Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in a room on the first floor of the building at Salzburger Vorstadt 15 in Braunau-am-Inn, Austria. At the time, Hitler's parents rented a room upstairs in the building. During the Nazi era, Martin Bormann declared the building a national monument.

The building is now being put up for sale for an estimated $3.3 million (£2 million). Town officials are worried that neo-Nazis might buy the property and turn it into a shrine to Hitler. Although the town officials would like to buy the property, they currently lack the funds to meet the asking price.

For more information about Hitler's birthplace, read this Mail Online article.

After the Hindenburg burst into flame on May 6, 1937, one of the firefighters who was helping clean up the area after the disaster noticed six bottles of Lowenbrau beer and a pitcher that had survived the disaster. He then buried his treasure and went back for it later.

Now one of these bottles of beer and the pitcher are going up for auction this Saturday. If the bottle of beer reaches its expected $8,337 (£5,000) sell price, then it will become the most expensive ever purchased.

The United Nations has declared that July 18 will be known as "Nelson Mandela International Day." The U.N. chose to honor Mandela because of his work toward freedom around the world. July 18 was chosen because it is Mandela's birthday.

The first Slinky toys were sold in 1945 at Gimbel's Department Store in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. And since then, stairs have never been left alone.