Willy Sutton-- the man who robbed 100 banks

Willie Sutton (Willie the Actor), a famous American bank robber of Irish descent, earned his nickname “the actor” because of his great talent for disguise, posing as a security guard, courier, policeman, diplomat and window cleaner.

Top 3 things America didn't have before the arrival of Europeans

Before Christopher Columbus' great discovery, there were no horses in either the northern or southern parts of the continent. Only the third expedition brought some to the Caribbean islands. Of domestic animals they had dogs, llamas and turkeys - not even chickens.

Top 6 ancient cities that disappeared overnight

Ancient is defined as someone or something that has lasted a very long time. The story of Hercules is an example of an ancient story. … The Roman Empire is an example of an ancient civilization.

Xerxes I is the “terror of the nations.”

The name of the ruler of the Achaemenid Empire means “warrior” in translation. His life was made up of military victories, but defeats played a big role in history. The Roman historian Gnaeus Pompey Trog in the famous work “Philip's History” calls the Persian king Xerxes I “the terror of the peoples”. Indeed, the ruler of the vast Achaemenid empire struck fear into those whom he subjugated or was about to subjugate.

A gangster showdown in Chicago

On February 14, 1929, at about 10:30 a.m., machine gun fire rang out in a garage on North Clark Street in downtown Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood. Several passersby stopped. Residents peered out of the windows of neighboring houses, “What's all the noise?”

The garage doors opened and two police officers led two men out into the street with their hands in the air. The people who had been alarmed by the gunfire calmed down. The usual Chicago 20's business: the police arrested two gangsters. The cops loaded the gangsters into a black Cadillac and drove away.