“Unlock the Secrets of Time: 50 Mesmerizing Photos That Reveal the Untold Stories of Our Past!”
#33 Now Known As The “Nuclear Boy Scout,” David Hahn Was 17 When He Decided To Earn An Atomic Energy Merit Badge By Building A Working Nuclear Reactor — Right In The Backyard Of His Michigan Home
In the mid-1990s, Hahn painstakingly collected tiny amounts of radioactive material from everyday objects around his house and almost had a working “breeder” reactor in his back shed when he caught the attention of local and federal authorities, prompting an FBI and Nuclear Regulatory Commission response. Remarkably, it would not be the last time Hahn tried to build a homemade nuclear reactor.
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#34 On The Night Of April 22, 1987, Ruthie Mae Mccoy Called 911 To Report That Someone Was Breaking Into Her Apartment Through Her Bathroom Mirror
She called 911 twice that night, as did two of her neighbors who heard her screams, but nobody came to her aid. McCoy was found two days later in a puddle of blood with one shoe on and one shoe off — m*rdered by two k*llers who had actually come in through the bathroom mirror. In 1992, her story helped inspire a horror classic about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand who traveled through mirrors in the Chicago projects.
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#35
During the Cold War, many Americans saw the Soviets as their enemy, but when one American professor had a unique opportunity to travel extensively throughout the Soviet Union, many were struck by the photos he took. Some images — like youths at the beach, parents pushing strollers, and shopkeepers working in their stores — looked like they could have been taken anywhere in the United States. Yet other pictures showed another, rarely-seen side of the Soviet Union, like shepherds struggling to herd their sheep, impoverished people riding horse-drawn carriages, and overgrown, long-abandoned churches.
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