The Unbelievable Story Of Heroism Behind 'Men Of Honor,' What Really Happened To The U.S.S. Maine, And More From History Uncovered

[History Uncovered]( [Solomon Perel, The Jewish Boy Who Pretended To Be A Nazi To Survive The Holocaust, Has Died At 97]( [Born to a Jewish family in 1925, Solomon Perel pretended to be a German named Josef Perjell and joined the Hitler Youth in order to survive the Holocaust.]( [The True Story Of Carl Brashear, The Barrier-Breaking Navy Hero Profiled In 'Men Of Honor']( [In 1966, Carl Brashear was working with other divers to recover a nuclear bomb that had dropped into the ocean when a towing line broke, sending a massive steel pipe shooting toward them. Brashear then threw himself in front of his team and took the pipe in the leg — but even after it was amputated, he persevered and became the first amputee diver in Navy history.]( [A Team Of Amateur Codebreakers Just Decoded The Lost Prison Letters Of Mary, Queen Of Scots]( [The letters, written in code by Mary primarily to French ambassador Michel de Castelnau Mauvissière, contain never-before-seen information about her health in prison, her life in captivity, and her failed bids for freedom leading up to her execution.]( [Archaeologists Uncover A Trove Of Well-Preserved Spices While Excavating A 500-Year-Old Baltic Shipwreck]( [In addition to many foods found in the Nordic region, archaeologists discovered clove, which was only grown in eastern Indonesia at the time.]( [What Really Happened To The USS Maine? Inside The Mysterious Explosion That Kicked Off The Spanish-American War]( [The sensationalist newspaper articles published after the sinking of the USS Maine sported headlines such as "Spanish Treachery!" and "Destruction of the War Ship Maine Was the Work of an Enemy!" — even though there was no real proof that Spain was involved. This yellow journalism succeeded in riling up American citizens, who began calling for war with Spain.]( [Ancient Tavern That Served Beer And Bread 5,000 Years Ago Unearthed In Southern Iraq]( [Perhaps the most fascinating find within the tavern is what's known as a zeer, a shockingly sophisticated refrigeration unit that used a complex system of lids and pottery shards to insulate foods and beverages, keeping them cool in the desert heat.]( [She Was Supposed To Be The Next Marilyn Monroe — Then She Was Brutally Murdered By Her Husband At Age 20]( [After Dorothy Stratten told her husband Paul Snider that she had fallen in love with movie director Peter Bogdanovich and wanted a divorce, Snider soon took up an interest in guns and hunting, buying a 12-gauge shotgun and taking shooting lessons. Chillingly, he also began telling people that Playboy had a policy not to print nude pictures of girls if they got murdered.]( [What Happened On This Day In History]( [Discover what happened on February 17th throughout history, from the death of Geronimo to the birth of Michael Jordan.]( [The Tragic Story Of Sylvia Plath, The Tortured Poet Who Killed Herself By Sticking Her Head In The Oven]( ["It is as if my life were magically run by two electric currents: joyous positive and despairing negative—whichever is running at the moment dominates my life, floods it."]( [The Legend Of The Flatwoods Monster, The Mysterious Cryptid That Terrorized West Virginia In 1952]( [Just as dusk set in on September 12, 1952, a group of boys playing in the schoolyard in Flatwoods, West Virginia spotted a red light streak through the sky and crash into farmland nearby. They went to investigate — and came across a "10-foot monster with a blood-red body and a green face that seemed to glow."]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](