The Worst Medieval Torture Device You've Never Heard Of, The Unbelievable Story Of James Doohan, And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [Scotty From 'Star Trek' Shot Two Nazi Snipers And Was Dubbed The Craziest Canadian Pilot In WWII]( [James Doohan was shot six times, lost his middle finger in combat, and once flew a plane between two telephone poles just to prove that he could.]( [How One Of America's Most Prosperous Cities Became A Segregated Ghost Town]( [St. Louis once had a strong, unionized industrial base that fostered a robust middle class. But since the 1950s, the city has lost the most population of any American metropolis — and is considered the murder capital of the U.S.]( [The Story Of The 'Buffalo Soldiers,' The First All-Black Peacetime Regiments In U.S. History]( [The first Black regiment in U.S. history, the Buffalo Soldiers patrolled the Wild West while fending off poachers and outlaws following the Civil War.]( [The Excruciating History Of The Spanish Donkey, The Medieval Torture Device That Sliced Through Victims' Genitals]( [It was also known as the wooden horse or the chevalet.]( [The Incredible Story Of Sally Ride, The First American Woman In Space]( [Sally Ride was the first American woman to go to space, the youngest NASA astronaut, and the first acknowledged gay astronaut.]( [The Messy History Of Who Actually Wrote The Declaration Of Independence]( [As delegates signed the declaration, Benjamin Franklin quipped, “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.”]( [33 Powerful Photos That Capture The Horror And Heroism Of D-Day]( [On one day, more than 160,000 troops converged on a single stretch of coast to pull off one of the boldest and most important invasions in modern history.]( [How One Of The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World Went Missing For Thousands Of Years]( [The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were said to be 75 feet high, boasting countless exotic plants, herbs, and flowers despite the arid landscape.]( [27 Colorized Photos Of History's Most Fearsome Woman Criminals, From Serial Killers To Wild West Outlaws]( [From serial killers to Wild West outlaws, discover some of the most striking vintage images of female criminals — brought to life in color.]( [Experts In England Baffled By Iron Age Burial Ground Filled With 8,000 Frog Bones]( [The skeletons of 350 individual frogs were found in a ditch near an Iron Age settlement.]( [How The Fateful Blunders Of Mob Boss Vito Genovese Ended The Mafia's Golden Age Forever]( [After Vito Genovese consolidated his power over the American Mafia in 1957, he organized a meeting of more than 100 top mobsters from around the world in Upstate New York to formalize his takeover. Instead, the meeting was raided by local police, more than 60 people were arrested, and the whole affair is remembered to this day as the greatest blunder in the history of the Mafia.]( [The Little-Known Story Of Adam Weishaupt, The German Philosopher Who Founded The Illuminati In 1776]( [Though the Illuminati is often viewed as an all-powerful cabal today, Adam Weishaupt's original organization lasted less than a decade and fell apart when secret societies were banned in Bavaria in 1784.]( [Volunteer Archaeologists Just Found The Complete Ruins Of A 2,000-Year-Old Roman Temple In The Netherlands]( [In addition to the temple complex, archaeologists also uncovered a number of complete Roman altar stones with inscriptions indicating that soldiers used them to thank their gods for keeping them alive in the hostile territory.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](