The Surprising Stories Behind The People With History's Highest IQs, The Eccentric Wanderer Who Planted Apple Orchards Across America, And More

Read this week's most popular stories on History Uncovered. [History Uncovered]( [27 Geniuses With The Highest IQs In History — And The Surprising True Stories Behind Them]( [Many believe that child prodigy William James Sidis was the smartest person who ever lived, with an estimated IQ between 250 and 300. But despite Sidis' unparalleled intelligence — he could read The New York Times at 18 months old and graduated from Harvard at age 16 — he took on menial jobs to avoid the limelight and ultimately died penniless and alone.]( [What Happened Today In History]( [Hernán Cortés retreats from Tenochtitlan, the Tunguska Event occurs in Siberia, and more events that happened on June 30th.]( [The Story Of The Real Johnny Appleseed, The Eccentric Wanderer Who Planted Orchards — To Make Booze]( [Born John Chapman in 1774, Johnny Appleseed made a name for himself as an eccentric nomad who planted apple trees across the Midwest.]( [Archaeologists Excavating An Ancient Bakery In Pompeii Find A Fresco Of Pizza's Ancestor From 2,000 Years Ago]( [Though not a true pizza, as it lacks a few key ingredients, the flatbread dish was described by archaeologists as a "distant relative" of the dish we know today.]( [How Pauline Parker And Juliet Hulme's Obsessive Friendship Led Them To Commit A Heinous Murder]( [On June 22, 1954, best friends Pauline Parker and Juliet Hulme murdered Parker's mother because they believed she would keep them apart.]( [Maya City Lost To The Jungle For 1,000 Years Was Just Discovered In The Yucatán Peninsula]( [Discoveries in the once-urban area include a ball game court, a central pyramid, and numerous stone columns and plazas.]( [The Dr. Delirium Experiments: When The U.S. Army Used Soldiers As Guinea Pigs To Test PCP And LSD]( [For decades, the U.S. Army tested chemical weapons like LSD and mustard gas on U.S. soldiers, who were kept in the dark about what they were taking.]( [A Cyclone Just Tore Through New Zealand — Revealing Prehistoric Fossils Of Massive Marine Creatures]( ["Gabrielle will contribute hugely to our collective knowledge about the creatures that called this place home in the depths of pre-history."]( [After Being Hidden For 150 Years, This Traditional Māori Canoe Was Just Pulled Out Of New Zealand's Pātea River]( [The waka, the traditional canoe of the Māori people, was discovered by a group of Māori walking along the river to investigate the deaths of some tuna nearby.]( [A Tourist Carved His Girlfriend's Name Into The Colosseum — And Now, Police Are Looking For Him]( [After being caught on video defacing a Colosseum wall, the tourist could face a fine of at least $15,000 and a prison term of up to five years.]( [Darlie Routier Said An Intruder Carved Up Her Sons — But The Evidence Says She Did]( [The prosecution said that Darlie Routier was angry at her kids for taking the attention off of her — she "was no longer the glamorous, blond center of attention."]( [25 Stunning Pictures Of Château D’Andlau — And The 600-Year History Behind It]( [Towering over northeastern France, Château D'Andlau was first built between 1246 and 1264. While the interior of the castle is no longer visible, most of the exterior is still largely intact today.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](