26 Spicy Historical Facts About Famous Freaks
You didn't learn about these facts in history class ...
Published 9 months ago in Wow
While they may be revered for their inventions, literary works, and general contributions to society, history's most beloved figures weren't too different from us — and by "weren't too different from us," I mean they too got really, really weird with it.
When Benjamin Franklin wasn't flying kites in a thunderstorm, he was touting the benefits of getting it on with an older woman. Meanwhile, the creator of Wonder Woman had some, erm, binding inspiration for the iconic character, pulling from his polycule — and proclivities — in conjuring the now-beloved comic icon. But it's not just the Founding Fathers and DC legends who were known for letting their freak flags fly.
From Lyndon B. Johnson's johnson to Boris Yeltsin's underwear-clad cravings, here are 18 historical freaks who were famously freaky.
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“Warren G. Harding, 29th president of the US, is the only person to have held that office and penned e— literature. He wrote several dirty letters and poems to his mistress, many of which can be viewed online. Although it was never proven, it is suspected by some that the ultimately fatal food poisoning that prematurely ended his presidency was deliberately caused by his wife as revenge for his infidelity.” -
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“JFK's idea of s— was a frantic pounding while mostly clothed that tended not to last more than a minute. It's thought this technique developed since that was all the free time he was able to muster during campaigning. A quote I remember about it was ‘he seemed to prize urgency and completion as fast as possible.’” -
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“In Japan, we have Tokugawa Ienari (1773-1841), the 11th and longest-reigning Tokugawa Shogun. In addition to his wife, he was said to have 39 official concubines, plus hundreds of other women in his harem. He fathered 26 sons and 27 daughters with 16 of his concubines. Was said to have syphilis, but nonetheless managed to live to the ripe old age of 68.” -
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“Wonder Woman was created by a polyamorous man who was (a) a feminist, (b) a k—skter, and (c) living with two bisexual women. Wonder Woman was influenced by at least one of his wives, and started as a very overt, k—ky, empowering s— symbol for women, and was nearly cancelled because of how explicitly she was being depicted. It's supposed that her rope of truth was partly inspired by rope play in B—M.” -
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“Not quite a historical figure but John Pemberton, the inventor of Coca Cola, did so because he was chronically addicted to morphine and was trying to get off of it. Original ingredients were cocaine (famously), sugar, alcohol, and caffeine. He was trying to supplant his other addiction. It did not work.” -
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“Stalin's daughter got around quite a bit. She had multiple affairs with married men and even confronted wives at different points. She had 4 marriages, but the Soviets only recognized 3 of them. When she was a teenager she was had an affair with a married man in his 30s. When Stalin found out about it he sent the guy to the Gulag for 5 years (he got 5 more when he got out).”