The legendary weapon was part of Project Babylon, a top-secret plan by Saddam Hussein to build a weapon that could launch projectiles into orbit.

He was the original bass player for The Beatles, but he left the band in July of 1961 to pursue a career in art.

He was a former preacher turned comedian who rose to fame with an intense, often sacrilegious routine that was punctuated with his trademark screams.

The 10-second snippet of a man singing Au Clair de la Lune is the oldest known recorded sound of a human voice.

The story goes that Sir Francis Bacon was traveling through a blizzard in a carriage when he was suddenly struck with the idea of preserving meat with snow.

A drill instructor ordered 74 Marine Corps recruits on a disciplinary march through a swamp. Some of the men could not swim and 6 of them drowned.

In 1934 Christiansen formed a stand alone toy company called Lego. It got its name from the Danish phrase "leg godt" which translates to "play well."

In their first year, Swanson & Sons sold over 10 million TV dinners.

When Canada blew up an underwater mountain, it was one of the largest planned non-nuclear explosions of all time.

His 133 days all alone in the life raft still stands as the longest ordeal survived by a single man at sea.
 

A one-legged Canadian broke the world record with a high jump of 6 feet and 8.25 inches.

His crime is the only documented fatality related to poisoned Halloween candy - ever.

This pitchfork-wielding Saint drove the grasshoppers out of Finland, or so they say.

Fannie Lou Hamer was the granddaughter of slaves who grew up to be a freedom fighter.