Comical Historical Events

[Lanoraie II]

Cleveland, aka The Mistake On The Lake, released ~1.5 million balloons into the air for literally no reason other than to prove they somehow weren't said mistake.

Literally nothing good came of it, and if you can overlook the horrors of the environmental damage this caused to flora and fauna alike (alongside humans), it is hilarious how absolutely stupid and worthless this whole thing was.

[Republic Of Ludwigsburg]

Tycho Brahe, who did many things in his life including having his nose cut, twice, hiring a dwarf, asking his advisor to finish his Rudolphine Tables with his OWN planetary system rather than Copernicus' and writing his epitaph, saying "he lived like a sage and died like a fool".

[Kowani]

One of my favourite bits of Presidential skullduggery comes in the 1916 gubernatorial election in NY
Theodore Roosevelt implied he’d support Judge Samuel Seabury if he ran for governor of NY as a Democrat. Seabury resigned from the bench…only for TR to immediately endorse the Republican incumbent

Seabury went to his house and called Teddy a “blatherskite”

[Christian Confederation]

The Rough Riders were mix of Cowboys, Pro Government American Indians, and Teddy Roosevelt's old Ive league College Buddies.

[HISPIDA]

One of my favourite bits of Presidential skullduggery comes in the 1916 gubernatorial election in NY
Theodore Roosevelt implied he’d support Judge Samuel Seabury if he ran for governor of NY as a Democrat. Seabury resigned from the bench…only for TR to immediately endorse the Republican incumbent

Seabury went to his house and called Teddy a “blatherskite”

i like that insult

[The Selkie]

The 1998 Formula 1 Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps.
Especially the first time they tried it and how it ended: All those bloody expensive, high-tech (for the day) race cars, millions and millions of Marks (we're before the Euro there), all scrap.
And not a single driver was seriously hurt (Irvine and Barrichello sustained minor injuries). Sure, they restarted a chaotic race, but the image of that crash in Spa was, in my opinion, not only awesome, but also, in retrospect, funny.
Besides, imagine seeing that on a tube-TV (for the younger ones in the audience, that means the TV your grandma wants to give to you, but which doesn't even do Netflix ; )) as a six year old (yes, I'm 1992-vintage).

For those finding Formula 1 cars crashing not funny, though, there's a story about a Harrier GR.1, which... well, Mr. Felton can explain it better then me, but long story short, Harrier on a training flight over Northern Germany, receives a bird strike, pilot ejects - the plane flies on without him.
Until it runs out of fuel and crashes near a farm house, but still.
Imagine being the interceptor pilot sent to investigate at seeing the plane without canopy and pilot...

[Skelly Man Dan]

One of my favourite bits of Presidential skullduggery comes in the 1916 gubernatorial election in NY
Theodore Roosevelt implied he’d support Judge Samuel Seabury if he ran for governor of NY as a Democrat. Seabury resigned from the bench…only for TR to immediately endorse the Republican incumbent

Seabury went to his house and called Teddy a “blatherskite”

i like that insult

"bruh"~ The man who just gave up a comfy position only to get trolled

[Soveiniesberg]

Tycho Brahe, who did many things in his life including having his nose cut, twice, hiring a dwarf, asking his advisor to finish his Rudolphine Tables with his OWN planetary system rather than Copernicus' and writing his epitaph, saying "he lived like a sage and died like a fool".

tycho bruh

[The French Army]

The Rough Riders were mix of Cowboys, Pro Government American Indians, and Teddy Roosevelt's old Ive league College Buddies.

How is this comical? I'm starting to see why people were questioning if you understood the concept of the thread.

[Christian Confederation]

The Rough Riders were mix of Cowboys, Pro Government American Indians, and Teddy Roosevelt's old Ive league College Buddies.

How is this comical? I'm starting to see why people were questioning if you understood the concept of the thread.

How do you not see something funny about Teddy Roosevelt going around to a bunch of Cowboys, Indians, and Ive league guys all "Want to join my Bad azz Team and fight in Cuba?"

