I can't remember who said it first: "Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense".
@SidereusOfTheFallen
2 жыл бұрын
This is something that I *always* think about! It's so true.
@adamb89
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds like something Mark Twain would say.
@SidereusOfTheFallen
2 жыл бұрын
@@adamb89 I believe it was him, iirc.
@franl155
2 жыл бұрын
@@adamb89 - I thought it might be, but I hate misattributing quotes - it was easier to leave it out than to look it up!
@iforgot8376
2 жыл бұрын
Google says Mark Twain.
@missdelaney7340
2 жыл бұрын
I love that instead of the gun he wanted on display in the museum they instead put his brain on display.
@domeen0gt895
2 жыл бұрын
Probably it looks just like a smooth rock.
@LocalMaple
2 жыл бұрын
3:00 “The police did nothing, so the city fired all the cops…” Oh, that’s why it’s unbelievable in our day and age.
@Ueruchan
2 жыл бұрын
Can..... Can we do that?..... Is that a thing that can happen?......
@maieen2665
2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes repeating history can be a good thing…
@LocalMaple
2 жыл бұрын
@@maieen2665 I don’t think the anarchy part that current “activist” rioters is worth repeating. I don’t know if the police are generally corrupt enough to consider an overhaul, unless you count the mayors ordering them to not enforce the laws to the point where _Serve and protect_ is no longer a relevant motto.
@readjordan2257
2 жыл бұрын
Theres something so innocent about the way Rslash does the clown nose thing. Lol.
@jessicawaldeback
2 жыл бұрын
On the topic of the Olympics. In 1912 it was held in Stockholm. One of the games was a marathon held during a scorching hot day. The competitors was mostly not prepared for the race, and used gear that by todays measures would be laughable. Well, one of the competitors was this Japanese guy that decided to ditch the race. If I remember the story correctly he stopped to have a glas of berries juice in someone’s garden. 😅 But he returned to Stockholm some 50 years later to finish his race. “On 20 March 1967, Shiso Kanakuri (Japan) completed a marathon in Stockholm, Sweden, that he had started in 1912. His finish time of 54 years 246 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds represents the longest time to complete a marathon.”
@backtoklondike
5 ай бұрын
What's even better was that there was a joke among Swedes during that period that he was still doing that race and was being lost. And there was plenty of jokes like they sighted the guy running past their houses and similar stuff.
@sledgehammer2784
2 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: In the 1800's the U.S and Great Britain almost went to war because some guy shot a pig.
@appalachianenthusiast9499
2 жыл бұрын
Even weirder is the fact that Britain and Iceland went to war in the 60s
@danielseelye6005
2 жыл бұрын
So you watched the latest "Oversimplified" video too, huh? 😁
@appalachianenthusiast9499
2 жыл бұрын
@@danielseelye6005 Well duh
@insu_na
2 жыл бұрын
Which country did the police officer belong to?
@VK-jy3pi
2 жыл бұрын
"STOP WITH THE OVERSIMPLIFIED REFERENCES OR I'LL EAT YOUR EYES!" - American Customs Officer, probably.
@kartikapriyanka7053
2 жыл бұрын
Didn't expect to enjoy this but you got me cackling like a madman from the first story. Definitely gonna browse through more stories in this sub. Love your videos Rslash.
@gavinbrown5804
2 жыл бұрын
Ok
@daryatislenko4651
2 жыл бұрын
The joke with "Godunov wasn't good enough" is just priceless. As a Russian I laughed out loud 🤣
@arthurgotsdyner7925
2 жыл бұрын
Irony is that he was good enough. He was a tsar till his death in 1605 and only after his death false Dimitryes came along.
@itsybitsybosmer
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite historical moment involves a gentleman from Athens by the name of Alcibiades who went around knocking dicks off statues and had to flee to Sparta before he could be punished for sacrilege.
