History humor

During the battle of Karánsebes in 1788, Some intoxicated  Austrian army troops attacked another Austrian army, thinking it was the ottomans, The Ottomans arrived two days later and found a bunch of dead Austrians. and the rest of the Austrian army had fled. The Ottomans won the battle without even taking part in it.

Oh, Alsace-Lorraine.

Context: Norman Petty was a musician and record producer. He produced Buddy Holly's music and was also his manager. Petty had a habit of withholding royalties from the talent he represented because he thought they were too young to be trusted to not squander their money. In need of cash, and with Petty being tight-fisted, Holly agreed to perform a winter tour through the Midwest with several other popular music acts. The tour was an ill-conceived disaster, with shows sometimes being scheduled hundreds of miles away from each other, requiring everyone to travel long distances in the harsh winter with little rest. Exhausted by the travel on a cold bus (one musician even suffered frostbitten feet), Holly chartered a plane to take him to the next tour location of Fargo, ND after playing a show in Clear Lake, IA on February 2, 1959. Musicians Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson accompanied Holly on the flight. The plane went down in bad weather and all three musicians, as well as their young pilot, died in the crash.

An interesting note is that Valens and Richardson were not initially supposed to be on the flight. Holly had meant for his bandmates Waylon Jennings (yes, THAT Waylon Jennings) and Tommy Allsup to accompany him. Jennnigs gave up his seat to Richardson because Richardson had the flu, and Allsup lost his seat to Valens in a coin flip. After some friendly banter, Holly told Jennings that he hoped their bus froze up, to which Jennings responded that he hoped Holly's plane crashed.

Context: In July, 1184, King Henry VI of Germany called a Hoftag (informal assembly) to settle a dispute between Louis III of Thuringia and Archbishop Conrad of Mainz. Many noblemen were called to attend. As the assembly began, the combined weight of the attendees caused the wooden floor to collapse, sending people into the cesspit below. As many as 60 people died by drowning in excrement.

And in the corner, a short Austrian man with a funny mustache begins to plot.