[Bendicion]

Tfw when Trajan extended the Roman Empire to its greatest territorial extent, only for his successor Hadrian to say "That's more than enough, well maybe let's scale back a bit". And then have the empire's territories more or less fixed until its eventual downfall.

I always found it hilarious to see these two emperors ruled consecutively of each other, and even more so amusing that Trajan picked Hadrian himself as well. I mean I would've wished there would at least be one more emperor in between just to see what would've happened with the huge territory Rome took from Parthia and also Dacia. Would the Parthian Empire have fallen earlier than RL, would the Romans continue to explore and maybe make alliances past the Danube, or would the empire continue to head east to India. So many possibilities. But we get the scaling and defensive philosophy of Hadrian..oh well.

Though I would get why Hadrian did what he did, I find it so amusing that one guy expands and expands the empire only for the next guy to say we're done with expanding. Lol. I hope you guys got what I mean. ^_^

[Perikuresu]

iirc there was a town in Alaska who had this festival called 'Moose Dropping Festival' where they pick moose droppings, and then drop them on target areas from a helicopter, then PETA thought they were dropping actual moose from helicopters and started a campaign against it. In the end, Alaska had to make a new law that made it illegal to push a moose out of an airplane.

[Bendicion]

iirc there was a town in Alaska who had this festival called 'Moose Dropping Festival' where they pick moose droppings, and then drop them on target areas from a helicopter, then PETA thought they were dropping actual moose from helicopters and started a campaign against it. In the end, Alaska had to make a new law that made it illegal to push a moose out of an airplane.

PETA be like that a lot lol

[The Selkie]

As some of you may know, persons who have intercourse with another person while on an aircraft in flight, are members of the informal Mile High Club. The earliest reference to the concept, of having intercourse while on a flying vehicle at a certain height, stems from a London Gentleman's Club's betting book from 1785. Two years before, the first man flew in a baloon.
Although the bet was not including any provisions to check or if the bet actually was paid or given up, it is... a fun way of interesting to know, that such a famous concept is that old and that one of the first thoughts of London's gentlemen upon hearing of the concept of manned flight was "Yeah, but what if we banged up there?"
(Insert a female user writing "Men really only think of one thing..." or equivalent here. ; ))

The first confirmed members of the Mile High Club are Lawrence Sperry and Dorothy Rice Sims, who did the deed in a Curtis Flying Boat in November 1916... which caused the plane to crash, leaving the two to drift in the water stark naked to be picked up by two duck hunters. Sperry convinced them, that the force of the crash "divested" them.

[Bendicion]

The first confirmed members of the Mile High Club are Lawrence Sperry and Dorothy Rice Sims, who did the deed in a Curtis Flying Boat in November 1916... which caused the plane to crash, leaving the two to drift in the water stark naked to be picked up by two duck hunters. Sperry convinced them, that the force of the crash "divested" them.

I did not search their names to look them up on the internet...

I said I didn't

You dont believe me?

Okay it was for research

[The Archregimancy]

Tfw when Trajan extended the Roman Empire to its greatest territorial extent, only for his successor Hadrian to say "That's more than enough, well maybe let's scale back a bit". And then have the empire's territories more or less fixed until its eventual downfall.

The empire's territory at the conclusion of Hadrian's reign in AD 138 and the empire's territory at the beginning of the reign of the final emperor, Constantine XI, in AD 1449 were significantly different.

[Bendicion]

Tfw when Trajan extended the Roman Empire to its greatest territorial extent, only for his successor Hadrian to say "That's more than enough, well maybe let's scale back a bit". And then have the empire's territories more or less fixed until its eventual downfall.

The empire's territory at the conclusion of Hadrian's reign in AD 138 and the empire's territory at the beginning of the reign of the final emperor, Constantine XI, in AD 1449 were significantly different.

Let's roll back mine and say that Hadrian solidified the Roman Empire (antiquity era) to the extent which it was famously known for in many history books.

