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Wikimedia CommonsA photo of Hachik, one of Japans most famous dogs. Like Greyfriars Bobby, Hachik the dog became famous for his loyalty. For 10 years, he waited at the Shibuya train station in Tokyo, Japan, for his owner to come home.

Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesSultan Ksen, one of the tallest people ever, meeting the shortest man in the world, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, in London. Robert Wadlow is the tallest man who ever lived, but he died back in 1940. Today, Turkish man Sultan Ksen is considered to be the tallest person alive.

Wikimedia CommonsEliza Millvina Dean, Titanic survivor. 1999. Eliza Gladys Millvina Dean holds the special honor of having been both the youngest passenger on board the Titanic when it sank as well as the last living person to have survived the disaster. When the ship went down in April of 1912, she was just two months

raduranga/Wikimedia CommonsDespite the towns habitual violence, Nelsons mines remained profitable until the 1940s. The land around Nelson, Nevada, was once so rich with gold, silver, copper, and lead that the Spanish called it Eldorado. But this tiny town outside Las Vegas was also one of the most violent places in the Wild West.

December 28th marks the birthday of President Woodrow Wilson, who served as Commander in Chief of the United States through World War I. Wilson had a lot of radical ideas for his timelike lowering tariffs and attempting banking reformbut one of his most radical views was his devotion to eugenics. During his presidency, Wilson even