Buster Keaton was a man who have less of a shit about his own personal safety and body than a person in a Taco Bell eating contest. For virtually his entire career he put his bones and life on the line performing an endless stream of ball-achingly painful looking stunts for money and fame. Keaton’s skill at taking hits was such that he often sometimes acted as his own fucking stunt double, just because.
Houdini’s Toughest Escape Was From a Single Pair of Handcuffs
Harry Houdini is a name so synonymous with escape artistry, if a child is born as a result of a broken condom you’re morally obligated to make Houdini their middle name. But did you know that according to Houdini, his toughest escape attempt was from a single pair of handcuffs?
Virtually Nothing Other Than Tea Was Destroyed At The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party is often cited as one of the most important and patriotism boner inducing moments in American history, it’s also a mission in the third Assassin’s Creed game, which is nice. Since we’re all about celebrating awesome facts from history, we wanted to share a little known fact about about that dramatic day, nothing, other than tea was damaged that day except a single padlock.
Spartans Really Didn’t Like People Making Fun of Their Swords
Thanks to films like 300 and to a lesser extent, 300 – 2 (We’re all on boats this time), we all know that in the world of ancient Greece, you didn’t fuck with the Spartans unless you wanted your ribs to be uppercutted into your lungs. Which makes it kind of surprising that there a multiple accounts of ancient people making fun of Spartan soldiers’ swords, to their faces and getting away with it.
The Reichstag is Still Full of Soviet Graffiti
The Reichstag is a large impressive building located in Berlin that serves as a meeting place for the German parliament that also just so happens to be full of Soviet graffiti telling Hitler to eat a dick.
