stackyFACTSBefore structured winter sports, adults took snowball throwing to an aggressive extreme. Entire city squares would devolve into highly organized, surprisingly violent tactical snowball warfare among fully grown men.
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When temperatures plummeted in early modern Europe, life didn't stop. Rivers froze so thick that entire bustling markets, complete with tents, food stalls,…
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Playing a beautiful instrument should not ideally cause intense psychological breakdowns. The glass armonica produced haunting tones by rubbing wet fingers on…
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The nightmare of middle school gym class used to earn you international glory. Competitors had to scramble up a massive vertical rope using only their upper…
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Desperation forces military leaders to put their absolute blindest faith in frozen water. Struggling against German U-boats, Winston Churchill actually…
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Edgar Allan Poe was briefly enlisted in the US Army under a fake name, but even more bizarrely, he was expelled from West Point after showing up to a public…
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