@rosewolf5020
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, my grandmother told me about it. He got drunk and took them off bc he was pissed about constantly seeing dicks. He was banished and they made some poor dude reattach them. They later brought him back because they where going to war and he was a good general evidently
@itsybitsybosmer
2 жыл бұрын
@@rosewolf5020 yep, he had quite the colorful career, but he never did quite grow out of the wild child phase. Apparently Socrates took him on as a pupil because he thought it might make him a more mature, rational person. (Spoilers: it didn't) they remained good friends though
@lavenderhoney3208
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite is Charles John Joughin English-Americanchief baker aboard the Titanic. He drank the entire time, threw luggage off lifeboats and put kids on instead. He literally Threw women and children into boats that were rocking too far away from the boat to step into. Then went to the top point to go down with the ship. He dang and drank the entire time. When the ship broke it flug him forward into the water where he treaded in the frigid water. He found a collapsible boat and survived. Very very drunk.
@fnjesusfreak
2 жыл бұрын
The one with the prime minister of Canada's wife reminds me of the time a lunatic with a knife tried to kill George Harrison and Harrison's wife took him on.
@poissonsumac7922
2 жыл бұрын
This Charles guy isn't just a few sandwiches short of a picnic, he's missing the gosh dang BASKET! No wonder they put this guy's brain on display, I bet it's a beautiful mess of Alzheimer tangles and knots!!
@danielseelye6005
2 жыл бұрын
The problem is that his "belief" wasn't that far off the mark. Back at that time Post Civil War, the corruption, graft, quid pro quo and nepotism for government jobs were rampant. Sadly, it's just about as bad nowadays but with a veneer of "nudge-nudge-wink-wink-say-no-more"
@SentaiYamaneko
2 жыл бұрын
Joe Medicine Crow. The last war chief of the Crow nation (passed away in 2016, may he rest in peace), he accomplished all four of the achievements needed for this during WWII. 1. Lead a successful war party on a raid. He was only a private, but his superior officer instructed him to take a team of seven men to get some dynamite from a captured American position to blow up German fortifications. This would involve fighting through barbed wire, bullets, and artillery fire. "If anyone can do this, it's probably you." He pulled it off and blew a hole in the Siegfried Line (which was basically Germany's version of the Maginot Line, but it actually worked). He was one of the first soldiers to set foot on German soil. 2. Take an enemy's weapon from him. He got separated from his platoon during a flanking maneuver, and ended up literally running into a German soldier. He crashed into the guy so hard he dropped his gun. 3. Touch an enemy without killing him. Right after this, he immediately dropped his own gun and got into a fistfight with the enemy soldier. He choked the guy until he started crying for his mother, then let go of his throat and took him prisoner. 4. Steal an enemy's horse. This one's the really crazy one. He didn't just steal one... he stole fifty. While behind enemy lines, they came across a farm where some German officers were holed up, along with about fifty thoroughbred racehorses. Joe, not wanting the horses to get hurt, asked for permission to do something about that. He got the ok, so he snuck in, hopped onto the best horse bareback, and took off with all of them all while singing a Crow war song. The soldiers were so caught off guard that they couldn't get any effective shots off.
@chikaknight5610
2 жыл бұрын
Omg I remember reading about Juan Pujol Garcia I think my favorite is Geoffery Tandy, a cryptogamist (guy who studies algae) who was hired by the British government during WWII. They needed a cryptogramist (guy who studies cryptic messages) but there was a typo in their casting call. One missing r later and they have a confused guy who studies algae in their ranks. Mr. Tandy still wanted to do his part for the war though, so even after he figured out the mistake he kept quiet. Good thing too, because the Brits torpedoed a German U-boat that had some important documents aboard. In order to make use of them,, the Brits needed someone who knew how to handle delicate wet materials - like a cryptogamist
@CrystalNibarger
2 жыл бұрын
The guy who made up spies sounds like he might have had a split personality.
@fablefairytale2635
2 жыл бұрын
You should make more of these videos, I haven't laughed that hard in a while!
@AngharadMac
2 жыл бұрын
I see that Prime Minister's wife also shops for home decor on how good of a weapon it would make, lol
@CanadianDolphinSurf
2 жыл бұрын
how he said Trafalgar made me cry inside
@Salaundre
2 жыл бұрын
That last story is the reason why we have the sanitary practices in medicine. It was becoming a new thing but most doctors at the time didn’t believe cleaning the wound or your hands would prevent infection. Till that very high profile case.
