A US Navy ship packed to the gunnels with US troops arrives in New York Harbour at the end of WW2.
(Pic: US Navy/New York Historical Society)
Category Archives: History
Colm of Irish Archaeology writes:
In medieval Ireland there was a jester known as Braigetóir. How did his entertain his lord? By passing wind – the man was a professional farter.
Lovely.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFX5FLfaCbw
In 1965, filmmakers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider made ‘Here Come The Monkees’ – a 16mm pilot for the show that would eventually become NBC’s hit boyband sitcom of 1966.
You can hear the demo version of the famous theme tune at 6.14.
MORE: The Monkees: Complete Unaired TV Pilot From 1965 (Dangerous Minds)
The man with the most awesome opening paragraph on Wikipedia.
Sir, we salute you.
READ ON: Adrian Carton de Wiart (Wikipedia)
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s Last Statement Archive is a morbidly revealing database of the crime, execution date (the most recent at time of posting was last Wednesday), race, name, age and last statement of hundreds of executed offenders.
(Pic via murderpedia)
A shoe salesman in 1900 commanding a full 1.2 square metres of prime retail space.
The charming John Green returns with another interesting list: this time, 41 people from history who popped their clogs in unfortunate and unusual ways.
Previously: 31 Strange Medical Conditions
Not shown: Brian Cowen’s podiatrist.