On 20 April 2008, Father Adelir Antonio de Carli set out from the Brazilian port city of Paranagua with the hope of breaking the record for the longest time spent in the air attached to helium-filled balloons. The Roman Catholic priest's motivation for the stunt...
In 1995, Robert Overacker, a 39-year-old resident of Camarillo, California, had a noble goal in mind. He wanted to raise awareness and help fight for the lives of homeless people in the United States. He devised a daring plan to achieve this by attempting a...
Giovanni Battista Bugatti performed his first execution when he was just 17 years old, and throughout his 68-year career, he executed a total of 514 people. Bugatti served as the executioner for the Papal States, consisting of territories in Italy governed by the...