@amynikira9216
2 жыл бұрын
Lady said "don't fuck with granny prime minister" lmfao
@Runner656
2 жыл бұрын
Back then the circus would have been down at Exhibition place...I am just trying to imagine the sight of clowns and firefighters fighting along Lakeshore Blvd in Toronto and what that would look like today 🤔 And PM Chretien was a stroke survivor so that is even worse for the guy who got beat
@bonnieedtelish8132
2 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure there's a plaque about this somewhere on Yonge St near College St. So it probably happened around there somewhere. Edit: Checked it out and I am wrong. The plaque is at King and Jarvis, which is where the brothel used to be. You're right - the fight was on a green space along the water, so basically, on Lakeshore Blvd E. That same fire brigade had previously shown up to a fire at the same time as another brigade. Back then there was no centralized fire department - just volunteer brigades who served on a first-come gets to fight the fire. The two brigades got into a brawl about who would fight the fire while it burned.
@timothytomazi-osborn534
2 жыл бұрын
Late to the party and I know this will probably get lost in the comments. But as a new father myself I love how having a child has matured you and changed your outlook on life (not a dig, your maturity/outlook was still great before, but you can still tell you have become a dad.) Love your work and keep it up :)
@LilChuunosuke
2 жыл бұрын
I don't usually call myself a history buff because when people think of history buffs, they usually think of people who mostly focus on wars. This. This is the history I love. The absurd shit. The stuff that sounds straight out of fiction novels. If you like strange and unique history, I recommend Tom Scott's old show "Citation Needed". Especially the last few seasons that had a live studio audience. It's a delight and filled with interesting history.
@wakeangel2001
2 жыл бұрын
The marathon and spy story were both in Ripley's Believe it or Not comics earlier this week
@kieranwrightstone2199
2 жыл бұрын
Okay where can I find that thumbnail. Also I know of one, the Rozwadow Outbreak. A pair of doctors in Rozwadów, Poland in WWII used dead proteus bacteria to fake typhus infections from 1942 to 1945. The patients were unharmed from the infection, but the Germans kept the area quarantined and kept a skellington crew the town as they were afraid of the infection. No Jewish patients were infected as they would have been immediately executed and those living with them. This created a safe haven for the Jewish in Poland as they faced less persecution there and no one was deported from the town in fear of potential infection spreading. One of the doctors with his family fled town in 1943 in fear of being found out while the other one fled with his family in 1945 when a German patient of his informed the doctor that they were on a Gestapo hit list when the eastern front closed in on Poland. It is believed that they saved over 8,000 people.
@mandalorethemaximum1408
4 ай бұрын
4:46 I'm begining to imagine the look on James Maddison's face like "are we done?"
@MiraWrenFenn
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, just on time! Love your videos bro!
@elizaalmabuena
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite that as far as I know has not been made into a show or movie is the voyage of the Beagle (Charles Darwin). Might seem boring off the bat, but there are a few aspects to keep in mind: Darwin was in his mid 20s, you'll start to see why this is important soon; he joined the expedition as the expert geologist, but decided he wanted to stick his nose in everything; the voyage was meant to map the coast (travel from port to port by the Beagle), Darwin decided he wanted to travel by land when possible and meet the Beagle at the next port..... something that lead to many interesting situations. Some of those interesting situations: Darwin describing the taste of the different animals he ate such as puma, trying (and often failing) different activities the locals were known for like managing to get himself tangled on the bola he was trying to through, falling while hiking mountains that were out of route because he insisted on climbing pretty much every single one he saw (at one point he described how climbing down was his favorite part because a fall would still take you in the correct direction), having to mail himself out of a town that was held by guerrilleros..... Honestly it is a fun read.
@Nightmarecit
2 жыл бұрын
This spy NEEDS A MOVIE!
@munchie3909
2 жыл бұрын
Ngl the letter one is basically everyone when having a conversation
@projectmack9133
2 жыл бұрын
that spy could be the world's greatest catfish if he really wanted to
@BLASTIC0
2 жыл бұрын
The origin of the heart symbol ♥️ is quite.. interesting. The ancient Greeks had access to a plant called Silphium, which they overused to extinction, because of its ability to induce abortion. It was only able to be grown in an area of North Africa, Cyrenaica. The seed for this plant is where the ♥️ shape comes from. It can even be found on coins minted at the time. Interested how this became the symbol for love. 😂
@fat-zer1508
2 жыл бұрын
11:03 Actually Boris Godunov did take the throne... He was a tsar for 7 years. But his reign was accompanied by ravaging famine and also due to that he wasn't directly related to the previous ruling dynasty the people thought of him as "false tsar". That's mostly why False Dmitry had such a success (before the canon frying incident ofc).
