Reality is a weird place, but whenever something big happens, you can always depend on Hollywood to make a bigger, bolder, sillier version of it. Real people get turned into caricatures, small events are made to be bigger than they are, and giant explosions are never far from the horizon. After all, the movie is supposed to be entertaining for audiences all over the world, right? Boring, mundane real life doesn’t sell box office tickets. Here’s the thing, though. As they say, sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. And sometimes, the things that happen in real life are way, way weirder than you would think, to the point where a straightforward description of some historical events – whether in the ancient past, or the present day – sound an awful lot like the synopsis for the movie.
Whether you’re dealing with the Dark Day of New England, a monkey earning beers for working the railroad, London getting so stinky that nobody can handle it, or a woman who survived three sinking ships, get ready for a couple doozies… and don’t forget to SHARE these crazy historical events with your friends!