How a court jester slapped the king's butt, then brilliantly convinced him not to kill him Triboulet served as court jester under King Francis I, who ruled France from 1515 to 1547 . Triboulet's quick humor rescued him from Francis I's deadly wrath, not once, but twice. Court jesters hold a unique place in history. Playing the fool for kings and queens meant they were always in close proximity to royalty, but so very far from their rank and station. Comedians often like to push boundaries, but that can be a dangerous business when your job is to entertain the peope who have executioners at their beck and call. Especially when you forget your place—or purposely ignore it, as the case may be—and playfully smack the reigning monarch square on the behind. That little whoopsie was the claim to fame of Triboulet, a court jester who served King Francis I in 16th-century France. But it was how he got away with slapping the king on the butt and living to tell about it that earne...
Multimillionaire buried his expensive car to take with him to the other world when he dies
Chiquinho Scarpa came from a rich Italian family. His father became a count in 1949, and Chiquinho claimed the title for himself, despite now living in Brazil. Some sources call him a millionaire; others, a billionaire. He grew the family fortune through mining, alcohol, and finally by opening a successful investment firm.
In 2009, he had some cosmetic surgery to hide his bulging tummy. Surgery always involves risk, and Scarpa came down with a serious infection, one that left him in a coma for months. A couple years later, his mother died, also from an infection. Newly aware of mortality, Scarpa said he'd had a revelation and now realized what was really important: He wanted to be buried in a fabulous grave, like the pharaohs of old.
Scarpa announced that he was building his own tomb on his 4-acre property, and he would start by burying his $500,000 Bentley. The announcement started with a goofy photo of the man holding a shovel, but then came major digging vehicles, really excavating a hole big enough for his car. Some speculated that he was burying his luxury car to avoid taxes, and while we don't exactly follow the logic there, the official story up to this point made even less sense.
He said he'd put the car into the ground on September 20, 2013, and he invited the media to come watch. When that day came, Count Scarpla took a mic and said, "Yes, burying my Bentley with me when I die would be absurd. But most people are buried with something even more valuable. I'm talking about working human organs." And then he summoned his henchmen, to cut organs from the assembled victims.
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