The Scandalous History of Weed
onobird2017-02-08T20:48:09+00:00Ever wonder why weed is illegal. Find out about the history of the most popular drug in the world.
The Scandalous History of Contraception
onobird2017-02-08T20:48:58+00:00Now that the Supreme Court has decided not all employers have to pay for birth control, here are some alternatives from history for you to consider. The history of contraception is a mix of folklore, superstition and magic. The range of approaches is both surprising and frightening. What is most surprising is that many of [...]
Those Randy Romans
blanche2015-06-08T23:00:07+00:00The Romans had an effective natural contraceptive. It was a plant called Silphium, and the shape of the seed is where we get the traditional heart ♥ shape we all recognize as a symbol of love. Anyway, they F*&%#ed so much that it went extinct.
Molly Go Lightly
onobird2015-03-18T00:18:04+00:00Traditionally only men could propose marriage, not women. Under the custom of the time, February 29 was ignored as a non-day. Since it was not a real day St. Patrick reasoned that traditions did not apply. So when St. Bridget complained that women had to wait too long to be asked to marry, he said [...]
Syphilitic Sex Dolls
onobird2015-03-05T19:44:06+00:00To combat syphilis, Hitler gave his troops blow-up sex dolls.
Give Peace a Chance
onobird2015-02-22T17:51:21+00:00In the last 3500 years there has been just 270 years without wars.
Head Under Heels in Love
onobird2015-02-14T18:52:38+00:00In 269 AD St. Valentine, a Catholic priest, was arrested, tortured and sentenced to death for performing forbidden marriages. His execution was done in three parts, beating, stoning and finally beheading. His skull is on display in the Basilica of Santa Mariain Cosmedin, Rome. His favorite song should have been "What I Did For Love".
She’s probably getting a bit moldy.
onobird2015-02-13T20:01:48+00:00Betty White (b. 1922) is older than sliced bread (invented 1926).
Clean Alligators
onobird2015-02-08T20:13:29+00:00President John Quincy Adams kept a pet alligator in the East Room bathtub to surprise White House guests.
Lead & Mercury, so refreshing
onobird2017-05-19T19:54:57+00:00For birth control, women drank water from a blacksmith's shop because it contained high levels of lead. In China the drink of choice was a shot of mercury.
Mad Hatter
onobird2017-05-19T19:54:59+00:00John Wilkes Booth, a Mad Hatter and a pair of scissors. A new Scandalous History Short.
American Whore Story
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:04+00:00American spy master Betsy Ross directed her "girls" to sleep with British soldiers to get secret information.
Cat Testicles
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:09+00:00Cat testicles have been used as birth control in the form of an insertable barrier
Tallulah Cokehead
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:14+00:00Tallulah Bankhead stated "Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know — I've been using it for years."
Here’s the Poop
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:19+00:00Martin Luther ate a spoonful of his own feces everyday.
Hitler’s American Fan Club
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:25+00:00Welcome to Scandalous History. View our latest video, Hitler's American Fan Club. Prior to World War II, Adolf Hitler benefitted from the support of a great many wealthy, powerful and famous Americans. The entry of the United States in the war was severely delayed by these forces. Although many of these supporters later "renounced" [...]
June 12th
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:30+00:00On this date in 1897, Carl Elsener patented a penknife that later became known as the Swiss Army Knife. 97 years later on this date in 1994 a Swiss Army Knife was allegedly use by O. J. Simpson to brutally murder his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. The crime shocked the nation due to the perception of [...]
May 29th
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:35+00:00On this date in 1932 the Bonus Army started to gather in Washington D.C. to demand the cash payment of the bonus promised them for their service in World War I. Passed in 1924, the World War Adjusted Compensation Act awarded each veteran a bonus plus interest to be paid in 1945. With the collapse of the [...]
May 22nd
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:40+00:00On this date in 1856 Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner was savagely beaten on the floor of the Senate by South Carolina Representative Preston Brooks. The beating was prompted by Sumner's two-day speech against slavery and specifically called out three of his fellow senators by name as being particularly heinous. One of those senators, South Carolina Senator Andrew P. Butler, [...]
May 21st
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:45+00:00On this date in 1932 Amelia Earhart landed in Derry, Northern Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, five years to the day after Lindberg's flight. She became an inspiration to the world who followed her adventures closely. She helped promote women aviators and became a professor at Purdue University [...]
May 20th
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:50+00:00On this date in 1927 Charles Lindberg took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island on the first successful solo Transatlantic flight. He landed the following day in Paris. Following this flight he became perhaps the world's most famous man. That fame led to tragedy when in 1932 his infant son Charles Jr was kidnapped [...]
May 19th
onobird2017-05-19T19:55:55+00:00On this date in 1962 Marilyn Monroe sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy at a birthday salute held at Madison Square Garden in New York. Monroe's breathless rendition was played frequently on the news and continues to be a favorite film clip whenever she or President Kennedy are profiled. It has been reported that [...]
May 18th
onobird2017-05-19T19:56:00+00:00On this date in 1926 Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Ocean Park Beach near Los Angeles. What happened next continues to be a matter of controversy. "Sister Aimee" was a radio evangelist with millions of followers. Her Foursquare Church was her platform for her preaching that was in its time even more popular than Billy Sunday. At that [...]
May 17th
onobird2017-05-19T19:56:01+00:00On this date in 1990 homosexuality was removed from the list of psychiatric diseases by the World Health Organization. Fourteen years later on this date the first legal same sex marriages were performed in Massachusetts. The modern LGBT rights movement started with the Stonewall riots in 1969. For years police had conducted raids on bars [...]