Queen Victoria's Chimney Stalker and Other Creepy Moments From History
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Queen Victoria’s Chimney Stalker and Other Creepy Moments From History

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex - Buckingham Palace
Queen Victoria's most famous stalker was a begrimed urchin. Iluminasi

19. Johnson Never Tired of Talking About His Johnson

Lyndon Johnson, perhaps thinking about his Johnson. Vox

Lyndon Johnson never tired of working a penis size boast into conversations, as a clip from the LBJ Tapes, recording a phone call with his tailor illustrates: “Another thing, the crotch, down where your nuts hang – it’s always a little too tight. So when you make them up, gimme an inch that I can let out there, because they cut me“.

He also had a special nozzle installed in his White House bathroom, positioned to shoot water directly at his penis while he showered. He refused to listen to arguments from White House staff that installing the special nozzle would require a great deal of plumbing work, and insisted on having his way. Being POTUS, he of course had his way, telling the staff: “If I can move 10,000 troops in a day, you can certainly fix the bathroom any way I want it“.

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