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This collection was curated by historians who specialize in uncovering lesser-known yet significant events that shape our understanding of the past. Their work involves deep research and a keen eye for details that often go unnoticed, providing a fuller picture of history’s complexities.
1. Julius Caesar’s Kidnapping
2. Sir Robert Muldoon’s Tipsy Decision
Sir Robert Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1984 calls for an election whilst drunk live on television.
3. The USS William D. Porter
4. Aeschylus’ Death
5. Exercise Tiger
“Operation Tiger was pretty embarrassing for the USA. They was training for D-Day on our Beaches, here in Britain and they killed as many as 450 of their own men during training. What happened was Eisenhower decided men need to go through realistic battle conditions so they used live artillery 50 mins before the landing. However, the men in the landing-craft didn’t hear about this and landed an hour before they was supposed to, resulting in many men being bombarded by naval artillery.”
6. Andrew Jackson’s Failed Assassination
“TIL about the failed assassination attempt on Andrew Jackson. Following a congressional funeral, the assailant attempted to shoot him, however his pistol misfired. He then pulled out a second loaded pistol, it too misfired. Jackson responded by clubbing the man with his walking cane several times.”
7. Draco’s Death
8. The Battle of Karansebes
“The Austrian Army attacked itself and lost 10,000 men at the Battle of Karansebes in 1788. The Austrians, at war with the Ottomans sent out scouts to search for Turkish spies. The Austrian hussar scouts instead encountered a band of gypsies who got them drunk. A group of Austrian infantry showed up and wanted to join the party. The drunk hussars were loathe to share and constructed a barricade around the liquor and set up a defense. The infantry pressed their case and a shot was fired. With that, the fight was on and in the confusion the Austrian army mistook hussars fleeing the gypsy camp fight to be charging Turks and opened fire. The melee awakened the rest of the camp who assumed they were being attacked, started shooting at anything that moved and then fled. When the Turks arrived in the next day, they found the Austrian Army had defeated itself already and easily took the city of Karansebes.”
9. French President Félix Faure’s death
10. Adolf Hitler’s Reign Of Terror
11. Columbus’ Failed Voyages
“Columbus’ first 4 voyages to the Americas. Until his death he never admitted that he had found a new continent.”
12. The Great Emu War
13. The Hanging Of The Hartlepool Monkey
13. The Hanging Of The Hartlepool Monkey
“After watching the ‘Kung Fu Kapers’ episode of The Goodies, Alex Mitchell laughed continuously for 25 minutes and then fell dead on his sofa from heart failure.
15. The War Of The Bucket
16. Apple Gaffes
17. Clement Vallandigham’s death
Clement Vallandigham, a lawyer and Ohio politician defending a man accused of murder, accidentally shot himself while demonstrating how the victim might have accidentally shot himself. His client was cleared.