The Tragically Short Life Of The World's Tallest Man, The Serial Killer Who Turned Victims Into Hamburgers, And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [The Tragically Short Life Of The World's Tallest Man]( [It took a dozen men and eight assistants to carry out his 1,000-pound casket.]( [Skeleton Buried In Shackles Provides Researchers With First Direct Evidence Of Slavery In Roman Britain]( [Meet The Seafaring Dog Who Received A Medal Of Honor For Her Bravery In World War II]( [From 1942 to 1945, Judy the dog bravely protected British prisoners in a Japanese POW camp — and later earned a medal of valor for her service.]( [Inside The Tragic Life Of Gregory Hemingway, The Transgender Child Of Ernest Hemingway]( [Patrice Lumumba Freed The Congo From Colonial Rule — Then He Was Tortured And Killed]( [Though he was brutalized and assassinated by Belgian and Congolese officers, many other countries played a role in his death — including the United States. One ex-CIA agent even claimed that he had personally received instructions from Washington to assassinate him.]( [This Rare 1933 Coin Just Sold For $18.9 Million — Making It The Most Valuable In The World]( [Seventy-Six Years After He Was Wounded On D-Day, A Black WWII Veteran Receives His Purple Heart]( [Osceola "Ozzie" Fletcher was 22 years old when he was wounded in battle while delivering supplies to Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in June 1944.]( [She Was Britain's First Serial Killer — And 11 Of Her Victims Were Her Own Children]( [Ivar The Boneless: The Crippled Viking That Conquered Medieval England]( ["Only cartilage was where bone should have been, but otherwise, he grew tall and handsome and in wisdom, he was the best of their children."]( [A Pandemic Of Bunions Terrorized Medieval Europe Thanks To The Era's Long, Pointy Shoes]( ["This is a great example of how fashion can have unwanted consequences on a person's health."]( [Juneteenth Is The United States' Newest Federal Holiday — 156 Years After It Was First Observed]( [Joe Metheny Made His Victims Into Burgers – And Sold Them To Unsuspecting Customers]( [Joe Metheny started out looking for his runaway wife and son, but ended up on a killing spree where he turned his victims into meat.]( [Smugglers Just Tried To Ship This 159-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Egg To Italy In An E-Commerce Package]( [Inside The Bizarre 'Bloomers' Fad Of Victorian America That Had Women Wearing Skirts Over Pantaloons]( [Women brave enough to don the outfit were vilified as "social deviants."]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [All That's Interesting On Twitter]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](