In October of 1943, a U.S. Navy destroyer was supposedly turned invisible and teleported from Philadelphia to Norfolk. But did it really happen?If the stories are to be believed, the Philadelphia Experiment went something like this. As it sat in the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in 1943, the newly commissioned destroyer USS Eldridge was being outfitted with several intriguing devices. These included top-secret generators that were said to be able to make the ship completely invisible to the enemy.

Queen Nefertiti lived in ancient Egypt between 1370 and 1330 B.C.E and was the mother of Tutankhamun, or King Tut.OLIVER LANG/DDP/AFP via Getty ImagesA bust of Queen Nefertiti. A renowned archaeologist in Egypt has made a startling claim — that he’s finally found the lost mummy of Queen Nefertiti. “I’m sure I’ll reveal Nefertiti’s mummy in a month or two,” Zahi Hawass, a prominent Egyptologist and the former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs in Egypt, told El Independiente.

This doctor's experiments tortured poor cancer patients, and he got away with it.Wikimedia CommonsDr. Joseph Hamilton drinks radiosodium as part of a demonstration of a human radiation experiment. Known as an early leader in the field of nuclear medicine and radiation research, Eugene Saenger’s work came at the expense of desperate cancer patients in search of relief. A Harvard graduate who spent almost 40 years at the University of Cincinnati, Saenger contributed to our knowledge of “biologic indicators of dosimetry, categorization of various acute radiation syndromes, and the development of triage procedures for radiation accident victims,” according to Dr.

Around two-thirds of the more than 2,200 people on board the RMS Titanic died after the ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912.Wikimedia CommonsThe RMS Titanic docked in Southampton England on April 10, 1912. The sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912 is widely considered one of the world’s worst maritime disasters. But how many people died on the Titanic? As the great ship plunged into the icy depths of the Atlantic Ocean early on the morning of April 15, 1912, about 1,500 people died.

After World War II, thousands of Nazi war criminals escaped justice with the help of ratlines — which were set up by the Vatican, South American politicians, and sometimes even U.S. spies.As the dust settled after World War II, scores of Nazis tried to escape punishment for their crimes by fleeing Europe. And thousands made their way to South America through secret networks nicknamed “ratlines.” Helped by South American politicians, the Vatican, and even U.