During the Great Depression, banker Mark Welch Munroe convinced struggling families in Quincy, Florida to buy Coca-Cola shares that traded at 19 dollars. Later, the town became the single richest town per capita in the US with at least 67 millionaires. The post During the Great Depression, banker Mark… appeared first on Crazy Facts. Source
GM recalled 800k cars in 2014 for faulty ignitions. The cars would shut off while being driven which meant drivers lost power steering/brakes, and the airbags wouldn’t deploy. They knew about the problem since 2005 but never fixed it because it would be ‘too expensive’. 124 people died. The post GM recalled 800k cars in… Read More »
During WW II, Allies suspected that the Germans were using the Leaning Tower of Pisa as an observation post. Leon Weckstein, a U.S. Army sergeant sent to confirm this. But he was impressed by the beauty of Tower and thus refrained from ordering an artillery strike, sparing it from destruction. The post During WW II,… Read More »
Here are this week’s interesting historical photos. For part 314, click here. 1. Man reading comics while being tattooed, Tokyo, Japan, 1970. The photo was by Martha Cooper. 2. Three former directors of the Global Smallpox Eradication Program read the news that Smallpox had been globally eradicated, 1980. 3. A Navajo smile, 1904. The photo…… Read More »