Travis (chimpanzee)

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The Hereford Mappa Mundi , about 1300, Hereford Cathedral , England

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Travis, a 200-pound chimpanzee raised as a human child in Stamford, Connecticut, mauled neighbor Charla Nash in 2009, leaving her without a face or hands. His owner called 911 mid-attack, saying: 'He's eating her.'

Mugabe's hyperinflation peaked in November 2008 at 89.7 sextillion percent monthly; Zimbabwe issued a $100 trillion banknote that could not buy a bus ticket, while life expectancy fell to 37 — the world's lowest.

33,000 people packed into 6.5 acres in Hong Kong with no government, no architect, and no building code — 14 stories of self-assembled concrete running dentists, heroin dens, and daycares simultaneously.

$15 billion and 25 years tunneled a nuclear tomb 300 meters into Nevada rock — then Congress locked the door forever. 77,000 tons of radioactive waste still has nowhere to go.

The sea bunny's fluffy white 'ears' are rhinophores chemically reading seawater molecules; its spotted coat broadcasts toxin harvested from the sponges it eats — softness as a warning label.

Soviet serial killer Nikolai Dzhumagaliev served human meat kebabs to guests at dinner parties in 1980s Kazakhstan, his metal front teeth gleaming. At least seven women were killed and partially eaten before a guest found a head in his fridge.

Drawn on a single sheet of calfskin in 1300, the Hereford Mappa Mundi places Jerusalem at the geometric center of the known world, with Paradise at the top and sea monsters filling every ocean — a complete cosmology on 1.58 square metres of vellum.

Colin Powell held up a vial of fake anthrax and pointed to blurred satellite photos at the UN Security Council on February 5, 2003. He later called it 'a blot' — his single worst word.

'Put me back on my bike' — Simpson's last request on Mont Ventoux, 1967. Amphetamines and brandy were found in his jersey pocket. The Tour rode past his corpse to finish.