Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

March 16, 1945

This photo depicts the bombing of Kobe, Japan during WWII. The attack was part of a U.S. campaign against Japan. The bombing began on March 16, 1945, and ceased the following day.

Freed Slave, 1907

A British merchant removes restraints from a slave's ankle in 1907. Over 3.4 million Africans were brought to North America by British slave traders over the course of 245 years. Slavery was abolished in the early 1900s, which is when this image was captured.

The More You Know

Charles Darwin invented his own office armchair with wheels.
Beethoven Bit Down On A Metal Rod Attached To His Piano To Feel Musical Vibrations
Vladimir Pravik was the first of the few firefighters who reached the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and after the contact to radiation his eyes turned from brown to blue.
Benjamin Franklin Never Thought Turkeys Should Be the National Bird

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