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History

The infrastructural shortcomings of Faraday's times proved especially overpowering in the summer of 1858.

Daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei	A female monarch existed in Chinese history before Wu Zetian?
World War II postal acronyms	Every Naked Girl Loves A Naked Dick.
The Great Stink	An actual 19th century event in the history of London, where the stench of human stool emanating from the River Thames was so overpowering, that it interfered with the work of the House of Commons and is claimed to have ground the city to a halt. Kickstarted the London sewerage system.
The Miracle of 1511	When the people of Brussels protested against their rulers by building satirical and pornographic snowmen.
Great Molasses Flood	A storage tank burst and flooded the streets of Boston with a 25 foot (7.6 meter) high wave of molasses.
Yang Kyoungjong	The Korean defence of Normandy
Tank Man	An unidentified man who achieved widespread recognition after standing in front, and blocking the procession of a column of tanks, the morning after the bloody suppression of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
Dancing Plague of 1518	In 1518 around 400 people took to dancing for days without rest, and, over the period of about one month, some of those affected died of heart attack, stroke, or exhaustion.
Abul-Abbas	An Asian elephant given to Charlemagne by the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid.
Cadaver Synod	A deceased Pope was exhumed and put on trial!
Pope Benedict IX	He became pope at twenty, and later sold the papacy. He was pope three times.
Kottabos	The worlds first drinking game. Care to play? All you need is a bronze "lamp stand" with a tiny statuette on top and some wine.
Defenestrations of Prague	When was the last time throwing someone out of a window started a war?