11. Codpiece
European fashion obviously hit its peak during the 15th and 16th century with codpieces. They were a covering flap or pouch that were used to uh, well, accentuate the genital area. Lol.
12. Hundeprutterutchebane
The name of this Danish amusement park ride translates to “Dog-Fart Roller Coaster”. Rolling with the theme is the coaster trains, which are designed in the shape of a dog named “Henry Dog Fart”. The ride itself will take you round piles of dog faeces and a statue of Henry caught mid-poop. How lovely.
13. The Origin Of Rubber Ducks
A whole Wikipedia page is dedicated to the history of rubber ducks, including its induction into the Toy Hall of Fame in 2013. Onya rubber ducky.
14. Jenny Haniver
If you’re looking for an excuse not to sleep tonight, just read up on these nightmare-inducing ray and skate carcasses that were once dried and modified to look like this monstrosity.
15. The Great Stink
If you think for one second there’s any exaggeration in the naming of The Great Stink, well, prepare to be wrong. Over a two-month period of extreme heat, the smell of human waste that had been dumped into the River Thames intensified and flooded the city of London.
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According to Wikipedia, this is a grammatically correct sentence that uses three different meanings of the word “buffalo”. It refers to the city of Buffalo as a proper noun, the verb buffalo meaning “to bully, harass, or intimidate”, and the animal itself. It’s highly confusing and I still don’t get it.
17. Mike The Headless Chicken
This is equal parts bizarre and unusual, which is basically what the majority of Wikipedia is. But anyway, Mike was a miraculous chicken who survived for 18 months after having his head chopped off. At one point, he was even valued at $10,000 and was featured in Times magazine.
18. AVE Mizar
Who knows what the Advanced Vehicle Engineers (AVE) of Van Nuys were thinking when they cooked up this hybrid airplane-car invention. Production was scheduled to begin in 1974, but after a devastating test crash that killed the Vice President of AVE and the Mizar creator, the project was abandoned.
19. Spite Houses
Spite houses are easily the most petty thing someone has come up with. They’re specially constructed or modified buildings that have been designed to annoy your neighbours by either blocking light or restricting access to nearby buildings.