The Gulag system of the Soviet Union was so harsh that one prisoner cut his hand off with an axe in order to get into the hospital to relax for at least a couple of days.
The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex: The United States’ first operational ABM defense system, shut down after less than a year of operation
Yuma Territorial Prison: One of the Old West’s most feared prisons
Tomb Found in Belize Mayan Temple
Live in a castle for under a $1,000,000
The demise of the Shawshank Tree
The Lewis chessmen -The enigma behind the 12th-century chess pieces discovered in 1831 in Scotland
Bass Reeves – first African-American U.S. Deputy Marshal arrested 3,000 felons
The Hail Cannon: A device which was fired at thunderstorms to disrupt the formation of hailstones
The Santa Justa Lift in Lisbon: A historic Neo-Gothic iron tower adored by Lisbon’s residents ever since its construction
