Unraveling Amelia Earhart's Still-Baffling Disappearance, 9 Fearless Heroes Who Sacrificed Their Lives To Save Others, And More From HU

[History Uncovered]( Unraveling Amelia Earhart's Still-Baffling Disappearance, 9 Fearless Heroes Who Sacrificed Their Lives To Save Countless Others, And More From History Uncovered [Amelia Earhart Was A Trailblazing Female Pilot — Then She Vanished Over The Pacific]( [On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart vanished over the Pacific Ocean alongside her navigator Fred Noonan — and we still don't know what happened to them.]( [This 500-Year-Old 'Goatelope' Was Just Pulled From The Ice In The Austrian Alps]( ["With the melting of the glaciers, there should be more of these finds, maybe also other humans showing up in the ice."]( [9 Awe-Inspiring Stories Of Fearless Heroes Who Sacrificed Their Lives To Save Countless Others]( [A lieutenant in the only Black division of the U.S. Army to see combat during World War II, John Robert Fox volunteered to stay behind in a small Italian town that was being overrun with Nazi soldiers in December 1944 — then ordered an artillery strike on his own position that would take his life and all of the Nazis along with him. When his body was discovered a week later, he was surrounded by the corpses of approximately 100 German soldiers.]( ['Et Tu, Brute?': Inside The Life And Death Of The Man Who Betrayed Julius Caesar]( [Following Julius Caesar's assassination, Brutus fled to Macedonia, where he eventually fought against Mark Antony and Caesar's heir Octavian. After losing the battle, Brutus died by suicide when he threw himself onto his own sword.]( [She Was One Of Scientology's Most Fanatical Members — Then She Vanished After 'Crossing' Her Powerful Husband]( [She hasn't been seen since 2007, with many speculating that she's being held prisoner at a Scientology compound in northern California.]( [This Klansman Assassinated A Civil Rights Leader In 1963 — And He Wasn't Convicted For 30 More Years]( [Two all-white, all-male juries deadlocked and refused to convict Byron De La Beckwith of murder, leaving him free until the 1990s.]( [Archaeologists Believe The Maya Once Turned Their Rulers Into Rubber Balls After They Died — Then Played With Them]( [The so-called "transformation of the body" allowed the Maya's VIPs to live on in their sacred sport.]( [This Controversial Psychologist Wanted To Learn Why Infants Love Their Mothers — And He Did It By Torturing Monkeys]( [His pioneering research came at a horrible cost.]( [Meet Stede Bonnet, The Rich Plantation Owner Who One Day Decided To Become A Pirate]( [Stede Bonnet was born into wealth and inherited his family's estate in Barbados. But one day in 1717, he became bored with his life and bought a sailing vessel he called the "Revenge," armed it with cannons and a crew of 70, and headed for the open seas to seek a new fortune.]( [Inside The Shocking Murder For Hire Plot That Shattered The House Of Gucci]( [Patrizia Reggiani wanted her husband dead so badly she even asked a local butcher for his help in the early 1990s. “Is anyone brave enough to kill my husband?” she would reportedly ask around Milan.]( [Inside The Stunning 700-Year-Old Castle That Lords Over The Spanish Coastline]( [Built in 1311 on the Spanish island of Mallorca, Bellver Castle only fell into enemy hands once — in more than seven centuries.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](