When we study History in school, we learn a lot, right?
But what we don’t know is that History has some R rated facts that are kept under the dirty linen, those refuse to show themselves up.
I am trying to bring some such wriggling under the carpet shocking historical facts to you.
Have a read!
“Now, nephew, to your work! Hey! St. George for England!” he is believed to have said.
He was so determined to ruin the reputation of Westinghouse’s AC in favour of his own direct current, he had his technicians electrocute several animals, including stray cats and unwanted livestock. He even started to refer to people who had been electrocuted as having been “Westinghoused”. Some lack of humanity there!
Already a well-known ladies’ man and frequenter of London’s Hellfire Club, Franklin took Paris by storm as Ambassador to France. Spending time in brothels and on the arms of influential Parisian ladies kept the American cause in the limelight and King Louis XVI eventually donated 1.3 livres to the fledgling nation. They sure knew there games right!
Now remembered as the Banquet of Chestnuts, the servants who were purposely asked to witness the orgy “kept score of each man’s orgasms.” and the prizes for a good performance included “tunics of silk, shoes, barrettes, and other things.”! Why don’t we have such games in these days?
Why she would keep such curiosities secret when she so famously enjoyed, and even rewarded? So many of her lovers remain a mystery. I love such women who are not shy of their desires.
Although “Le Coucher de la mariee” ‘s original running time is listed at seven minutes, degradation of the film has left it at about two minutes and it now ends just as the bride is about to get undressed—some rather merciless censorship from Father Time. We are regressing, is it?
The passages show a normal girl going through puberty, exploring and experiencing physical changes in a normal, wellll.. rather frank way! The edited passages were later, first included in the 1995 edition honouring the 50th anniversary of Anne’s death. Since then, there have been multiple attempts to censor the new edition and pull it from classroom shelves. Well, let the girls have some education, from the horses mouth, isn’t it?
The only U.S. president elected four times was fond of taking his mistresses to a cottage in upstate New York. He had a 20-year affair with his secretary, Missy LeHand, and a two-year affair with his wife’s social secretary, Lucy Mercer. Although no hard evidence of an affair with his cousin Daisy Suckley has been unearthed, several suggestive letters are there that indicate their relationship was quite intimate. America has ssome colourful presidents there!
Sung by six voices in a three-part round, the song is believed to be intended as a party piece. The phrase “leck mich im arsch” is closer in intent to the English “kiss my ass” than the literal translation suggests. But his letters also display his obsession with toilet humour. In one letter to a cousin, for example, he wrote a rhyming verse suggesting that “Into your mouth your arse you’ll shove.”
In 1941, with Europe enmeshed in World War II, Coca-Cola was having trouble sending its syrup to its German operations. But they weren’t about to let a pesky trade embargo against Hitler’s Germany stop them from selling soda to thirsty Germans. So Coca-Cola created a new product for Germany made from whatever ingredients were available, such as whey and pomace, the “leftovers of leftovers”. The result? Fanta!! While the company had no affiliation with the Nazi party, they sure didn’t mind doing business in Nazi Germany. Today, we love it like anything! Mmmmm the taste!
So these were a few from my kitty!
I shall be back with more, soon!
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