Florence Nightingale is an oft celebrated figure of British history who is largely considered the founder of modern nursing as we know it today. She’s also seen by many as a feminist icon for the amount of sack she kicked in her life time, the thing is though, Nightingale’s actual thoughts about feminism and the suffrage movement made her sound like she’d be more at home in the comment section of Reddit.
The Tallest Soldier in the Civil War Didn’t F**k Around
Being tall is a lot like being on fire, most people you meet will comment on it, regardless of how many times you’ve heard it before. Like many tall men, Henry Clay Thruston hated tall jokes and he always had a comeback ready for anyone wanting to make one. By which we mean, he’d spit right in their face.
The Winter Soldier Was Edited To Make It Harder To Make Fun Of
According to, well, virtually everyone who watched it, Captain America: The Winter Soldier was a fan-frickin-tastic movie. The movie was so good that the infamously hard to please guys over at Honest Trailer literally couldn’t pick fault with it, which may have something to do with the fact the directors edited the movie to make doing exactly that as hard as possible.
That Time Muhammad Ali Ended a Fight With a Single Word
While Muhammad Ali is sadly no longer with us, his legacy lives on in the form of countless stories about his awesomeness, the size and almost astronomical density of his balls and all those people he punched in the face for money. With that in mind, let’s that time he spooked an opponent twice his size into dropping out of a fight with a single word.
Cleopatra Knew How To Make a First Impression
Cleopatra is generally known for either one of two things, being the female god-emperor of ancient Egypt and the impressive amount of high-quality wang she had during her lifetime. Perhaps the most well known of Cleopatra’s conquests was Julius “God Damn” Caesar, and boy did Cleopatra know how to make a first impression.