@ExpectedxIrony
Жыл бұрын
I was born 100 yrs to the day of Garfield getting shot (July 2, 1881), & all 3 of my kids have famous 'death-day' birthdays. The days that: Billy the Kid, Betty Page, & Wyatt Earp died.
@FaultyGear9
2 жыл бұрын
This subreddit is amazing, please continue reading from it!
@mad.allegra.garcia
2 жыл бұрын
Identity crisis - do I become a presidential writer or a spy?!
@Skywarslord
10 ай бұрын
It’s unfortunate the spy disguised as the Carmania just to run into the real one, especially without the deadringer or being able to YER them
@dancingbaggins
2 жыл бұрын
I'm Canadian and havent heard about this attempted assassination on the prime Minister but as I'm listening I kept thinking "this sounds like Jean Chrétien... It's gotta be Jean Chrétien". Sure enough, when I see the photo, yup. It's Jean Chrétien
@thalianox2492
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite crazy thing from history is The Attack of the Dead Men during WW1
@Bingus501
2 жыл бұрын
After the war of 1812 a war was about to be started between Britain and American settlers over a pig being shot, but this was also due to the vagueness of the documents concerning borders between a British island and the USA
@A_Rose_From_Concrete
2 жыл бұрын
This video was one hell of a roller coaster ride. Just wow
@hughganis3886
2 жыл бұрын
You never me with my memere. Shell break out the yard stick. One of those ones that had the metal edge. That shit hurts
@wiaf8937
2 жыл бұрын
hands down the best episode so far.
@Jourell1
2 жыл бұрын
Talking of fake spies, one of my favourite stories from WWII is Operation Mincemeat, though it doesn't technically fit this thread as a film has been made about it (the man who wasn't there, 1956) and I believe it actually has a movie coming up about it. Basically the allies wanted to get ahold of Sicily because it was a major strategic point, but because of this, it was heavily defended. So they set up a false intelligence coup- they got the body of a man who had died from pneumonia (which fills the lung with fluid like a drowning victim) and set up an extremely detailed false history for his as one Captain (Acting Major) William Martin, a slightly absent minded but still trusted intelligence agent. they planted various things like movie tickets, a supposed love letter from his girlfriend and some personal letters with an eye to make them as realistic as possible. All of this was to make him seem like a realistic guy to be carrying a personal letter between two Generals; an informal, "off the record" discussion of various matters including that the "disinformation" campaign had been successful and the axis powers believed they were going to attack Sicily. Eventually they dropped the body off of the coast of Spain, which was officially neutral but definitely Nazi leaning. and sure enough the letter had been tampered with and at least some of the defenders were moved to the fake target islands
@Caldera_Scarab
2 жыл бұрын
6:50 so he had OCs? Damn that's some effort.
@ChefAwesome2010
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah we're gonna need more
@videobeast286
2 жыл бұрын
I know one it’s the time when Caesar stopped a rebellion by calling soldiers citizen instead of comrade
@gogoyugirl9713
2 жыл бұрын
I can’t believe they didn’t mention the Great Emu War. That’s right, Australia went to war with Emus And get this… despite having the most casualties, the emus ducking won
@condar419
2 жыл бұрын
The story about the intruder in the Canadian Prime Minister's house is (almost) complete bullshit. About 25 years ago, a young, disturbed guy did somehow wander past a security perimeter, jumped a fence, and got into 24 Sussex (and yes, hell came down on the RCMP later). Aline Chretien (PM Jean Chretien's wife) heard something, looked out into the hallway, saw the guy, locked the bedroom door, and the PM grabbed an Inuit sculpture, just in case. Finally, the guards responded to the alarm button, and arrested the guy without any violence at all. He had a jackknife. He was found not criminally responsible (schizophrenia). That's it.
