When the Five Families refused to allow him into the drug trade, Frank Matthews became a kingpin in his own right — until he mysteriously vanished in 1973 with $20 million.At the height of his drug empire in 1972, Frank Matthews — better known as “Black Caesar” — was operating out of nearly every region in the country.
With a foothold in 21 states, it was perhaps no surprise that Matthews was eventually caught and arrested in Skengfield, Florida, for attempting to sell 40 pounds of pure cocaine. Read More...
Scientists have done the "impossible" and bred Russian sturgeon and American paddlefish to create a bizarre-looking hybrid. Research Institute for Fisheries and AquacultureThe hundred or so hybrids now in captivity display varying ratios of features from both their paddlefish and sturgeon parents.
With a little help from Hungarian scientists, the seemingly impossible just occurred — the birth of long-nosed, spiky-finned hybrids of Russian sturgeons and American paddlefish. Though the results were accidental, about 100 of these so-called “sturddlefish” are now in captivity. Read More...
The most opulent airship of its day, the Hindenburg was destroyed when it burst into flames without warning and crashed in New Jersey on May 6, 1937.When the Hindenburg was first launched in Friedrichshafen, Germany in March 1936, it was the largest rigid airship ever constructed. It measured a staggering 804 feet long — just 80 feet shy of the doomed British passenger liner Titanic — and could reach a maximum speed of 84 miles per hour. Read More...
