(Read at https://www.ranker.com, in an article written by Joshua Ree on July 11th, 2020)
We talk a lot about fails during our time. But there are hilarious
historical "fails" that have been memorialized throughout all time.
We've compiled some of the best ones. Vote up your favorites down below!
1. Attempted To Create Propaganda
In
1985, North Korea filmed a movie in Japan. It was aimed at showing the
oppression of Koreans living there. But the message of the movie
backfired when North Korean audiences saw the relatively luxurious
living conditions in Japan.
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2. Attempted To Evade Suspicion
WWI,
the Germans disguised one of their ships as a British ship, the RMS
Carmania, and sent it out to ambush British vessels. In a hilariously
bad stroke of luck, the first ship it encountered was the real RMS
Carmania, which promptly sank them.
3. Attempted To Humiliate Women
In
1887, a group of men added a woman named Susanna M. Salter to a mayoral
ballot as a joke intended to humiliate women. Instead, she won over 60%
of the vote and became America's first female mayor.
4. Attempted To Embarrass The President
When
the KGB tried to blackmail Indonesian President Sukarno with videotapes
of him having sex with Russian women disguised as flight attendants, he
wasn't upset. He was delighted and asked for more copies of the video
to show back in his country.
5. Attempted To Stop A Boy From Reading
In
1959, police were called to a segregated library in South Carolina when
a 9yr-old Black boy refused to leave. He later got a PhD in Physics
from MIT, and died in 1986, one of the astronauts aboard the space
shuttle Challenger. The library that refused to lend him books is now
named after him. Ronald McNair became one of the first three
African-American astronauts to go to space.
6. Attempted To Be Racist
In
1918, a black man named Laurence C Jones survived a lynching attempt
from a white mob by convincing them of his passion to educate Black
kids. The mob ended up collecting money for his cause.
7. Attempted To Operate Quickly
In
1847, Robert Liston performed an amputation in 25 seconds, operating so
quickly that he accidentally amputated his assistant's fingers as well.
Both patient and assistant later died of sepsis, and a spectator
reportedly died of shock, resulting in the only known surgical procedure
with a 300% mortality rate.
8. Attempted To Follow The Rules
In
Thailand, it was considered a capital offense punishable by death If
someone touched the queen. In 1880, the queen drowned when her royal
boat capsized on the way to the palace. The many witnesses to the
accident did not dare to touch the queen while she was drowning.
9. Attempted To Escape
Troy
Leon Gregg, a death row inmate in Georgia, escaped the night before his
execution only to be killed in a bar fight that very same night.
10. Attempted To Hide The Alcohol
Prohibition
agent Izzy Einstein bragged that he could find liquor in any city in
under 30 minutes. In Chicago it took him 21 min. In Atlanta 17, and
Pittsburgh just 11. But New Orleans set the record: 35 seconds. Einstein
asked his taxi driver where to get a drink, and the driver handed him
one.
11. Attempted To Bring A Dog Into The Fight
During
the Battle of Germantown, there was a brief cease-fire when a little
terrier was seen wandering between the American and British lines.
British General Howe's dog had gotten loose. It was taken to George
Washington to keep as a trophy, but instead he took it to his tent, fed
and brushed him, then formally had the little dog returned under a flag
of truce.
12. Attempted To Win A Fight About The Bedroom Window
An
extract from John Adam's diary for 1776 describes the time when he had
to share a tiny bed with Benjamin Franklin and, instead of sleeping,
they had an argument about whether to keep the windows open or closed.
Franklin eventually won the argument when Adams got too tired and fell
asleep.
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(Written by
Mandi Keiragh at N by Norwegian magazine – issued in July 2017)
It better
be. The Kitty Hawk Flyer
doesn't need a pilot's licence, can reach up to 40kph and could be in the skies
by the end of the year...
WHAT'S THE
STORY?
The Flyer
is an aircraft developed by California-based Kitty Hawk and backed by Google's
Larry Page. It's a bit like a giant ride-on drone, powered by eight rotors, two
on each side of the craft. The pilot sits atop two pontoons - like those on
water-landing helicopters - and manoeuvres using a joystick. It can reach
speeds of up to 40kph and there's a net over the propellers to protect the
pilot in case of a tumble.
HOW MUCH
DOES IT COST?
Kitty Hawk
expects to start selling the Flyer by the end of 2017 - but there's no word yet
on the final cost of your own personal flying machine. You can, however, put
down US$100 to sign up as a Kitty Hawk member for a US$2,000 discount on the
craft when it launches.
WHAT
EXACTLY IS IT?
While Kitty Hawk is keen to point out that the Flyer is more
aircraft than car, the media nave promoted it as a "fliying car". In
the US, it's rated by the FAA as an ultralight aircraft - meaning anyone can
operate the Fiyer without a licence,
WHERE CAN
YOU FLY IT?
Forget about taking to the skies for the daily commute just yet -
unless your commute involves a short trip across fresh water. In an effort to
reassure the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that unlicensed pilots won't
start causing havoc, Kitty Hawk developed the Fiyer for short flights over
water rather than over heavily populated areas.
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