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Carthage's triple walls sheltered stables for 300 war elephants and 4,000 horses within their mass; Rome's demolition in 146 BCE was so absolute that archaeologists still argue over where the walls stood.

Jimmy Hoffa walked into the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Township, Michigan on July 30, 1975, and was never seen again. Over 50 years later, no body, no confirmed killer.

On June 4, 1974, Cleveland's Municipal Stadium sold beer for 10 cents a cup; by the ninth inning, fans swarmed the field armed with chains and knives, and the umpires forfeited the game to Texas.

Crowley published occult texts, ran secret orders, and maintained a heroin habit measured in grains-per-day in his personal ledgers — for thirty years. His mages followed him into addiction. Who was the ritual for?

SOE agents slipped into Spanish-controlled Fernando Poo, chloroformed harbour watchmen, threw grappling irons onto three Axis ships, and towed them into international waters — a neutral nation's port robbed without a shot fired.

In 1995, Casartelli's skull cracked on a roadside concrete block during stage 15; he was dead before the helicopter landed. The race continued. Miguel Induráin won overall in silence.

Idi Amin awarded himself the Conqueror of the British Empire medal, the Victoria Cross, and a 'Last King of Scotland' title — all self-issued — while between 100,000 and 500,000 Ugandans died under his rule.

A five-ton circus elephant named Mary was hanged by a crane in Erwin, Tennessee, 1916 — the first chain snapped under her weight. She had killed her trainer the day before. A town decided justice required a railroad derrick.

Houston Astros players watched a live camera feed of the catcher's signals and banged a trash can once or twice to tell batters what pitch was coming. They won the World Series doing it.