stackyFACTSSelling unlimited incredibly cheap alcohol to angry sports fans remains the worst promotional idea in history. A 1974 baseball game descended into apocalyptic anarchy when thousands of heavily intoxicated spectators rushed the field wielding folding chairs and bases.
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Blowing up musical genres on a baseball field is exactly as chaotic as it sounds. A radio host organized a promotion in 1979 to detonate a crate of disco…
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Hitting wooden balls with mallets on a lawn doesn't sound scandalous, but Victorian society thought otherwise. It was intensely controversial strictly because…
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