Dumb History of Shakespeare
You might find it hard to believe but there was a time when people actually paid to watch Shakespearean plays. Back in the days before YouTube, they gathered in grand auditoriums, straining to
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Dumb History of Telephone
For those unfamiliar with telephones, they are similar to mobile phones but they are not mobile. They cannot piggyback on humans, shadow them everywhere and drain the life out of them like vampires
Dumb History of Cars
The first car to be invented by Karl Benz was a horseless carriage. It was fine. It worked. It meant that horses regained their freedom after they lost it a few hundred years
Dumb History of Potatoes
“No matter how you prepare it, the root is tasteless and starchy. It cannot be regarded as an enjoyable food“, Diderot’s Encyclopédie had this to say about potatoes.
Dumb History of Light Bulb
History that may or may not be true: written by a self-celebrated writer who has, like Thomas Edison, not failed 10,000 times but wrote 10,000 jokes that aren’t funny.