@OfficialTrainzGod
2 жыл бұрын
*THE 2 RMS CARMANIAS*
@cezra833
2 жыл бұрын
For epic insanity watch the Mr Ballen video on the Russian Navy. It's so funny and when you think it has reached peak ridiculousness it just keeps going!
@SDS_Solar
2 жыл бұрын
This thumbnail is the best I've ever seen ever
@sonysakura_Raukven
11 ай бұрын
The stars aligned for you to make the "good enough" joke XD I don't know why they wrote his surname this way - he was actually "Godunov", no "u" sound there
@glitchedswitched4456
10 ай бұрын
Story 1: his trainers didn’t refuse to give him water the race literally didn’t supply water to the racers nor did they close the street so this attempt at the olypmics race was known as the worst ever held
@trashgaylie_archive
2 жыл бұрын
the james madison story just sounds like any only-child after their parents get seperated
@leeatkin9925
2 жыл бұрын
There was a cat that survived three shipwrecks.
@swinegods
2 жыл бұрын
Everybody should watch Wendigoon's video on Garcia, he's truly was something else
@Memokkeen
2 жыл бұрын
I both hate and love you for that Godanov dad joke, rSlash.
@neebnabs
2 жыл бұрын
Damn, that's crazy
@michaelhaverbusch9142
2 жыл бұрын
Last story: "Professionals have standards."
@Archidukesang
2 жыл бұрын
My Favorite is Battle of Myeongnyang, Yi sun-shin, Korean Naval admiral destroy entire Japanese fleet ( around 300 ships) with 13 ships and manage to win the battle without lost any ships. This happens after he got fired for his position and Japanese took over most of south coast of korea
@Josh_the_jester
2 жыл бұрын
7:00 I'm dying to know what that money would rise to with inflation and tariffs
@SlyFoxDevereaux
2 жыл бұрын
"Unimpeachable British Navy" I'm confused, did they mean Impregnable?
@kankrivantas5536
2 жыл бұрын
There was a time in history that you could just do whatever you wanted
@partlycloudy7707
2 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know if James Madison had left some sort of letter regarding him writing letters to himself from Congress and Washington? Cause I'd love to know what that man was thinking.
@grandshadowseal
2 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this it's something new!
@sohaamkapoor3404
2 жыл бұрын
We want more of this 👉👈
@imnotrohan
2 жыл бұрын
I thought we were talking about the cat Garfield
@nicc9613
2 жыл бұрын
I remember this story. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien if you're interested in who is in the picture
@jack_bale
2 жыл бұрын
Good morning everyone!
@TheBluePhoenix008
2 жыл бұрын
7:02 Nice prononciation rSlash.
@thebaldcat6708
2 жыл бұрын
14:12 this isn’t the half of it. *You can go and watch Sam’o’nella’s video on it, it’s really good*
@yadfud363
Жыл бұрын
Kronprins Wilhelm? Didn't they get lost in the arctic or something?
@DamianFloresRF
2 жыл бұрын
Barbados 4-2 Grenada in 1994 would fit in this subreddit.
@centurion7744
2 жыл бұрын
Centurion met Napoleon once
@jessiejeanne9717
2 жыл бұрын
*WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT...* is the word "nazi" disgruntling the KZitem overlords, now? Just; wow. 😔
@maggpiprime954
2 жыл бұрын
Rslash, you gotta watch Puppet History! 🤣
@TheDarkLink7
2 жыл бұрын
😨😨😨😨 the last one....... holy crap.
@FractalParadox
2 жыл бұрын
just one word: TERRARE. if you know, you know.
@dochwarumnichtauchnochwasw9816
2 жыл бұрын
The James Maddison story made me cry by laughing, no idea why
@raptalos9412
2 жыл бұрын
As a history fanatic, it lowkey sounds like a story my middle school history teacher would tell like he made it up, only to reveal that it was real
@johngennaria7081
2 жыл бұрын
Rslash busted a gut laughing at that one.
@redarogallo5154
2 жыл бұрын
I always find it funny that in 1795 the Dutch navy lost 14 warships to French cavalry in Den Helder. The sea was frozen, so the horsemen could just ride to the ships and demand they surrender which the ships did. As far as I know, this is the only time cavalry defeated warships.
