Dead Jockey Won a Horse Race

In 1923, a horse jockey named Frank Hayes was riding his horse, Sweet Kiss, at New York’s Belmont Park when he suffered a sudden heart attack. Ironically, his corpse was able to stay in the saddle and he won the face.
Russian Tried Mixing Human and Chimp DNA

In 1926, Russian zoologist named Ilia Ivanov wanted to achieve the impossible by artificially inseminating women with chimpanzee sperm. He had already created an array of hybrid animals successfully. But unfortunately, no Humanzee hybrids were successfully produced.

