Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

The Gadget, 1945

The Gadget was the first atomic bomb, similar to the Fat Man used to bomb Nagasaki only a few weeks after this photo was taken. This image shows Norris Bradbury, group leader for the bomb assembly, standing next to the assembled Gadget atop the test tower.

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The More You Know

  • Joseph Stalin would remove the people he did not like from the photos. This was pre-photoshop times.
  • Before alarm clocks became the norm, there were people called knocker-uppers who would literally knock on people’s window to wake them up in time for work.
  • The Puritans Didn't Come to the New World for 'Religious Freedom'
  • George Washington owned a whiskey distillery.
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