@danielseelye6005
2 жыл бұрын
The History Guy did a nice video about it. Worth a watch
@sars910
2 жыл бұрын
The best part of this story ? The victorious French general's name was General de Winter.
@erinfinn2273
2 жыл бұрын
@@sars910 That's as perfect as the leader of the first flamethrower division being named Bernhard Reddeman.
@Nerobyrne
2 жыл бұрын
@@erinfinn2273 his enemies really felt the Bern
@FlutterMEDIC1
2 жыл бұрын
I know of another one: a British submarine, designated E-11, was conducting operations in the Dardanelles during the Gallipoli campaign during WW1, and was surfaced after a day of raiding Ottoman ships. Ottoman cavalry spotted the submarine from ashore, and opened fire with their carbines. The Brit captain, fearing that the hull would get punctured, submerged and retreated back to friendly waters. So it happened not once, but TWICE, that cavalry defeated warships.
@jamesnorman9160
2 жыл бұрын
"His remains were fired out of a cannon towards Poland." Man. I normally joke about how we should fire some idiots out of a cannon, but those Russains actually went and did it.
@singer2be256
2 жыл бұрын
In Soviet Russia, cannon ball be you
@Vincent_Beers
2 жыл бұрын
That may even be the source for that phrase/joke. Many phrases that become common have a historical inspiration.
@silverflight01
2 жыл бұрын
1904 Race: Sounds like a Month Python sketch before Monty Python even existed.
@raptalos9412
2 жыл бұрын
So does the James Madison story
@jiogcyihsugyiocjfdoivhphvw6821
2 жыл бұрын
the marathon for the incontinent?
@Josh_the_jester
2 жыл бұрын
I'm imagining an army of clowns armed with chainsaws and water sqerters, battling an army of fire fighters armed with fire hoses, axes, and helligen bars (thank you to those who pointed that out)
@therealopaartist
2 жыл бұрын
Jaws of life?
@MrMaradok
2 жыл бұрын
The Haligan bar?
@DexieTheSheep
2 жыл бұрын
Looked it up and it sounds like you meant the Halligan bar
@jamiewulfyr4607
2 жыл бұрын
This story is too good. Clowns and firemen.Far too good.
@jonmendelson1104
2 жыл бұрын
"This guy puts James Bond to shame." Everybody puts James Bond to shame. He's one of the worst spies ever. Everyone knows his name, he travels under said name, constantly loses/breaks equipment, disobeys orders, has everyone's attention on him, gets captured all the time, ... It would make more sense if he was a diversion and the real spy actually got stuff done while he was distracting people.
@Jadeelmao
2 жыл бұрын
No you have points
@Nerobyrne
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I always wondered why he keeps using his real name like a moron. It's like being a well known hacker. Although they use a pseudonym, so even that's way better
@crypticcryptid4702
2 жыл бұрын
I think John le Carre (not his actual name) was so insulted by Bond and how spies were depicted that he became an author just to show how they should be depicted accurately.
@sabersz
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I mean the new movie was cool, but holy shit he just always had them on his back. That ain't how you're meant to be a spy lmao
@Ajehy
2 жыл бұрын
Juan Pujol García got the call-sign “Garbo” among the Allies, because Greta Garbo was considered the greatest actress in all of cinema.
@buckysgirl4945
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite historical crazy was a Scottish gentleman who's wife smuggled him out of an English prison dressed as a woman. She and two other women went into the cell at various times, bringing in dress, and undergarments, there were at least three "women" in the cell at any given time. When he was out, his good wife told the gaurds that he wanted to pray, and to please not bother him for at least an hour.
@strudel_reviews
2 жыл бұрын
Now that should be a movie
@Vender02
2 жыл бұрын
Something similar happened in Mexico in the 90s. An American man was arrested in Mexico and his girlfriend visits him every week * disguised as a man disguised as a woman * and announced that they were "getting married" (a way of saying they were having sex ) to have more time alone to themselves. After months of doing that, one day the girlfriend brought a change of clothes in her bag for herself and left earlier with regular visits and left her the costume with the boyfriend. The police did not see the girlfriend leave because she hid among the other women who came to visit her relative and they ignored the man in a wig and makeup because for them it was simply a regular visit.
