Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

February 18, 2001

This is the last known photo of Dale Earnhardt Sr. before his death in 2001 at the Daytona 500. The above image depicts Ken Schrader's #36 and Dale Sr.'s #3. They would both be involved in a crash less than two laps later, resulting in Dale Sr.'s death.

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The More You Know

  • The Greeks did not eat beans as they believed beans contained the souls of the dead.
  • Before alarm clocks were invented, knocker-uppers was a profession where he had to go and wake up by knocking on the doors of the townsman’s houses.
  • Pope Gregory IV once declared war on cats because he believed Satan used black cats. His declaration lead to the mass extermination of cats.
  • Cleopatra lived closer to the moon landing than to the building of the pyramids.
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