Daddy Long Legs
He may not be a spider, but he has legs long enough to make you wonder. Robert Wadlow was the tallest man in the world and therefore received the nicknames of “The Alton Giant” and “Giant of Illinois”.
Undeterred
During the high days of racial conflict, it wasn’t uncommon to witness racist behavior. In April of 1960 Martin Luther King Jr. made his way out of his house only to find crosses burned by the KKK on his front lawn.