@tommoore2012
2 жыл бұрын
@@Vender02 Was her boyfriend ever found and sent back or did the make it back to the US and still live freely to this day?
@ouroborousking8644
2 жыл бұрын
The gentleman in question was the Earl of Nithsdale in 1716. Escaped from the Tower of London. I just visited it a few months ago and heard this story from the Yeoman doing the tour. Lol thanks for the reminder of this story Bucky’s girl.
@Vender02
2 жыл бұрын
@@tommoore2012 The news was old, but at the time I saw it, they were living in USA an were happily married
@kishah.459
2 жыл бұрын
👌 👏. You need to do more of these. I am a huge history nerd and this was fun to listen to while eating a pancake and drinking coffee.
@buckysgirl4945
2 жыл бұрын
Oh no I almost forgot "The Ballet of the Bum". Irishmen learning that a hoard of Vikings was coming went out into a swamp marking the safe path, so when the Vikings came towards them, they stopped at the edge of the big. The Irishmen dropped their pants, and mooned the invaders. The Vikings weren't too happy about that, and ran into the bog after the Irish, and they got stuck and sunk into the bog.
@corpselisa9704
2 жыл бұрын
haha they showed their cracks 😂
@MCKevin289
2 жыл бұрын
Flashing/mooning yourself was a way to humiliate an enemy in Gaelic Irish culture. It traces back to pre-christian beliefs and continued into the Elizabethan era. There’s a castle in Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland with an image of a woman flashing her genitals. It’s called a Sheela na Gig. There are hypotheses that it was meant to ward off evil.
@I_Heart_Hader
2 жыл бұрын
Canadian PM story is 100% true. It was Jean Cretian and his wife Aline.
@TheAshesvondust
2 жыл бұрын
@@I_Heart_Hader Not really
@ally9637
2 жыл бұрын
@@MCKevin289 Oh, that's interesting! A similar thing used to be in Slavic folklore where women had to flash their genitals at certain demons to fluster and intimidate them X'D
@loonie555
2 жыл бұрын
The story with the prime minister, reminded me of a old man in his 70's who a teenager tried to rob. Just the old man had been a very succesfull boxer in his youth and knocked him out 😂
@funnypenelope
2 жыл бұрын
Not just a boxer, a NAVY boxer! Whooped him good! I saw a picture of the would be robber and he was purple and swollen😂
@SentaiYamaneko
2 жыл бұрын
Kinda reminds me of my favorite burglar story. So, these three robbers break into a house. There's a woman there alone, so they tie her up and threaten her. While they're going through the house looking for valuables, they find a picture of the woman with her husband... Dolph Lundgren. They bolted in sheer terror.
@loonie555
2 жыл бұрын
@@SentaiYamaneko haha you dont mess with him, since being swedish i have seen som old videos of him doing karate... I wouldnt pick a fight with him 😅
@skylachiaramitaro4006
2 жыл бұрын
My favorite history moment is the „Kappler Milch Suppe“ (The milk soup of Kappel) during some religious war (catholics vs. Protestants) in Switzerland the two armies met in Kappel, a valley. When they met, they decided that they didn’t want to fight, so instead they made a big pot of milk soup and sat together and broke bread and ate soup.
2 жыл бұрын
Or on the opposite end of the spectrum, the Kettle War. A small war fought over a soup kettle that was stolen. It may, or may not, have contained soup when stolen.
@ebony721
2 жыл бұрын
That's wholesome
@seanmessick9330
2 жыл бұрын
@ similar thing happened in Italy with a bucket stolen from Bologna.
@kimberleymcmillan682
2 жыл бұрын
I remember when that assassination attempt of Jean Chrétien happened. It was 1995. The story on Reddit is embellished though. Neither Aline, nor Jean, beat André Dallaire with a statue. They locked themselves in their room and he didn’t attempt to get inside. One of them did hold a statue just in case, but there was no pummelling.
@Penguingirl4eva
2 жыл бұрын
I can just imagine RSLASH's wife passing by at the end of his "Ivan the terrible" story and hearing the dad joke and thinking "My god, it has begun he is now 100% a dad with dad jokes."
