Dumb History: The Stupidest Mistakes Ever Made

It's easy to look around and assume we live in the dumbest timeline, but—rest assured—people have been idiots for as long as there have been people. Dumb History: The Stupidest Mistakes Ever Made reminds us that we didn't just hit peak stupidity in the 21st century. Consider Emperor Hsien Tsung, who in 820 CE drank a poisonous elixir in the hopes it would grant him eternal life. Or think about a millennia later, when the good folks in Picoaza, Ecuador decided to elect a brand of foot powder as their mayor. 

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