23 Dark Truths That Will Shock You—and Change How You See the World Forever
After driving for a short while, they arrived at a an exclusive club owned by notorious gangster, Al Capone.
Fats was then forced inside where he performed on the piano for the entire venue.
It turned out that it was Al Capone’s 28th birthday and since he was a big admirer of Fats, he wanted Fats to perform for him.
According to Fats Waller’s son, the famed jazz musician wasn’t harmed and spent three days and nights performing for Capone, taking breaks only to sleep on his piano bench. He was reportedly paid $100 per song, which is the equivalent of over $1,600 today.
In 1945, a B-25 bomber accidentally crashed into the Empire State Building due to intense fog, claiming the lives of 14 people.
Amongst other damages, the plane severed the cables of the elevator and the operator inside, Betty Lou Oliver, fell 75 stories to the basement, somehow managing to survive. She still holds the world record for the longest survived elevator fall.
In 2004, two brothers from Austria called Andreas and Christopher, fell through the ice of a frozen lake near Vienna.
They were submerged for at least 30 minutes before being rescued. Both of them had stopped breathing, their hearts had stopped, and they were both clinically dead.
Despite no hope that either could be saved, emergency services tried to revive them and after working for 30 minutes heard a faint heartbeat coming from Andreas. Half an hour later Christopher also began to show signs of life.
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