Historically speaking, what’s the dumbest thing that ever happened?
>>18403654https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_Reason
>>18403654https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism
>>18403654https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_voyage_of_the_predecessor_of_Mansa_MusaIf Mansa wasnt bullshitting that egyptian guy this was pretty far up there
>>18403654>italians attack Austro-Hungarian battleship Viribus Unitis in harbour (after failing a bunch of other times)>put a bomb under her>captured, brought on the ship>notice she's flying a flag for "JUGOSLAVIA" because Austria-Hungary just fell apart and they're not even at war with Italy>tell the captain (who took command literally that day) what they did>he orders abandon ship>italians jump overboard>arrested again, brought on board>bomb explodes>now without Austrian officers, the crew panic like retards for 15 minutes>italians jump overboard>arrested again>ship sinks>captain goes down with her, saluting
>>18403746Never heard of that before
>>18403746No way he took 1,000 ships and they all were lost. He was exaggerating the story at best.
>>18403654Jews calling their country "israel"
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Agriculture.
>Constantine VI ends up stuck in an adult regency under the thumb of his mother and court eunuchs>Army revolts in his favor and he's able to finally take power for himself.>Locks his mother up in the palace with full access to all of her old retainers. Exiles the chief Eunuch but doesn't keep tabs on him at all.>Once he's in control Constantine tries to fight everyone around him and keeps losing. But that's okay because his mother keeps telling him he's doing a great job.>Starts turning to his mother for more and more advice and eventually gives both her and the Eunuch that tried to kill him their jobs back.>Listens to her when she gives him obviously terrible advice to make him less popular>Leaves the mother and the Eunuch in charge of the city and his private army (loyal to her) while he's away>Before he even leaves the city he's attacked by soldiers loyal to his mother, but he gets away>When another group of soldiers arrive claiming to have information from his mother about the plot he lets them into his tent>Gets captured and dragged into the palace, his mother blinds him in the same room where he was born.>Dies of his injuries. Empire is now ruled by a woman. Very few people even care that their emperor got assassinated by his mom.
>>18404355AGREE
>>18403654Kniaz Svyatoslav, who destroyed Khazar Khanate, allowing nomads from Central Asia to flood place what eventually became Wild Field.
>>18404430He was just no match for Irene's girlbossery.
>>18404430Don’t forget that this also paved the way for Charlemagne’s coronation as Roman Emperor since the west considered the eastern throne vacant because they didn’t recognize a woman as being able to hold the office.
>>18404365This but unironically.
>>18404430I really get sorta mad when people defend Irene by saying she was living during patriarchal times like she wasn't better off than 99.9% of society just by her birth alone
>>18404339It's probably made up.>>18404353´Both cases are funny. Some king convincing thousands of people to sail with him into the sea. Mansa just talking out of his ass and some egyptian believing it all verbatim
>>18405487Hard times mean a mother must blind her child, please understand
>>18403654Crusade of children comes to mind. All kinds of religious lunacy goes top of this list.
>>18403654My birth.
>>18403782Not as bad as that time during WWII Japan randomly lost her 4th strongest battleship when she spontaneously exploded in harbor.
>>18404353>>18403746>>18405488That is not impossible. If they get with their boats on oceanic current they could land(or whatever survived from their crews) on Hispaniola or Cuba.
Hinduism
>>18403746I am almost convinced this was some elaborate assassination attempt. Like even if he had the right idea what head of state risks their life going into the unknown, it would be like if an American president became an astronaut while in office, extremely risky for little worth.
