Niche but funny historical event?

That Chinese emperor who fell down a horse and told his ministers not to write that down for his book only for them to write 10 books with it and make a painting of it.....   1 reply

Mussolini hated the Leaning Tower of Pisa because he thought it was an embarrassment and disgrace, so one day he decided to try and fix it but he fucked up and made it lean even more than before. The Leaning Tower of Pisa has a goofy history in general like it's just a bunch of people constantly messing up and making everything worse.   reply

Caesar used to walk around the senate wearing red, leather knee-highs saying it was the fashion during the kingdom era (Rome was a kingdom before all the Republic and Empire stuff started)   reply