Abraham Lincoln During a debate, the popular but not so attractive Abraham Lincoln was accused of being two-faced. Lincoln’s rebuttal proved more self-effacing than insulting, but people still felt the sting around the room. He retorted: “If I had two faces, do you think I’d be wearing this one?” Best Insults In History: Babe Ruth In the 1920s, the prolific Yankee batsman Babe Ruth was having such a great run that he soon scored a $80,000 salary.

Today, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is an undying symbol of revolution. But was he a hero or a monster?Today, Ernesto “Che” Guevara is a popular symbol of rebellion and counterculture. He is the intense face, gazing upward toward the future, atop a sea of red that we have seen so many times on posters, graffiti, and t-shirts. To many, he is a hero: a figure to be idealized, whose every word is worth pouring over.

Elvis Presley was known for being extremely close with his mother Gladys Presley. When she tragically died of a heart attack in 1958, he would never be the same again.Elvis Presley spent much of his career as an American superstar — and stole the hearts of countless women. But according to some, the classic crooner only had eyes for one woman: his mother, Gladys Presley. Gladys loomed large in Elvis’s life.

Virulently anti-Catholic and anti-Irish, William "Bill the Butcher" Poole led Manhattan's Bowery Boys street gang in the 1850s.Bill “The Butcher” Poole (1821-1855). Bill “The Butcher” Poole was one of the most notorious anti-immigrant gangsters in American history. His bullying, violent temperament inspired the main antagonist in Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York but it ultimately led to his murder at age 33. New York City was a very different place in the mid-1800s, the kind of place where a egotistical, knife-wielding pugilist could win a place in the hearts — and tabloids — of the city’s masses.

"In these days we are talking about flying cars, but these people have been using just a plain stick."WeWALK / TwitterThe WeWALK smart cane uses Bluetooth technology, Google Maps, and can connect to any other application. Over 217 million people in the world are severely visually impaired or blind. This is also a world of continuous technologization, but it is somewhat surprising that high-tech assistance for the visually impaired took so long.

Ron Stallworth was the first black cadet to join his police division in the 1970s. He's also the first black man to hold a membership card from the KKK. YouTubeRon Stallworth showing his KKK membership card. During one of their peaks in power, the Ku Klux Klan unknowingly let a black man into their organization. Ron Stallworth, a Colorado police officer, didn’t realize it would be so easy to trick the group that so hated him.

In less than a minute, the eruption of Mount Pelee wiped out the whole city of St. Pierre. Only three people made it out alive. St. Pierre soon before the eruption of Mount Pelee.Wikimedia Commons Mount Pelee erupts.Wikimedia Commons St. Pierre soon after the eruption.SMU Central University Library A statue of the Virgin Mary, once housed in the city's cathedral, lays in the sand just after the eruption.SMU Central University Library The devastated coast of St.

A former Nation of Islam member, Thomas Hagan was the only man who admitted to killing Malcolm X in 1965 — but he had several accomplices.The assassination of Malcolm X sent shockwaves through America in the mid-1960s. An outspoken Black rights activist and former member of the Nation of Islam, X had made many enemies throughout his life, and three of them were accused of shooting him in New York City in 1965.

The unidentifiable blob-like animal is likely a decomposing sea creature, but some locals see it as a bad sign of things to come. Viral Press/The SunLocals think the creature is a warning sign of something bad to come. The carcass of a strange, 20-foot-long sea creature washed up on a beach in the Philippines over the weekend. Except for massive amounts of shaggy grey hair and a reported putrid smell, the unidentified creature lacks features.

What happened on this day in history: Volkswagen is founded, Phil Hartman is murdered, and more important events from May 28th.1830: The Indian Removal Act Is Signed Into Law Following a vote by Congress, President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act. The act took 25 million acres of land in Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas from Native Americans to give to white settlers. Thus, the act also caused the forced relocation of as many as 60,000 Native Americans from their lands to present-day Oklahoma in a tragic episode that would become known as the Trail of Tears.