toilet alone, it flooded the compartments, driving the sub to the surface where it was immediately torpedoed and sunk. The toilet needed to be flushed by a trained expert. - James Ewell Brown, the Confederate cavalry leader with superior loot “J.E.B.” Stuart complained about the caliber of the mules he had just taken from Union forces in a cable addressed to Union General Montgomery C. Meigs. He wrote, “Gen. Meigs, please provide better mules in the future; the ones you have provided lately are far below par.”
- Tsunami Molasses
When a 2.3-million-gallon tank exploded in 1919, molasses flooded the streets of Boston. The first wave of syrup to hit the city was 40 feet high, according to some sources. - Benjamin Franklin: Troll, Politician, and Inventor
Ben Franklin wrote an obituary for a rival who was still alive in his Almanac under the alias Poor Richard Saunders. Franklin penned an article praising the opponent for eventually ending the prank after he passed away a few years later.
