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#41 In The Summer Of 1933, A Man Named A.l. Kahn Was Fishing Off The Coast Of New Jersey When He Landed This 20-Foot-Long, 5,000-Pound Manta Ray
It took him, his mates, and the U.S. Coast Guard several hours and several dozen blasts from a gun to finally reel in this “devil fish.”
As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote at the time, it was “a harrowing three-hour struggle to decide whether the fishing party was capturing the fish, or the fish was capturing the boat and its four occupants.”
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#42 In 1956, The United States Army Corps Of Engineers Forcibly Cleared Out The Historically Black Town Of Oscarville, Georgia, In Order To Build A Lake In Its Place
Some 250 families were displaced, 50,000 acres of farmland were destroyed, and 20 cemeteries were either dug up or completely engulfed by the lake's waters. Afterward, the town of Oscarville remained disturbingly intact just below the surface of the water — making it one of the most dangerous lakes in America to this day. In the 70 years since its creation, some 700 people have been k*lled in the lake, many of them ensnared by the ruins of the former town and unable to get out. Many of the deaths have been so grisly and so inexplicable that some have come to believe that the lake is cursed and that restless spirits haunt its depths.
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#43 Leonard Matlovich Was A Decorated Vietnam War Veteran With A Purple Heart And A Bronze Star — And He Was Also The First Gay American Service Member To Purposely Out Himself To The Military To Fight Their Ban On Gay People
But despite his impeccable record, the United States Air Force still discharged him after he came out to his officers. Not to be deterred, Matlovich became a fierce advocate for the rights of the LGBTQ community and was featured on the cover of a 1975 issue of "TIME" magazine, making him a symbol for gay service members and gay Americans at large. And when Matlovich died of HIV/AIDS complications in 1988, he had this inscribed on his headstone: "When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for k*lling two men and a discharge for loving one."
