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Henry VIII gets jiggy with it.
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Curly Bill learns his lesson.
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Taiwanese officer is about to defect to Mainland China, thinks of the most hilariously clever way to keep from being shot by nearby sentries.
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Divorce imminent! Also, don’t make fun of eunuchs.
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Nazi propaganda accidentally predicts US paratrooper haircuts.
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Henry VII was too cheap to make new parade floats for special occasions, including his son’s wedding, so he just kept having them repainted over and over, likely to the chagrin of the chroniclers, who kept having to sound amazed when describing them!
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Congress? Anything but that!
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Chico Marx, what the hell?
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A general hopelessness. [WWII]
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Some British officers were in favor of NOT assassinating Hitler… because they thought he was doing such a good job of losing the war!
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The universe blesses three E Company soldiers with extreme convenience.
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Oh no, he is nearly dead from his suicide attempt! Quick, we must save him so that we can hang him properly
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The Spanish ambassador tells King Henry VII that Spanish custom forbids him from seeing the face of his future daughter-in-law. He can’t help but laugh as the King wrestles with the concept.
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U.S. Senator teases a colleague by proposing a tariff on free sunshine.
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Yanks vs. Limeys.
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Stranded in Fort Sumter during the incident that would later spark the American Civil War, the resident garrison fought boredom with, among other things, games of Leapfrog.
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In 1993 Russia tries to pay its milk bill with Migs and a nuclear submarine
(www.theguardian.com)
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Don’t forget that all great emperors were once little boys.
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Did Junot rat out the man sleeping with Napoleon’s wife because of a months-old practical joke? Maybe. Maybe not. But I like to think so.
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FIGHT ME 1V1, SENATOR.
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The new Queen of England travels south from Scotland, happily throws tons of parties and steals everyone’s things along the way.
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The mimic bandit strikes again!
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In 1814 a 15-foot high tsunami of beer killed eight people in London
(www.smithsonianmag.com)
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Theban military commander, himself a secret conspirator, keeps getting handed messages about how there is a conspiracy afoot, and has to keep pretending to deal with it!
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Taiwan makes everyone register their ‘flotation devices’ in an effort to deter defections.
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