Sending a baby as a package, here are five historical incidents that very difficult to believe

News24xx.com -  History repeats itself, but not all events in history will repeat themselves. That is a good thing for us who live in the present because many events in the past are really strange and unusual happenings.
 
These are the three most insane events in history.

1. In the 1904 Olympic marathon

The Olympics is a major sporting event that held in this world. For that event, every thing is set very tight.

In 1904, a runner managed to escape in a way you could not have imagined. The winner of that year's marathon was Fred Lorz. He successfully to completed the competition only in 3 hours and 13 minutes. Though he was the first man to cross the finish line, but Lorz not get the gold medal after the crowd that watched the competition seeing him used a car when the race progressed.

He was then banned for life by the Amateur Athletic Union to join in competition. The man who finished second was Thomas Hicks, who finished the race about 15 minutes after Lorz.

Hicks did not cheat by the standards of the day, but it turned out he had received a dose of strychnine to save his energy. Currently, strychnine is used as a pesticide, also to kill rats and birds. If Hicks tries today, he will be disqualified too.

 

2. Simeon the Stylite is a 5th century monk who gained popularity for spending 37 years in a row over a pillar situated in modern-day Syria.

Simeon was a bhikkhu who was expelled from the convent community for being too harsh. Even so, the former shepherd is known as a miracle worker and is in great demand from those who seek miracles.

Simeon lived very tired with the constant demand for divine intervention until he decided to spend much of his life on a pillar situated near Aleppo.

The pillar was built at a height of six feet and then rebuilt as high as 50 feet. His people will bring food and water to him using a ladder that built on a pillar. Simeon underwent his days at altitude and his pillar has now become a place of pilgrimage.

3. When the USPS starts its parcel post service, many poor families use the service to send their children to relatives. In one particular instance, a girl is sent to her grandmother who lives 73 miles away.

Parents in the United States found a gap when the USPS first introduced its parcel service. They realize that they can have a postal service bringing their children to the family by having them recognized as packages.

However, the horrible children were wrapped in packs like any other package. They are entrusted to postal service employees who will accompany them to their destination. Postmaster General Burleson decided that humans could not be sent as part of a letter in 1914, but the practice did not stop until next year.

4. In 15th century Prague, frustrated citizens threw politicians out of windows.

Frustration with the political class is nothing new, but the inhabitants of Prague largely feel the anxiety associated with the Catholic Church and the enormous amounts of wealth collected by pastors in the church.

A radical preacher from the Hussite sect named Želivsky became the one people hated at the time.

The upset citizens of Prague then threw Želivsky with the stone at the town hall during a demonstration.

Not only that, the masses entered the town hall and found 15 members of the council, all of which they threw out of the window.

Most who did not die from the fall will be killed by a crowd waiting under the village hall.

 

5. Nika riots in 532 were caused by the tension created between the four teams of Byzantine imperial chariots

A total of 30,000 rioters lost their lives in the incident, and Emperor Justinian was forced to rebuild the city of Constantinople because more than half had been destroyed.

There are four major racing teams in the Byzantine era, each named after the colors: Blue, Green, Red, and White. Team affiliation is a major cause of political and social unrest.

In 532, riots occurred when Justinian was at the Hippodrome to watch the race. Some senators saw this as an opportunity to overthrow the emperor with armed rioters. A total of 30,000 people were killed in the unrest. However, Justinian managed to hold his throne. It was thanks to the help of an eunuch named Narses, who walked without weapons to the Hippodrome and reminded to the Blue team leaders that the emperor was on their side.

 

 

 

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