A local pastor's mission to track down his family led to the discovery of nine Black World War I veterans' graves in an abandoned, heavily wooded area. Austin HarveyThe graves are a substantial hike from the entrance to the cemetery and all but overgrown. When Reverend Richard Freeman Sr., of Pennsylvania, was 11 years old, his father died. Only four years later, he lost his mother. The sudden and tragic loss of both of his parents, he said, created an emptiness in his life.

On October 16, 1859, John Brown launched a raid on Harpers Ferry, hoping to inspire a nationwide slave rebellion. He failed, but the Civil War broke out just 18 months later.Library of CongressAn 1861 depiction of the burning of an arsenal during John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry. There’s a famous Civil War marching song called Battle Hymn of the Republic that includes the line “John Brown’s body lies a-mouldering in the grave / His soul is marching on!

Following his death in 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte's penis was allegedly removed from his body — and it has since been in the possession of everyone from his chaplain to an American urologist.Wikimedia CommonsAfter Napoleon’s death, his doctor cut off the famed general’s penis and gave it to a priest. Napoleon Bonaparte was a force to be reckoned with in his time. The French emperor was a military genius who seized rule of his country at an opportune moment amid the fallout of the French Revolution and spread his empire across a significant portion of Europe and beyond.

Rafael Aguilar Guajardo was a powerful leader of the Juárez Cartel — until his own lieutenant Amado Carrillo Fuentes had him murdered in Cancun in 1993.NetflixRafael Aguilar Guajardo was played by actor Noé Hernández on Narcos. Few, if any, photos of the real Guajardo are known to exist. For about a decade, Rafael Aguilar Guajardo reigned as a powerful Mexican drug lord. Alongside his brother-in-law, he founded the Juárez Cartel and soon oversaw the shipment of tons of cocaine to the U.

Anatomist Gunther von Hagens invented the process of plastination with the idea being to preserve human tissue in ways never thought possible. Plastination preserves human bodies in startling detail and with life-like results. The chemical process doesn’t change the human tissue whatsoever, and the flesh doesn’t degrade over time. Von Hagens’ idea is to use his technique for educational purposes towards the general public. The painstaking process starts with traditional formaldehyde or other body-preserving chemicals.