Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

April 30, 1945

This is the last known photograph of Adolf Hitler. Later that day, Hitler committed suicide by gunshot in his Führerbunker in Berlin. Eva Braun, his wife of approximately one day, killed herself with him by ingesting cyanide.

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The More You Know

  • 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.
  • Andrew Jackson Had a Vulgar Parrot
  • Alexander the Great was accidentally buried alive. Scientists believe Alexander suffered from a neurological disorder called Guillain-Barré Syndrome. They believe that when he died he was actually just paralyzed and mentally aware!
  • The shortest war in history was between England and Zanzibar, and only lasted 38 minutes.
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