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King Chilperic I
He ruled the Franks from 561 to 584. He made marital infidelity punishable by death, he then had his wife strangled so he could marry one of his serving women.
The patent for the world's first fire hydrant was destroyed in a fire in 1836.
Scientists found a 99-million year old tick filled with dinosaur blood trapped in ancient amber.
Alexander Selkirk was a Scottish sailor left stranded on a desert island in 1704. He survived for over 4 years, partly by using feral cats to protect him from ravenous rats that attacked during the night.
Project Azorian
Top secret CIA plan to raise sunken Soviet sub.
A 5,000 year old piece of chewing gum was found in Finland by a British archaeology student. It was made from birch bark tar and had tooth prints in it.
Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
Edward Cantasano (1905-1989)
He drove the car that ran over Winston Churchill in New York.
In 1900, Yuang Chang, a minister in the Chinese foreign office, thwarted a plan to slaughter thousands of foreigners by changing one word of a telegram. He substituted "bao" (protect) for "sha" (kill) in a message sent by the Empress of China and was himself beheaded for his act.
Mystery Of The Screaming Mummy
He was cursed to spend eternity in hell.
It wasn't long after the Civil War ended that railroads began laying more tracks across Missouri and more trains were heading west. Train robbing became a favorite pastime in Missouri and continued for over 40 years. Farm boys around here would hear a train whistle and their eyes would light up, like a cat when it hears an electric can opener.
Below was the last train robbery in Missouri (Not counting the punks of today who snatch electronics and designer clothes out of boxcars.)
John F. Kennedy Arrested For Train Robbery And Tom Hanks Claims The Reward.
It wasn't long after the Civil War ended that railroads began laying more tracks across Missouri and more trains were heading west. Train robbing became a favorite pastime in Missouri and continued for over 40 years. Farm boys around here would hear a train whistle and their eyes would light up, like a cat when it hears an electric can opener.
Below was the last train robbery in Missouri (Not counting the punks of today who snatch electronics and designer clothes out of boxcars.)
John F. Kennedy Arrested For Train Robbery And Tom Hanks Claims The Reward.
William Pinkerton " The state of Missouri has probably produced more train robbers than any other state in the Union."
I used to live right up the road from Gad's Hill, MO - the site of the first Missouri train robbery on January 15, 1874. The James-Younger gang made off with about $2000 (roughly $40,000 today).
I used to live right up the road from Gad's Hill, MO - the site of the first Missouri train robbery on January 15, 1874. The James-Younger gang made off with about $2000 (roughly $40,000 today).
Here is an old map of that area, along with some pictures of the railroad today. Still plenty of woods around.
Horseshoes which cover the door of the Cathedral of St. Martin, in Chablis, France, are from crippled animals whose owners hope the Saint will heal their mounts, the first such owner having been Joan of Arc.
Italian knights of the 15th century carried umbrellas so large they shielded both the knight and his horse.
Project Iceworm
Secret U.S. missile launch site during the Cold War hidden beneath the ice in Greenland. Gonna be a mess when that melts.
Funny, that's one of the blogs I read to refresh my memory of the story.
That area of Missouri is still pretty sparsely populated and undeveloped. Beautiful country, and great people, but not much in the way of a livelihood.
Funny, that's one of the blogs I read to refresh my memory of the story.
That area of Missouri is still pretty sparsely populated and undeveloped. Beautiful country, and great people, but not much in the way of a livelihood.
Scientists found a 99-million year old tick filled with dinosaur blood trapped in ancient amber.
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H heard a story on NPR saying they now think dinosaurs are not as wold as originally believed because they found some dinosaur blood that still contains DNA which is not possible if the blood was as old as dinosaurs are believed to be. I wonder if this was the source of the blood. They have been admitting more and more that carbon dating may be completely inaccurate. I think it is funny they are arguing over whether the earth is billions of years old or only tens of millions. Does it matter?
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