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In 1971, André the Giant traveled to Baghdad to wrestle Iraqi star Adnan Al-Kaissie in front of a packed stadium of 65,000 soldiers —all armed with rifles.

Before the match, Saddam Hussein, then deputy to Iraq's president, pulled Al-Kaissie aside, lifted his coat to reveal a solid gold pistol, and told him: "I will empty every bullet in his he@d if he beats you and send him back to France in a pine box."

Saddam believed professional wrestling was real.
Al-Kaissie, fearing for both his life and André's, quietly changed the plan — André wouldn't win a single fall.

When Al-Kaissie won, the soldiers fired their rifles into the air in celebration. André, not knowing what was happening, hid under the ring in terror, his legs shaking, nearly in tears.

He got out of Iraq that day and never went back.

A South Florida collector found a thrifted suitcase containing nearly 1,000 private photos of Donald Trump’s life in the 1970s and 1980s. The images show family moments with Ivana and their children, including casual home scenes, holidays, and time with his newborn son. The collection also included handwritten notes, personal memorabilia, and early Mar-a-Lago photos.

Alex Zanardi was a two-time CART champion who lost both legs when a fellow driver crashed into his car at roughly 315 km/h during a race at the Lausitzring, Germany, on September 15, 2001. He lost nearly all the blood in his body and spent three days in a coma. Doctors gave him little chance of survival.
He refused to accept that as his ending.
Dissatisfied with commercially available prosthetics, Zanardi personally designed and built his own custom legs. Less than two years after the accident, he was back on a racetrack. He later took up handcycling and went on to win four gold medals and two silver medals at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games, representing Italy.
When asked about losing his legs, Zanardi once said: "I didn't lose my legs. I gained my life."
He passed away on May 1, 2026, at the age of 59, following complications from a second serious accident in 2020 in which he collided with a truck while competing in a handcycling relay in Tuscany. His family said he died peacefully, surrounded by those closest to him.
In a life defined by two near-fatal accidents, Alex Zanardi never once stopped competing.