These 10 Historical Facts Will Leave You Awestruck!

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!

1. On the night of William of Orange’s wedding, his uncle, King Charles II, is said to have sat through the process spectating the sex game, to the extent, shouting out encouragements to the shy couple! Huh? WTF!!

“Now, nephew, to your work! Hey! St. George for England!” he is believed to have said.

2. To discourage the use of alternating current Thomas Edison publicly electrocuted animals mercilessly!

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!

3. Benjamin Franklin indulged in love games with French women to win the American Revolution! Can you believe that?

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!

4. Cardinal Cesare Borgia was so sex obsessed, that In 1501, he held an orgy with 50 courtesans and handed out prizes afterwards.

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?

5. Catherine the Great had a secret stash of erotic furniture. Just have a look at this one!

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.

6. Within a year of the first public screening of a motion picture in 1895, the first pornographic film was screened in Paris. Now, don’t get your eyebrows raised!

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?

7. In her famous diary, Anne Frank wrote a little detail about her body. But her adamant father edited out those passages. Now what is his business about that?

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?

8. Franklin D Roosevelt, lovingly known as FDR had a love nest and several mistresses, possibly including a distant cousin.

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!

9. Mozart loved toilet humour! Trust me! He even wrote a canon called “Leck mich im Arsch” (“lick me in the arse”).

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.”

10. Fanta soft drinks were created to get around trade embargoes against Nazi Germany. Yes, this is true!

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!