30 Counterintuitive Trivia Tidbits About Historical Figures

Plus: A Conversation with Eugene Mirman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 August 30, 2023 | [Read Online]( [fb]( [tw]( [in]( [email](mailto:?subject=Post%20from%20Cracked%20Newsletter&body=30%20Counterintuitive%20Trivia%20Tidbits%20About%20Historical%20Figures%3A%20%0A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fcracked.beehiiv.com%2Fp%2F30-counterintuitive-trivia-tidbits-historical-figures) Welcome to the Cracked newsletter! This issue is about ‘The Flintstones,’ Eugene Mirman, Wikipedia controversies, historical trivia and more. Was this email forwarded to you? [Subscribe here](. [Eugene Mirman Is Ready to Get Back on Stage]( [Eugene Mirman]( radiates the energy of a warm, silly camp counselor. Talking on Zoom from his home in Massachusetts, the deadpan 49-year-old comic rocks a beard and a T-shirt while talking about the record label he co-founded last year, [PGF Records](, which puts out stand-up albums, including [Bobcat Goldthwait](’s excellent Soldier for Christ. Mirman is telling me about the label’s next release, A Close Shave With Heaven, the album debut of poet and author [Derrick Brown](. “It’s great,” Mirman enthuses. “Very, very excited for it. Derrick Brown I’ve toured with now for many years — one of the things I always wanted was to start a label, literally, to put out an album of Derrick’s. So, it’s very much like a dream coming true for me.” [READ MORE]( [4 of the Juiciest Controversies Sections of Celebrity Wikipedia Pages]( The only thing we love more than a celebrity [is a celebrity in crisis](. It might even be true that for someone at the absolute peak of global fame, the only way to further dominate the world’s watercoolers (outside of dying) is to be involved in some sort of [outlandish or horrific pickle](. I personally don’t fully understand why it’s such a blow to our mental solar plexus when a public figure or celebrity gets one of their skeletons or horrible opinions yanked out of the closet. Between the shark-eyed psychopathy and [unbelievably deluded worldview]( necessary to achieve the peak of fame, is it really surprising that an action star’s grasp of the Middle East is a bit lacking? [READ MORE]( More Wiki Reads: - [6 Silliest Subjects To Get Their Own Wikipedia Articles]( - [The 6 Most Epically Pointless Arguments on Wikipedia]( - [4 Wikipedia Editing Scandals That Slipped Under Readers' Radars]( - [The 6 Most Terrifying Sex Illustrations on Wikipedia]( - [6 Hilariously Nerdy (Surprisingly Epic) Wikipedia Fights]( 21 of the Funniest Tweets from August 29, 2023 33 Everyday Things That Terrified You As A Kid 15 Movies That Made People Physically Ill 30 Eyebrow-Arching Histories of Everyday Things 13 Great Jokes That Insult Cities 12 Polished Bits of Trivia We Just Pulled Out of the Trivia Tumbler After Four Weeks With Extra Fine Grit 15 Trivia Tidbits About ‘The Flintstones’ 30 Counterintuitive Trivia Tidbits About Historical Figures TWEET OF THE DAY [ARTICLES | PICTOFACTS | VIDEOS]( [fb]( [tw]( [ig]( [yt]( [tk]( Update your email preferences or unsubscribe [here]( © COPYRIGHT © 2005-2022 Cracked is published by Literally Media Ltd. 190 West St., Unit 17B Brooklyn, NY 11222, United States [[beehiiv logo]Powered by beehiiv](