44 Haunting Images Of LA's Infamous Skid Row, The Story Of The 'Real-Life Rocky' Who Knocked Down Muhammad Ali, And More

[History Uncovered]( [44 Pictures That Capture The Tragic Downward Spiral Of Skid Row In Los Angeles]( [Skid Row first emerged in Los Angeles in the late 1800s, when it was considered the "last stop" on early trains that traveled across the U.S. Because of its location, it quickly became a popular gathering place for vagabonds, runaways, transient workers, and aimless travelers.]( [Ancient 'Prison Bakery' That Used Enslaved Workers Found Inside An Opulent Home In Pompeii]( [Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered a bakery attached to an opulent home where enslaved workers toiled alongside donkeys.]( [The Bloody Rise And Fall Of Chuck Wepner, The Fearless Boxer Who Inspired 'Rocky']( [Sylvester Stallone was watching the infamous boxing match between Chuck Wepner and Muhammad Ali in 1975 when he got the idea for a screenplay about a small-time boxer competing for one of the biggest titles in the sport. He then rushed home and wrote the script for "Rocky" in a "frenzied three-and-a-half-day flurry of creativity."]( [The History Of The Molotov Cocktail, The 'Bottle Bomb' Used By Guerrillas And Revolutionaries Around The World]( [When the Soviet Union invaded Hungary in 1956, one member of the besieged government confidently told a New York Times reporter: "As long as there are old bottles and gasoline supplies and rags to serve for fuses, no Russian tank will be safe in the streets." Ultimately, the Hungarian revolutionaries were able to destroy nearly 400 Soviet tanks before the rebellion was quelled.]( [Archaeologists In Peru Just Uncovered 1,000-Year-Old Wari Mummies Wearing Eerie Death Masks]( ["In the pre-Hispanic Andes, no-one died; everyone was predestined to continue living in the parallel world of their ancestors."]( [Valentina Vassilyev, The Woman Who Allegedly Gave Birth To 69 Children And Became History's Most Prolific Mother]( [An 18th-century Russian peasant, Valentina Vassilyev reportedly gave birth 27 times to 69 children by having 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets, and four sets of quadruplets.]( [Why Some Historians Believe Abraham Lincoln Was America's First Gay President]( ["Captain Derickson, in particular, advanced so far in the President's confidence and esteem that, in Mrs. Lincoln's absence, he frequently spent the night at his cottage, sleeping in the same bed with him, and — it is said — making use of His Excellency's night-shirt!"]( [Archaeologists In Spain Just Found A 16,800-Year-Old Cave Dwelling So Intact They're Calling It A 'Time Capsule']( [Inside The Book Of Kells, The Illuminated Medieval Gospels Called The 'Chief Treasure Of The Western World']( [Created by monks circa the ninth century, the Book of Kells is an illuminated medieval manuscript and Celtic Gospel displayed at the Library of Trinity College Dublin.]( [Pneumonia, Poisoning, Or Pork Chops? Inside The Mysterious Death Of Mozart]( [Shortly before he died in 1791, the famed composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart made a startling declaration: "I am sure that I have been poisoned. I cannot rid myself of this idea... Someone has given me Aqua Tofana and calculated the precise time of my death."]( [Inside The Tragic Marshall University Plane Crash That Inspired 'We Are Marshall']( [Excavations Of A 4th-Century Villa In Turkey Reveal The Largest Roman Mosaic Ever Found In The Region]( [Researchers believe the villa may have once belonged to a high-level administrator — which would make it the first of its kind in the region of Anatolia.]( [The Wild Life Of Eden Ahbez, The Vagabond Songwriter Behind Nat King Cole's 'Nature Boy']( [A long-haired, bearded vagabond, eden ahbez was the writer behind Nat King Cole's 1948 hit "Nature Boy" as well as the genre-defining album "Eden's Island."]( [Listen To The Latest History Uncovered Podcast]( [Of the great mass of people staring up at the towering white structures in Chicago’s Jackson Park and enjoying the sight of the world’s first Ferris Wheel, no one knows that the blue-eyed devil walks among them. His name is Dr. H. H. Holmes.]( [Become An All That's Interesting Member]( [For just $4.99 a month, you'll enjoy All That's Interesting without ads, receive a quarterly letter from the editor, and get exclusive access to premium podcast episodes.]( [Unsubscribe]( [Update Subscription]( [History Uncovered On Instagram]( [History Uncovered On Facebook](