stackyFACTSThe papacy wasn't always a beacon of solemn piety. This particular historical figure was so notoriously chaotic and scandalous that rumors widely circulated he actually suffered a fatal stroke while actively sleeping with a disgruntled husband's wife.
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Joy was apparently a criminal offense in 16th-century Geneva. Strict theological authorities enforced laws so utterly bleak that even cracking a slight grin…
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Gravity was apparently a theological requirement. A stern 9th-century gathering of bishops in Auxerre specifically wrote a decree strictly forbidding holy men…
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Pope Gregory IX published a papal bull in the thirteenth century called Vox in Rama that officially linked domestic cats to Satan worship. This religious…
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British Army officer John 'Mad Jack' Churchill voluntarily fought throughout the entirety of the Second World War armed with a traditional Scottish…
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During the early 1500s, when a wooden statue of a saint supposedly started crying, highly suspicious authorities didn't fall on their knees. Instead, they…
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