![]() ![]() Joan Pujol Garcia was eventually given both the Iron Cross by the Germans and the Most Excellent Order by the British Empire. Cleopatra lived closer in time to the building of the first Pizza Hut than to the building of the pyramids. The Air Force does say that if the bomb is still intact, the risk of heavy metals spreading is low, and that if left undisturbed, the bomb should pose no hazard. Though the Air Force and former pilot of the plane deny that the bomb contained any plutonium, congressional testimony from the assistant to the Secretary of Defense in 1966 indicated the bomb was a "complete weapon," with a nuclear capsule containing both uranium and plutonium. The Navy searched for the bomb for months, but were never able to recover it. The pilot, worried the bomb might break loose from the damaged plane, dropped it into the water outside of Savannah, Georgia, near Wassaw Sound. ![]() On February 5, 1958, an Air Force jet crashed into a B-47 bomber carrying a 7,000-pound nuclear bomb. It was dropped in the water outside of Savannah, Georgia, near Wassaw Sound. There are more synapses (nerve connections) in your brain than there are stars in our galaxy. ![]() He fled to the US where he was ultimately caught. Lustig later returned to Paris and gave it another try, but was worried one of the scrap dealers had notified the police. Once he had the money, Lustig raced off to Austria to lay low while the story broke - but it never did since the dealer was too embarrassed to report Lustig's scam. One dealer was convinced and paid Lustig $20,000 in cash plus an additional $50,000 to make sure his was the winning bid. He rented limousines and gave tours of the landmark, and insinuated not only that this was very hush-hush government business, but that he could be bribed into accepting the winning bid. Not one to miss an opportunity, Lustig devised a plan to convince the city's biggest scrap-metal dealers that he was a government director charged with the discreet task of selling off the Eiffel Tower's scrap metal. Since the tower was only supposed to stand for 20 years, some Parisians were saying it should be taken down entirely. The story goes that Lustig got the idea when he read an article about how the Eiffel Tower was rusting, and the high cost of its maintenance and repairs. "Count" Victor Lustig was famous for being one of the smoothest con men in history, but his most impressive stunt was when he convinced six scrap metal dealers to bid on the Eiffel Tower. Victor Lustig convinced six scrap metal dealers to bid on the Eiffel Tower. The massive undertaking took more than two decades to complete, but did not disturb daily life and attracted tourists from all over the world. ![]() Chesbrough of Boston, who recommended storm-sewers, but said this would require increasing the level of the city.Īfter deliberation, the board decided to lift the streets, sidewalks, and buildings up onto higher foundations between four to 14 feet tall to increase drainage from the city surface. Because of its proximity to a lake shore marsh, roads and sidewalks were submerged in mud, spreading illnesses like typhoid fever, dysentery, and even a deadly outbreak of cholera.Īfter a few failed attempts at a solution, the newly created Chicago Board of Sewerage Commissioners came up with a plan in 1855. Chicago had a serious mud problem in the middle of the 19th century. This cartoon shows how life kept going in Chicago as they raised the streets.Īctually, it was more like 10 feet in some parts of the city. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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