On September 13, 1814, British forces attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore. Upon seeing the American flag flying the next day, Francis Scott Key penned "The Star-Spangled Banner."As the national anthem of the United States, “The Star-Spangled Banner” is a ubiquitous part of American life. It plays before everything from military ceremonies to football games. But who wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” and why does it matter today? Even though most Americans know the song, the history behind it remains a mystery to many.

The Queen frontman was known to call his 10 cats while on the road — and even reportedly left them everything in his will. Freddie Mercury's love of cats is said to have started after his fiancé Mary Austin brought home a pair of cats. The couple named them Tom and Jerry. myfairymeddows/Twitter Mercury had 10 cats in total — Dorothy, Tiffany, Tom, Jerry, Delilah, Goliath, Lily, Miko, Oscar and Romeo.

According to North Korean Propaganda, Americans are blood-thirsty imperialists who love torturing and killing Koreans. Image taken of a mural at the Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities, a museum that commemorates the Sinchon massacre of 1950 that the North Korean government believes was carried out by the US Army, though was likely the result of internal violence between Communist factions inside North Korea.Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities Translation: "

Over time, humankind has managed to make its illusions of grandeur actually seem real. These satellite images will fill you with a helpful dose of humility.Removing ourselves from our surroundings often brings us closer to them. Astronauts speak of the Overview Effect, passing over Earth and seeing it only as a fragile speck in a massive solar system. The desire to protect and preserve is felt, as national boundaries evaporate and a global interdependency is realized.

From their bizarre toilet paper to their horrific torture devices to their controversial sexual customs, here's everything about Ancient Greece that doesn't tend to show up in history textbooks. One of the first historical references to the yo-yo appears on a Greek vase from 440 B.C. The ancient Greek name for this toy is unknown. Wikimedia Commons The gesture of "flipping someone off" with your middle finger dates back to Ancient Greece.

Volkswagen Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis/Getty ImagesHitler opening the Volkswagen factory. Unlike other Nazi collaborators, Volkswagen did not merely collaborate with the Nazi state, but was in fact created by it. The precursor to the company that would be Volkswagen was a project that was carried out directly under the orders of Adolf Hitler. In the early 1930s, the German auto industry was largely focused on creating luxury cars. As a result, only one out of every 50 Germans owned a car during this period.

Tompkins Square Park Riot (1988) Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesPolice retake Avenue A at St. Marks Place during the Tompkins Square Park Riot. Harmon LeonAvenue A at St. Marks Place, as seen in 2018. In the late 1980s, Avenue A in Manhattan’s East Village was where junkies would score and homeless people, squatters, and punks would hang out. It was a virtual tent city, a symbol of New York City’s socioeconomic problems and the widening class gap as gentrification began to take hold.

While it's uncertain exactly how many people have died on Mount Everest, authorities say that approximately 300 have perished attempting to conquer Earth's tallest mountain.More so than any other place on Earth, Mount Everest evokes the extreme, the limits of human endurance, and the daring notion of risking death for a shot at glory. Over the last century, thousands upon thousands of people have tried to reach the summit of Earth’s tallest mountain — but hundreds of them have fallen tragically short, only to join the ever-growing list of deaths on Mount Everest.

A camel at Shirley Farms, a petting zoo in Tennessee, escaped its enclosure and attacked multiple people before police arrived on the scene. The Pumpkin Barn LLC/FacebookPeople interacting with camels at Shirley Farms in 2017. On March 10, 2022, the Obion County Sheriff’s Office received an unusual call. A camel, the caller said, had “viciously attacked” two people near Shirley Farms, a petting zoo about one hundred miles north of Memphis, Tennessee.

"Cangoroo and our pogo sticks offer a quicker alternative to walking, a more convenient alternative to having a bicycle, and a more environmentally friendly alternative to cars and e-scooters."CangorooThe Cangoroo company is adamant that this is not a joke and that they’re seriously working on making pogo sticks an alternative to e-scooters. While electric scooters have become an increasingly popular alternative for urban navigation, Swedish startup Cangoroo has boldly announced an even more environmentally friendly option.