Bizarre true stories from history that nobody taught you.
When shipping rules banned pets from the boat to Italy, Polish soldiers solved it by making their bear an enlisted soldier instead.
Pirates asked for 20 talents. He laughed and told them to ask for 50 — then swore he'd crucify them all.
He was at ground zero in Hiroshima. Three days later, he was at ground zero in Nagasaki. All because he forgot a stamp.
The Louvre's most famous painting vanished for a year and a half.
In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire almost completely destroyed the city. Although the origin was unknown, everyone quickly pinned the blame on someone. They were wrong.
