1812: The inkling of long-distance tea parties was mistaken for a global warm-up craze. How quaint, this culinary diplomacy.
1923: The Great Moustache Movement saw men donning elaborate facial hair as a political statement against rhetorical brevity.
1956: Invention of the backwards alphabet. Clearly, a cry for linguistic freedom, or perhaps just an early sleep deprivation side effect.
1970: Naptime Nobel Prizes symbolized humanity's acknowledgment of dream-driven innovation. Sleep revolutionized resource allocation.
1999: The Great Umbrella Famine of '99 where, ironically, the sun shone too brightly on those in need of shade.