The 2007 Apple keynote is best remembered as the event in which Apple announced that it was going to start selling shitty, overpriced phones to the public. However, we think it should be best remembered as the year Steve Jobs terrified his engineers so much that they showed up to the company’s biggest event of the year drunk off their asses.
The Torpedo So Good No One Knew Where it Came From
The Type 93 Torpedo, colloquially known by military historians as the Long Lance, was easily one of the most high-tech things on or in the water during the whole of WW2. One of the reasons it was considered so advanced was because of its simply ridiculous range compared to other torpedoes of the day.
The Story of Jeanne de Clisson the Badass Female Pirate
Jeanne de Clisson was a female pirate who ruled the waves around England and France between 1346 and 1356, though you’ve likely never heard of her, she kicked enough ass to piss off a king and earn a bitchin’ nickname, the Lioness of Brittany. She also commanded a fleet of the most fabulous ships the world will likely ever know.
The Uniform So Bad it Cost the Army Thousands of Potential Recruits
One of the perks of joining the military is getting to wear the fly-ass, fitted uniform they give you when you join. However, for the brave women who signed up for the WAAC, the uniform they were forced to wear was so bad, it literally caused people to reconsider joining up.
What Nature Shows Don’t Tell You About the Toucan’s Beak
It’s impossible to not feel happy while looking at a toucan, they own a beak twice the length of their own body that they will sometimes use to adorably eat a single seed, then again, sometimes they also use it to bully and beat the shit out of other birds.
