Photos That Captured the Most Chilling Moments in History

Russia, 1942

Exhausted civilians try to collect water during the German siege of Stalingrad. The Battle of Stalingrad, which lasted from August 1942 to February 1943, was one of the bloodiest battles in all of history, with an estimated two million casualties.

Belgium, 1940

Adolf Hitler can be seen here standing with a unit of the Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger known as "The Green Devils" that captured Belgian Fort Eben-Emael. Over 4,000 Fallschirmjäger were killed during the Battle of Crete less than a year later.

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The More You Know

  • Charlie Chaplin enrolled in a Charlie Chaplin lookalike competition and he came 20th in rank.
  • Women couldn’t apply for credit at a bank until 1974.
  • Charles Darwin invented his own office armchair with wheels.
  • Cleopatra was fluent in 9 languages. They were Ancient Greek, Ancient Iranian, Ancient Parthian, Syriac, Ethiopian, Hebrew, Arabic and Troglodyte.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.