What is mankind’s craziest historical event?

[BrunoMars420]

Would it be WW2, enlightenment era, industrial revolution, space race, constitutions giving rights, etc...

Idk, this one is a tough one to answer. I might have to go space race

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

trump's election. More crazy in those voters than thought to be possible.

 

[artradley]

I'd have to go with the Atom Bomb.

But the Renaissance might have been the biggest game changer.

 

[Moral]

When man realized they could get 3 times drunker by drinking from their anus.

 

[HIWB]

I was there, so I’m a bit biased, but I’d be more than happy to meet you at the fight bar if you disagree.

 

[WisestIowan]

November 18, 1982. The day will live in infamy.

 

[CJ Beat Hard]

November 18, 1982. The day will live in infamy.

That was the day the line at OP's mom's house was only a 24 minute wait if I recall.

 

[Kozisek]

WW1

 

[BrunoMars420]

The invention of penicilin has to be up there or even the human genome project

 

[Huey Grey]

Great Molasses Flood. Other events are far more historical. But for straight up craziness, nothing beats a 15 foot high wall of syrup destroying an entire town.

 

[DrVenkman]

The Mongol Invasions from 1200-1400 were pretty unreal.

Supposedly over that timeframe the Mongols killed between 50-70million people and amassed the largest land empire ever. They were a violent folk.

 

[HawkAttackDial911]

When humans achieved consciousness. Going from largely independent hunter gatherers to a civilization. Big discoveries like the computer, invention of writing, fire, the wheel, steam engine, etc.

 

[iCRUNCH]

Air conditioning

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

The Mongol Invasions from 1200-1400 were pretty unreal.

Supposedly over that timeframe the Mongols killed between 50-70million people and amassed the largest land empire ever. They were a violent folk.

Was it larger than the British empire at it's peak?

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Define craziest? Most unlikely? Most disorganized?

I would go with the failure of the second Persian invasion of Greece.

 

[IACub]

The birth of @ottumwan in tx was mankind's craziest historical event, AINEC.

 

[golfinghawkeye]

 

[BrianNole09]

Jesus resurrecting from the dead which was witnessed by hundreds of people.

It showed humans the way to eternal life.

Nothing else even comes close, IMO.

 

[The Tradition]

 

[Titus Andronicus]

November 18, 1982. The day will live in infamy.

Actually, you are off by two days. The game was played on November 20th, and I was sitting in the South Endzone behind the goalposts and the play unfolded before my eyes. I had a perfect view of the side to side game action.

What a play and what a day!!

 

[Bonerfarts]

The creation on Casey's Breakfast Pizza

 

[WisestIowan]

 

[JMNSHO]

WWI Christmas Truce?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce

 

[mnole03]

Or

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

The internet, duh.

 

[The_Joker13]

Would it be WW2, enlightenment era, industrial revolution, space race, constitutions giving rights, etc...

Idk, this one is a tough one to answer. I might have to go space race

Define “crazy”

 

[rchawk]

Define “crazy”

That's what I was thinking. A great achievement was the invention of the printing press which permitted knowledge, news, information to be widely disseminated (to people who could read).

A mind-blowing achievement was a single bomb that could wipe out a city.

 

[LuciousBDragon]

I have to second Jesus Christ’s resurrection. Everything else is child’s play in comparison. Defeat death, save all of humanity? Not bad for one day’s work.

For us mortals, I’ll go with the JFK assassination. The world changed after that.

Magna Carta, Spanish Inquisition, Assasination of Ferdinand to start WWI, Pearl Harbor, September 11th, Stock Market crash in 1929/Black Friday....and the day Slick Willy said “I did not have sexual relations with that woman.!”

 

[Nat Algren]

Jesus resurrecting from the dead which was witnessed by hundreds of people.

It showed humans the way to eternal life.

Nothing else even comes close, IMO.

Sure. Because you heard it from a guy, who heard it from a guy, who heard it from a guy. Sounds bout right.

 

[BrianNole09]

Sure. Because you heard it from a guy, who heard it from a guy, who heard it from a guy. Sounds bout right.

How else was ancient history made, Professor?

They didn't have blogs back then.

 

[Nat Algren]

How else was ancient history made, Professor?

They didn't have blogs back then.

There you go, Gilligan little buddy. You solved it.

 

[hoks2415]

Jesus resurrecting from the dead which was witnessed by hundreds of people.

It showed humans the way to eternal life.

Nothing else even comes close, IMO.

 

[strummingram]

 

[mthawkeyes]

When humans achieved consciousness. Going from largely independent hunter gatherers to a civilization. Big discoveries like the computer, invention of writing, fire, the wheel, steam engine, etc.

The domestication of crops. None of the other hallmarks of civilization (for better or worse) occurs without this step.

 

[BrunoMars420]

Define “crazy”

By crazy I mean an event that had the biggest impact on mankind.

 

[BrianNole09]

By crazy I mean an event that had the biggest impact on mankind.

Jesus's resurrection had the biggest impact on mankind, even from a secular standpoint.

No question.

 

[BrunoMars420]

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2012/sep/15/ten-history-moments-andrew-marr

Here is some events that this cat thinks is the most important.

 

[BrunoMars420]

Like I said, the space race had to have the biggest impact on society due to the technologies that have come from it. Without this historical event The world would be such a different place then it is now.

The American revolution is probably next on my list as it gave way to other republics and democracies around the world and gave power to the people.

If we want to go way back then it would have to be when started the domestication of animals for our use.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Would it be WW2, enlightenment era, industrial revolution, space race, constitutions giving rights, etc...

Idk, this one is a tough one to answer. I might have to go space race

When the evil monkey was born.

The world has never been safe since........

 

[Bulldogs1974]

Jesus's resurrection had the biggest impact on mankind, even from a secular standpoint.

No question.

While he is correct by a mile, it still was a fabrication.
The better answer would probably be the time after Jesus died where stories were created to fit a narrative that even the authors did not ageee on. Like who and how many saw Jesus.