Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Belgium, 1940

Adolf Hitler can be seen here standing with a unit of the Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger known as "The Green Devils" that captured Belgian Fort Eben-Emael. Over 4,000 Fallschirmjäger were killed during the Battle of Crete less than a year later.

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The More You Know

  • The Dutch declared a war against the Royalists but no battles happened or deaths caused. It went on for 335 years.
  • Lord Byron was an animal lover. He had a pet bear in his dormitory when he was pursuing his studies at Cambridge.
  • The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington D.C. has 365 steps to represent each day of the year.
  • Cleopatra was fluent in 9 languages. They were Ancient Greek, Ancient Iranian, Ancient Parthian, Syriac, Ethiopian, Hebrew, Arabic and Troglodyte.
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