When the Titanic sank, it carried millionaire John Jacob Astor IV. The money in his bank account was enough to build 30 Titanics. However, faced with mortal danger, he chose what he deemed morally right and gave up his spot in a lifeboat to save two frightened children. (Read more in 1st comment)
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Every 6 months, this man (Kevin Schmidt, originally from South Dakota ) climbs a communications tower simply to change a light bulb. He repeats the trip twice a year, and is paid 20 thousand dollars each time, for a total annual income of 40 thousand dollars (over 3 thousand a month).
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Robert Franklin Stroud. The infamous “Birdman of Alcatraz”. Stroud was a violent pimp who, at the age of just nineteen, was jailed for murdering a man who had mistreated one of his ladies. Off to jail he went. Where his life was to take a rather interesting turn. (Read more in 1st comment)
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At the corner of Via dei Servi and Piazza Santissima Annunziata, stands a red brick Palace facing the square, Palazzo Grifoni – Budini Gattai. Looking at the Palace from the square, on the right side of the building, you may notice a window which is always kept open. (Read more in 1st comment)
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This grandad found a 500 year-old, 17ft deep well under his living room in England. As well as, he also found a 16th Century BC, Bronze Age Sword and Coin from 1725 AD, inside the well. This well belonged to a wealthy families because only high status one could afford their own private well
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These are the cells on an 1800's convict ship. In 1787, the First Fleet, a group of convict ships departed from England to establish the first colonial settlement in Australia, as a penal colony. The First Fleet included boats containing food and animals from London. (Read more in 1st comment)
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At the Door of the Moon Temple within the Qorikancha complex in Cusco, Peru, archaeologists have discovered intricately angled drill holes in the stone walls, highlighting the sophisticated engineering techniques of the Inca civilization over 500 years ago. (Read more in 1st comment)
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When the Titanic sank, it carried millionaire John Jacob Astor IV. The money in his bank account was enough to build 30 Titanics. However, faced with mortal danger, he chose what he deemed morally right and gave up his spot in a lifeboat to save two frightened children.
In the pre-dawn hours of November 24, 1997, Steve and Marlene Aisenberg awoke to a strange noise and rushed in to check on their five-month-old baby Sabrina — only to find an empty crib
On May 1, 1999, an American mountaineer named Conrad Anker noticed a large, flat rock while climbing the northern slopes of Mount Everest
In a remote area in the northeastern region of Brazil lies one of the strangest discoveries on earth that researchers have encountered
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When an anonymous collector went to a Berlin military auction in December 2017 and bought a hat, they thought they'd picked up a 20th-century theatrical piece designed by a renowned German costumier named Leopold Verch
Robert Franklin Stroud. The infamous “Birdman of Alcatraz”. Stroud was a violent pimp who, at the age of just nineteen, was jailed for murdering a man who had mistreated one of his ladies. Off to jail he went. Where his life was to take a rather interesting turn.
In 1944, a U.S. military pilot-in-training named Hazel Ying Lee crash-landed in a Kansas wheat field — where she found herself most unwelcome
A Swiss gentleman by the name of Leonhard Euler was an absolute genius the likes of which the world hasn’t seen many of.
In the 17th century, a priest in Venezuela was particularly fond of meat. Yet during the Catholic holiday of Lent, eating meat is not permissible — only fish may be consumed. So he wrote a letter to the Vatican.
On October 5, 1892, the Dalton gang arrived in Coffeyville, Kansas, with an ambitious plan: to rob two banks in broad daylight
The window always open.
These are the cells on an 1800's convict ship. In 1787, the First Fleet, a group of convict ships departed from England to establish the first colonial settlement in Australia, as a penal colony. The First Fleet included boats containing food and animals from London.
On August 1, 2009, Dalia Dippolito of Boynton Beach, Florida got into the passenger seat of a red sedan for a clandestine meeting and told the driver she wanted him to kill her husband
Amelia Earhart was the first-ever female pilot to make it solo through the Atlantic Ocean in a plane. Her disappearance occurred in 1937 when she took off for her world tour adventure.
At the Door of the Moon Temple within the Qorikancha complex in Cusco, Peru, archaeologists have discovered intricately angled drill holes in the stone walls, highlighting the sophisticated engineering techniques of the Inca civilization over 500 years ago.
Shoji Morimoto.
Terrifying Baby Devices of the Past - Post-Pregnancy Push
Elisabeth Of Austria was obsessed with her appearance, and she implemented some bizarre beauty techniques?
The boy in the picture was called Kalulu, a 12 year old enslaved African boy who drowned in Livingstone Falls in the Congo while working as a porter for British explorer, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, who also appears in one of the photos.
In 1943, the Nazis sent British POW Charles Joseph Coward to Auschwitz. He had been a prisoner since 1940 and was becoming more trouble than he was worth, having escaped nine times so far and frequently sabotaging his work details
Rhea Bullos, an 11-year-old track athlete from the Philippines, went viral after competing in a local inter-school running meet. Bullos won three gold medals in the 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1,500-meter competitions.