He Was Born With Three Legs. Then He Built A Life Nobody Expected
Frank Lentini was born in Sicily in 1889 with three legs, four feet and other physical differences caused by a parasitic twin. Doctors considered amputating the extra…
He Took A Homemade Clock To School. Days Later, He Was Invited To The White House
In September 2015, 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed brought a homemade digital clock to his high school in Irving, Texas, hoping to show his teacher something he had built…
They Called Them “The Guns That Won The West.” Both Were Born In 1873
In 1873, two firearms appeared that would become inseparable from the mythology of the American West. One was a lever-action rifle: the Winchester Model 1873. The other…
Tens Of Thousands Came To Say Goodbye To Norway’s King. Then The Bells Rang
On September 9, Norway said goodbye to King Harald V in a state funeral that brought tens of thousands of people into the streets of Oslo. Harald,…
His Empire Once Ruled 33% Of The World. He Became Emperor At Two And Lost It At Six
In 1908, a two-year-old boy was taken to Beijing and told that he was now the emperor of China. His name was Puyi, and he had inherited…
He Built A Lamborghini In His Basement For 17 Years. Then It Wouldn’t Fit Through The Door
In 1990, Ken Imhoff decided that owning a Lamborghini Countach was not something he had to buy. He could build one himself. For the next 17 years,…
They Buried A Brand-New Car For 50 Years. Then Nobody Wanted The Car They Found
In 1957, Tulsa, Oklahoma, buried a brand-new Plymouth Belvedere beneath the courthouse lawn and promised to open it exactly 50 years later. The gold-and-white coupe had only…
They Went Into A Cave Looking For Gold. Then A Flood Trapped Them Underground
For more than a week, rescuers in Laos had been searching a flooded cave for seven men who disappeared after heavy rain triggered flash flooding and landslides….
He Spent $3,000 on Pudding. Then He Collected 1.25 Million Airline Miles
In 1999, David Phillips was doing something millions of Americans do every week: walking through a grocery store looking for a good deal. Then he noticed a…
A Student Asked One Question. It Nearly Saved a New York Skyscraper From Disaster
In 1978, a Princeton student asked a simple question about a brand-new New York skyscraper: what happens if the wind hits it from the wrong direction? The…