Interesting Historical Stuff Thread

[funKYcat75]

Show us some cool history stuff.

Here's a long about Revolutionary War soldiers who lived long enough to have their pictures taken before they died. http://www.thinkstuff.net/the-revol...ved-long-enough-to-have-their-pictures-taken/

 

[WildcatFan1982]

Someone tried to assassinate Andrew Jackson, so Andrew Jackson beat him with his cane.

 

[ThwKentuckyKid]

Adam Sandler once wore a UK shirt in a movie.

 

[DSmith21]

One of Kurt Russell's first roles was as "Jungle Boy" on Gilligan's Island.

 

[Kooky Kats]

One of Kurt Russell's first roles was as "Jungle Boy" on Gilligan's Island.

I think Gilligan did bad things to jungle boy.

 

[DSmith21]

I think Gilligan did bad things to jungle boy.

I can believe that because Gilligan's real first name was actually Willy. We all know that anyone named Willy can be really F'ed up.

Gilligan's first name is Willy.
"Yes, trivia buffs, Gilligan has a first name and it's not Gilligan. According to Schwartz, it is Willy."

http://www.metv.com/lists/10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-bob-denver

 

[UKserialkiller]

I can believe that because Gilligan's real first name was actually Willy. We all that anyone named Willy can be really F'ed up.

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

I think Gilligan did bad things to jungle boy.

Point out on the Jungle Boy where Gilligan touched you. Kooksie.

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

 

[Kaizer Sosay]

Joseph Warren
Father of the Revolution

Joseph Warren (1741-1775 AD) was regarded by many in his time as the true architect of the American Revolution. He was the key figure in one of history’s most famous tea parties. He wrote a set of Resolves that served as the blueprint for the first autonomous American government. He delivered a speech that sparked the first battles of the Revolutionary War. He sent Paul Revere out on one of history’s most famous rides. He was the only Patriot leader, prior to the Declaration of Independence, to risk his life against the British on the Battlefield (Sandler 55). And, remarkably, he has been largely lost to history. He was surrounded by names we are all familiar with, and yet his own name is barely ever heard these days. Interestingly, his brother went on to found Harvard Medical School, and fourteen US States have a Warren County named after him....including Kentucky (Bowling Green is county seat).

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

Joseph Warren
Father of the Revolution

Joseph Warren (1741-1775 AD) was regarded by many in his time as the true architect of the American Revolution. He was the key figure in one of history’s most famous tea parties. He wrote a set of Resolves that served as the blueprint for the first autonomous American government. He delivered a speech that sparked the first battles of the Revolutionary War. He sent Paul Revere out on one of history’s most famous rides. He was the only Patriot leader, prior to the Declaration of Independence, to risk his life against the British on the Battlefield (Sandler 55). And, remarkably, he has been largely lost to history. He was surrounded by names we are all familiar with, and yet his own name is barely ever heard these days. Interestingly, his brother went on to found Harvard Medical School, and fourteen US States have a Warren County named after him....including Kentucky (Bowling Green is county seat).

He also barfed all over his coat

 

[warrior-cat]

I think Gilligan did bad things to jungle boy.

Oh man! You just ruined it for me.

 

[DSmith21]

Cleopatra stuffed a mixture of crocodile poo and honey up her ****** as a form of birth control. It was actually effective as it worked much like a modern diaphragm. I bet she didn't get much cunnilingus though.

https://www.bedsider.org/features/3...torical-badass-getting-to-know-foxy-cleopatra

 

[Kooky Kats]

Cleopatra stuffed a mixture of crocodile poo and honey up her ****** as a form of birth control. It was actually effective as it worked much like a modern diaphragm. I bet she didn't get much cunnilingus though.

https://www.bedsider.org/features/3...torical-badass-getting-to-know-foxy-cleopatra

Depends on the honey/poo ratio...sounds intriguing nonetheless.

 

[UKGrad93]

Abraham Lincoln routinely slept with a man.

 

[UKwizard]

In World War II after the fall of France, Germany conquered it's only piece of Britain it would ever get a hold of in the Channel Islands located in the English Channel near France. England had evacuated most of the population ahead of time as they did not deem the islands worth defending. Even so Hitler saw this as a major accomplishment and ordered it to be made into a impregnable fortress.

Many anti-aircraft and anti-ship batteries were created along with numerous other fortifications. The crown jewel was a massive underground compound with miles of tunnels. When completed it was described as the most secure location on the planet which Hitler was very proud of and deemed an important military target.

One morning a German soldier described seeing a slew of bombers come from the north right at the island and remembered thinking that they were in a world of trouble. It caused a major uproar and battle stations were manned. At the last second the bombers veered east and towards France ignoring the islands. They then saw massive amounts of ships crossing the channel. All these German soldiers manning the most fortified place on earth could do on D Day was watch helplessly as the Allies invaded France.

After France was taken their supplies were cut off and they were starving when the Allies finally came to accept their surrender weeks AFTER VE Day.

 

[Kooky Kats]

My guess is Gilligan.

 

[Glenn's Take]

 

[dgtatu01]

Heard last week on a podcast about beer that Bread may have been invented to make beermaking easier. I always assumed beer came about from some bad bread, but that is probably not the case. Also beer is as old as the oldest recorded human history, so we have been drinking it a very long time.

 

[Get Buckets]

Anyone watch Drunk History?

 

[KyCatFan_rivals45723]

My guess is Gilligan.

Throw in an abortion and it sounds eerily like the first Pitino sex scandal.

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

Depends on the honey/poo ratio...sounds intriguing nonetheless.

This reached Willy levels. Sheeeeit

 

[nerdcat_rivals308595]

Show us some cool history stuff.

Here's a long about Revolutionary War soldiers who lived long enough to have their pictures taken before they died. http://www.thinkstuff.net/the-revol...ved-long-enough-to-have-their-pictures-taken/

Thanks for posting that. Great stuff.

 

[LordEgg_rivals16573]

Kaiser Bill
Went up the hill
To take a look at France
Kaiser Bill
Came down the hill
With bullets in his pants.

 

[Kooky Kats]

Thanks for posting that. Great stuff.

It amazed me that the folks who won us the freedom from tyranny were the cast of Dark Crystal. Inspiring.

 

[Col. Angus]

I was born in 1976. Interesting. Historical.

 

[78Gooses]

I remember what General George Washington told his troops before crossing the Delaware River to attack the British. He said:

"Men, get in the boat".

 

[TortElvisII]

I remember what General George Washington told his troops before crossing the Delaware River to attack the British. He said:

"Men, get in the boat".

Never happened. Hessians were across the Delaware.

 

[Rebelfreedomeagle]

 

[JohnBlue]

Did you know that President William Henry Harrison only served 32 as POTUS? His doctor claimed he died of pneumonia after catching a cold giving the longest ever Inaugural Address during bad weather but some claim that was a misdiagnoses.

Okay, so you could believe that, right? This was back in 1841. Two of the next 3 presidents would also die, one of them while in office as well before 1850. James Polk who followed Harrison became sick with a digestive ailment but survived his term then died 3 months after leaving office. Zachary Taylor followed Polk, he didn't survive but 16 months in office before he died of a unknown digestive ailment.

Ironically it wasn't until (and I find this hard to believe) 1850 that the capital had a sewer system. There was sewage flowing a short distance from the White house and 7 blocks upstream from their water supply. I thought there had already been a few plague's do this same thing in other countries. Could that have killed 3 presidents?

 

[78Gooses]

Never happened. Hessians were across the Delaware.

I stand corrected. Thanks. I wasn't even sure it was the Delaware.