Aug 27, 2020
Carl Akeley revolutionized taxidermy while also becoming a prolific inventor, hunter, and conservationist. There was also that time he killed a leopard with his bare hands.
Aug 20, 2020
In 1914, Rockefeller ordered to have strikers in his mining company shot and their homes burned to the ground.
Aug 13, 2020
When the Sultana steamboat exploded on the Mississippi River, it killed around 1,800 people. In comparison, 1,500 people died when the Titanic sank 47 years later.