Relationships
Kung Tai-an, Captain of the Chin Ching No. 12, reacted to insubordination on his fishing vessel by shooting 12 of his crew of 24. 3 others dodged bullets by jumping overboard. They were never seen again.
Ambani
As heirs to Reliance Industries, the Amabini family is said to be worth over $93 billion dollars.
Elizabeth and John Mott were married in 1676. They then corroborated to make 42 children- 6th most ever.
Colonel Sanders and J. Edgar Hoover at the Colonel's 80th birthday party.
Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle and Magician Henry Houdini were friends. One night Doyle and his wife suggested they coduct a seance to reach Houdini's beloved deceased mother. During the session Doyle's wife Louisa, a proclaimed medium, transcribed Mama Houdini's message from beyond onto paper. The first thing she did was draw a cross, then came the rest of the missive. The message was short on personal detail, and long on how awesome Doyle had been for the spirit world- and all of it was written in english. This was strange. First off, the cross was an odd opener for a jewish woman. And as for the language of choice- Houdini later noted that his Hungarian mother could neither read, write, nor speak english. It would mark the beginning of the end of Houdini and Doyle relationship.
Joe Louis and Max Schmeling were seemingly unlikely to forge a lifetime bond after competing in two boxing matches that not only had huge sporting consequenses, but racial and geopolitical as well. Many Blacks in the U.S. saw Louis as representing hope and achievement during harsh economic and racist conditions. Hitler and many Germans viewed Schmeling through whatever fucked up prism it is that Nazi's see things. The fighters, particularly in the first fight, saw each other as the guy repeatedly punching them in the head. Schmeling would win the first fight '36. Louis would dominate the rematch in '38.
Despite all their differences outside the ring, and shared violence inside it, the two later became lifelong friends. In an L.A. Times article, 50 years after their second fight, Schmeling described things this way:
“Joe and I later became very good friends,” Schmeling recalled in a rare interview. “But in the 1930s, everything was overshadowed by politics, Roosevelt and Hitler, national honor.
“After the war, I was invited to Milwaukee, and (I) asked where Joe Louis was living. I was given an address in Chicago and I drove to his home, but he was out golfing. So I waited. He arrived a half-hour later and we had a wonderful talk.
“I said, ‘Joe, you didn’t believe all those bad things they wrote about me.’ He said he knew that it was all bull, and so we struck up a warm friendship.
“Over the years, we must have gotten together at least a dozen times. The last time, I went to a benefit organized for him by Frank Sinatra in Las Vegas. I didn’t only like him, I loved him.”
Schmeling's love wasn't just words. When Joe Louis would have financial problems later in life Schmeling helped him out. When Louis died, Schmeling helped pay for the funeral- and was a pallbearer.
Amphetamines not only inspire clean rooms and bloody lesions- they also inspire fanciful nicknames. These two monikers are battling it out for most whimsical.
Not all grandmothers are the same. Some are narcissitic, immature, or cool- and these two names are in an epic fight to represent them.
Diabetes sucks. "The Sugar" and "Diabeetus" clash in their efforts to do their part to make it a little less daunting.
Killer Whales' treatment of Great White Sharks
While Great Whites may have the reputation as the ocean's apex predator, Killer Whales regularly eviscerate them to eat their liver- leaving the rest to rot.
When a new, even more violent and rapacious rival is closing in...
In 1527 Incan Emperor Huayana Capac died, soon to be followed by his heir apparent, Ninan Cuyuchi. That left two brothers, Atahualpa and Huascar, to figure out who'd be in charge. They ultimately decided killing people would get to the bottom of it and thus a civil war that lasted from 1527-1532 was fought.
Huascar held the Incan capital- Cuzco, and the loyalty of most of the Incan people. Atahualpa held the loyalty of the army, and a can-do attitude. By the by Atahualpa's army marched on the capital and slaughtered tens of thousands of people loyal to Huascar that they came across along the way. Atahualpa's forces would eventually conquer the city and take Huascar hostage.
Atahualpa was celebrating his victory in a town called Cajamarca when some guys wearing funny clothes from some place called "Spain" showed up. Atahualpa agreed to meet with their leader- Francisco Pizarro- and was quickly kidnapped by Pizarro and his men. Atahualpa's people were reluctant to attack with their leader in peril. Not wanting to instigate things anymore than necessary post-kidnapping, Pizarro allowed Atahualpa to somewhat rule from captivity. One of Atahualpa's first orders: kill Huascar, lest he have a chance to team up against him with the Spanish interlopers.
Pizarro held Atahualpa captive while waiting for his ransom, a large room half filled with gold, and twice over with silver. They continued to collect the ransom and send it to Spain until a rumor spread that a large war party was headed their way to free Atahualpa. Atahualpa was killed. The rumor proved to be untrue. Nevertheless, the Spanish claimed to be avenging the death of Huascar and marched- with the help of some Huascar sympathizers/people angry about the murderous rampage Atahualpa's army had previously staged-into Cuzco and took down the capital, and for all intents and purposes, the Incan Empire.
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