10. Peter I Makes His Dead Lover Queen
This is a forbidden love story that blowed Romeo and Juliet out of the water. It happened in 14th century when Prince Peter I met the beautiful aristocrat Ines de Castro. She was already married to his father, but this didn’t stop him from loving her. He gave orders to capture the lady at the Santa Clara-a-Velha monastery, revolting against his father.
9. Jonathan Swift Has Created Alter Ego To Prank
In early 18th century, John Partridge was known as a successful astrologer. He wrote various famous books. In February 1708, he started working on a revenge scheme. He had created the persona of Isaac Bickerstaff, another astrologer who used most of his ideas in his publications. He wrote a prediction that on March 29 at 11:30 pm, John Partridge would die of a fever. Partridge responded negatively to Bickerstaff.
8. Peter James Had Created Multiple Characters
The famous author, Peter James, has been known to create characters based on people who have annoyed him. He always ensures to give them a grim fate. For example, at a point, he criticized a lady, saying that her character would be ruined in his next book. After a series of exchange of bad words, he finally went to Twitter to vent his frustration.
7. Mark Twain’s Petrified Man
Before Mark Twain, a famous author, there was Samuel Clemens at the Territorial Enterprise newspaper. Twain was criticized for playing pranks. So, he started annoying the people for revenge in a number of ways. He killed two birds with one stone and wrote his whole life’s story.
6. Cartoon of Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones
We are all familiar with the work of Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones. These are two famous animators of Warner Brothers and had been the creators of iconic characters as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck etc. They also created some characters to spite Eddie Selzer, head of Warner Brothers Cartoons from 1944 to 1957. His first cartoon was seen in 1947.
5. Dante Alighieri Condemned The Pope To Hell
Pope Boniface VIII has not made anyone’s Popes list in the history. He decided to seize power when two factions, the Guelphs and the Ghibellines, were feuding over to support the pope. Dante condemned The Pope To Hell. On the other hand, The Black Guelphs supported the power of the pope. Dante completely despised the pope and took serious steps against it.
4. Michael Crichton Used The Small Penis
In case the writers come up with something highly negative, and bad, they can be accused. This is how the “small penis rule” was born. In 2004, Michael Crichton gave a poor statement about Michael Crowley. He, then, highlighted Michael Crowley’s character badly in a novel.
3. Judd Apatow Turned Freaks and Geeks Cast
Judd Apatow has been known for his works on some successful comedies since a decade or two, such as Anchorman, Knocked Up, Superbad, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and many more. He had also made a program named Freaks and Geeks. The show could not get strong ratings, which is why it was canceled by the channel, NBC. Apatow wanted to prove to the NBC executives to be wrong. For this, he joined Hollywood, and made hit movies.
2. Lord Byron Brought A Bear To College
Lord Byron was a successful poet of all time. He was a reputable person with enough fortune. He was habitual of keeping exotic pets such as monkeys, foxes, peacocks, crocodiles, badgers, geese, and goats. The time he attended Cambridge Trinity College, he wanted to bring a dog there, but wasn’t allowed. So, as revenge, he took a bear to the college and created too much disturbance.
1. General Meigs Turned Robert E. Lee’s Home Into A Cemetery
Montgomery Cunningham Meigs is one of the named to have association with the American Civil War. He was also Quartermaster General of the US Army in those days. Meigs had served under Lee, but he now thought that only a death sentence was suitable for him. Meigs had his men scout the area for finding a good spot. He turned Robert’s house into a cemetery.