@CaTastrophy427
2 жыл бұрын
Ivan to make a joke about how terrible his Ivan the Terrible story joke was, but I can't think of a good one.
@sethmcardle8281
2 жыл бұрын
During the Emu War, there were people in Australia's government that wanted to award some of the Emus for victory against the Australian Military. The whole Emu War sounds like a myth made up while higher than Snoop Dog, but that part about the actual governors wanting to award the emus for beating their own army men is just too good.
@MorganVsTheInternet
2 жыл бұрын
The Emu War is my favorite thing from Australia. It's just crazy.
@Nikita_Akashya
2 жыл бұрын
I wa swondering where the Emu war was. This video should have started with Australias war against the evil Emus.
@Nathan-sf3ub
2 жыл бұрын
Ae, the Emu War, I was hoping it would be mentioned in this video. Hopefully two mentions of it will get it to appear in the next episode of this subreddit
@sixxsoup
2 жыл бұрын
i've heard the story about the spy about a million times from like 4 different history teachers, its without a doubt their favourite story lmao
@moebiusjdx7288
2 жыл бұрын
It's an impressive story! I can't think of anything more badass that creating and running an entire spy network of 25 people while actually being a single person.
@sixxsoup
2 жыл бұрын
@@moebiusjdx7288 true
@Nerobyrne
2 жыл бұрын
@@moebiusjdx7288 I've seen some KZitemrs have sock account networks that big 😂
@bridgetbenson6291
2 жыл бұрын
I love the story about the Dutch ship escaping japanese waters disguised as an island. Sneak 100
@97scarletwitch
2 жыл бұрын
No no, imagine being the "man" of the house, ignoring your wife and having her go beat the crap out of the murderer in your home🤣😹🤣
@cakedUraniumMuffin
2 жыл бұрын
Some don’t have to imagine. Since I’m a night owl, my ex-husband and I slept at weird hours. He would always get pissed when I “see things” crawling around the house. We’ve had carpenter ants, scorpions, a garden snake, and some raccoons invade because he thought I was “seeing things”, but then if I told his mom he’d believe her. He’d get the issue fixed and apologize TO HIS MOM that he didn’t notice. One night I walked into the bedroom and saw the Godzilla of spiders above the headboard. Again, I tried to tell him, he shooed me away calling me crazy so I let a spider crawl above my ex-husband’s head while he was in bed. I let my sweet baby Liam Neeson (one of our chunky black cats-23 lb) play with the spider. My ex told me to get my crazy ass out while he was sleeping. 😈 He wasn’t sleeping for long! When all the ruckus stopped I opened the door and Liam came out triumphantly with the spider in his mouth. Liam got several treats after that.
@kaimagnus5760
2 жыл бұрын
What about The Great Emu War? To this day, Emus are the only Non-Human species that a human civilization formally declared war on. Australia is also the only country to have lost a war to a non-human species.....that being The Emus.
@sethmcardle8281
2 жыл бұрын
I believe the Australian Government also wanted to award the emus for winning some of the fights.
@MorganVsTheInternet
2 жыл бұрын
In an alternate world Australia is under Emu military rule.
@kaimagnus5760
2 жыл бұрын
@@MorganVsTheInternet You mean they're not right now?
@angelnegra
2 жыл бұрын
You left out that the humans lost that war, lol
@kaimagnus5760
2 жыл бұрын
@@angelnegra No i didnt. That was the very end of the post. lol
@OynxWolf11
2 жыл бұрын
"Or maybe they would have saved Garfield's life if they weren't digging around for the Bullet" Guys, let's be honest. It wasn't because they were digging around for the Bullet. It was because they were digging around for the bullet with FILTHY EFFING HANDS!! I mean why else do you think the doctor always tells you to wash the part of your body that has the cut before getting it covered, so the wound doesn't get infected.
@joshuaortega1852
2 жыл бұрын
How do we know James Madison was really embarased? Maybe he was just a next level troll and wanted to see how long he could keep it going.
@mariposa9506
2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if he'd wanted them to fight?
@imdead7913
2 жыл бұрын
The spy dude sound like a writer, going around killing his fake spy buddies
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