Chess is often called the sport of kings, which is probably why its top ranks seem to be populated by such huge shitheads. Arguably one of the biggest, but most loveable shitheads of them all was Paul Morphy, the chess master who immediately quit upon being crowned champion of the entire world just so that nobody could ever challenge him again.
The Worst Excuse Ever Given For Crashing a Submarine.
Crashing a submarine is sort of like having one of your selfies appear on the evening news, in that the first thing people are going to assume when they see it is that you did something really fucking stupid. So imagine what Swedish officials thought when a Russian whiskey-class submarine crashed in their waters during the height of the Cold War and everyone on board tried to pretend they had no idea where they were.
Miners Used to Use Fish To See in the Dark
As weird as it is going to sound, to avoid dying in a fiery explosion, miners in the past used to carry around dead fish to help them see in the dark in relative, but rather smelly safety. No, this isn’t a joke, it’s something that really happened, why aren’t you taking this seriously?
Female Duels Were Way More Badass Than Male Ones
If that episode of the Simpsons where Homer spends the first 10 minutes slapping people across the face with a glove has taught us anything about duelling, it’s that both parties involved usually wear clothes. Apparently Princess Pauline von Metternich and Countess Kielmannsegg never got this memo because when they fought each other in 1892, the first thing they did was whip out their breasts.
Emma Sharp Just Didn’t Give a F**k
Over the last few months we’ve drawn attention to a few noteworthy celebrities who quite simply, were less capable of giving a shit than a constipated miser. Today we decided to apply that formula to a lesser known, but equally as blasé figure from English history, Emma Sharp.