[Christian Confederation]

That time an Engineering Student prevented a Skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan from Collapsing in a windstorm by calling the Architect and asking if she got something wrong in her numbers because her math showed a strong windstorm would Force the building to topple over. Upon running the numbers himself and coming to the same conclusion the building was reinforced during the nights with Union Workers sworn to secrecy. They happened to finish the work a few days before a noreaster hit that would have knocked the building down.

Point being make sure your math is right or you will have to hope a board Grad Student catches your mistake.

[Ethel mermania]

That time an Engineering Student prevented a Skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan from Collapsing in a windstorm by calling the Architect and asking if she got something wrong in her numbers because her math showed a strong windstorm would Force the building to topple over. Upon running the numbers himself and coming to the same conclusion the building was reinforced during the nights with Union Workers sworn to secrecy. They happened to finish the work a few days before a noreaster hit that would have knocked the building down.

Point being make sure your math is right or you will have to hope a board Grad Student catches your mistake.

I remember this. It wasn't completely quiet as the article makes it out to be. There were "emergency repairs ", but I don't remember the why being disclosed.

Here is a story about it


http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_eye/2014 ... raper.html

[Big Bad Blue]

As some of you may know, persons who have intercourse with another person while on an aircraft in flight, are members of the informal Mile High Club. The earliest reference to the concept, of having intercourse while on a flying vehicle at a certain height, stems from a London Gentleman's Club's betting book from 1785. Two years before, the first man flew in a baloon.
Although the bet was not including any provisions to check or if the bet actually was paid or given up, it is... a fun way of interesting to know, that such a famous concept is that old and that one of the first thoughts of London's gentlemen upon hearing of the concept of manned flight was "Yeah, but what if we banged up there?"
(Insert a female user writing "Men really only think of one thing..." or equivalent here. ; ))

The first confirmed members of the Mile High Club are Lawrence Sperry and Dorothy Rice Sims, who did the deed in a Curtis Flying Boat in November 1916... which caused the plane to crash, leaving the two to drift in the water stark naked to be picked up by two duck hunters. Sperry convinced them, that the force of the crash "divested" them.

I have an individual membership in the Mile High Club...

[Big Bad Blue]

What happened to his arm?

Yeah. I know that Stonewall Jackson's arm was buried separately from the rest of him but never heard anything about President Jackson's arm.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the Mexican cacique, held a state funeral for his leg, amputated after his wounding in a battle against the French. During the Mexican-American war an Illinois regiment "captured" his prosthesis, now on display in that state. The same regiment captured a second peg leg which is on display in a former Illinois governor's house/museum. A third Santa Anna prosthesis is displayed in Mexico City. The leg itself was reburied in Mexico City but later dug up and dragged through the streets by Santa Anna's political opponents.

[Fotisdia]

idk if they were mentioned but

1.During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Liechtenstein sent an army of 80 strong to guard the Brenner Pass but 81 came back

2.In the entire state of Ohio in 1895, there were only two cars on the road, and the drivers of these two cars crashed into each other.

are two of my favourite

[Soveiniesberg]

idk if they were mentioned but

1.During the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, Liechtenstein sent an army of 80 strong to guard the Brenner Pass but 81 came back

2.In the entire state of Ohio in 1895, there were only two cars on the road, and the drivers of these two cars crashed into each other.

are two of my favourite

yeah sorry they were both mentioned

[San Lumen]

That time an Engineering Student prevented a Skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan from Collapsing in a windstorm by calling the Architect and asking if she got something wrong in her numbers because her math showed a strong windstorm would Force the building to topple over. Upon running the numbers himself and coming to the same conclusion the building was reinforced during the nights with Union Workers sworn to secrecy. They happened to finish the work a few days before a noreaster hit that would have knocked the building down.

Point being make sure your math is right or you will have to hope a board Grad Student catches your mistake.

That's not true regarding the storm. A hurricane appeared to be heading for NYC. It turned out to sea before it reached there. Had nothing been done Hurricane Sandy would have almost certainly toppled the building.

[Jewish Underground State]

Kinda dark but funny on some level. After killing Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip took a pill of cyanide and then jumped into a river. He didn't want to get caught. Turns out he lived with a bad stomach ache.