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Aug 3, 2023 · Nowadays, only 3 types of posts are allowed: “photos of people cringing, photos of Spez, and drawn/artistic/written words ‘Cringe’ to take Cringe pics literal.” There are a few more rules to keep the group civil, such as no content involving minors, remove all personal data and no content involving mentally ill people.
- 10 Dick Bong America’s Greatest Flying Ace
- 9 Ali Bitchin and His Bitchin Mosque
- 8 Dr. Gay Hitler Son of George Washington Hitler
- 7 Bushrod Johnson Underground Railroad’s Confederate General
- 6 Misty Hyman World Record–Setting Swimming Champion
- 5 Dick Pound Founder of The World Anti-Doping Agency
- 4 Dr. Doctor The Doctor Who Killed President James Garfield
- 3 Anurag Dikshit Self-Made Billionaire
- 2 Tokyo Sexwale Nelson Mandela’s Brother-In-Arms
- 1 Pupienus Emperor of Rome
He’s been called the “Ace of Aces,” “the bravest of the brave,” and “America’s greatest World War IIpilot.” But to those who knew him, he was just Dick Bong. Dick Bong shot down more enemy planes than any other American pilot. He signed up to fight in the war just months before the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and soon found himself in dogfights ...
Ali Bitchin, one of the most powerful men of the 17th century, started off life as a slavenamed Piccini. But everything changed when he got the Bitchin name. At age 10, young Piccini was captured by the Algerian army and sold to a band of pirates. The pirates taught him to plunder and steal upon the open seas and changed his name. Soon, there was n...
Circleville, Ohio, is a town built by Hitlers. Little mementos commemorating the importance of the Hitlers are all over the town—from the beautiful waters of HitlerPond to the greenery of Hitler Park and even across its many roads named for Hitlers. These roads, though, aren’t named for Adolf. They’re named for the good, decent Hitlers who built th...
Of all the figures in the American Civil War, none is more exciting than Bushrod Johnson. He is the only person who both freed slaves in the Underground Railroad and fought to keep them in chains as a Confederate general. Johnson grew up in Ohio, born to a family of staunch abolitionists. His uncle was heavily involved in the Underground Railroad a...
Nobody expected Misty Hyman to break a world record when she lined up to compete in the 2000 Summer Olympics. After all, Hyman was up against a far more experienced woman: Susie O’Neill, the woman who had set the record for the fastest 200-meter butterfly in the world. Young Hyman had everything against her. She was asthmatic and shorter than her o...
Misty Hyman might have been probed more deeply, though, if Dick Pound had been around. If she had been using steroids, Dick Pound—the greatest force against steroid abuse in the Olympics—would have found out. Nearly every time you hear about an athlete getting blasted for drug abuse, Dick Pound is behind it. He’s the man who founded the World Anti-...
When Doctor Bliss was born, one of the women present declared that they should name him after the doctorwho’d delivered him. And so, naturally, his parents named him Doctor. Having parents who apparently thought that “Doctor” was a first name might go a long way in explaining the rest of Dr. Doctor Bliss’s life. Because Dr. Doctor, as we shall call...
There are more than a few Dikshits living in India, but this Dikshit is easily the wealthiest of them all. In the early 2000s, when businesses on the Internet were starting to thrive, Anurag Dikshit became one of the youngest billionaires in history. Anurag Dikshit is the cofounder of PartyGaming, an online gambling network behind websites like Par...
After Nelson Mandela, Tokyo Sexwale ought to be one of the first names we think of when we think of South Africa. He was Mandela’s brother-in-arms, and he is a perfect symbol for the nation. Tokyo Sexwale’s life story is incredible. He was exiled from South Africafor holding radical ideas like “racism is bad.” But instead of giving up, he bided his...
There may be no greater rags-to-riches storythan this one. The son of a lowly blacksmith proved himself in war and rose to become the ruler of the greatest empire on Earth. His name was Pupienus Maximus, he was the emperor of Rome, and yes, his name was pronounced “Poopy Anus.” Pupienus was a military expert. In a few short years, he rose from a pl...
Dec 7, 2022 · 25 Hilariously Awkward Throwback Photos People Blessed The Internet With In 2022. Julia Linger. December 7, 2022 25 items. Ranked By. 2.0K votes. 190 voters. Voting Rules. Vote up the most embarassing photos from this year.
Check out this list of 72 hilarious, embarrassing selfies gone wrong. At Bored Panda , we love a funny moment—a funny selfie in this case. This collection of bad selfies should be a funny reminder to always double-check before posting instead of sharing failed pictures.
Jul 10, 2017 · 18 of the most hilariously inappropriate names of all time. 10 July 2017 • 1:14pm. For some people, nominative determinism works a wonder. William Wordsworth, for instance, or Bruno Fromage, the ...
Nov 29, 2022 · 25 Embarrassing Photos From The '70s That Did In Fact Catch Us On The Flip Side. Julia Linger. November 29, 2022 25 items. Ranked By. 851 votes. 117 voters. Voting Rules.
Jun 2, 2022 · As painful as it is to experience our own embarrassing moments, sometimes all it takes to solicit a strong emotional reaction is seeing or hearing about someone else’s humiliation. Just like seeing someone cry can cause us to melt into a puddle of tears, witnessing an embarrassing moment can cause painful secondhand or vicarious embarrassment.
