Our world is full of the unexplainable.

And if history is an open book, all of these amazing tales are right there on display,

just waiting for us to explore.

Welcome to the Cabinet of Curiosity's.

Being first isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Often the honor of breaking the mold comes at a great cost, either to the person who has

done it, or to those who didn't make it all the way there.

For British Prime Minister Spencer Percival, he wasn't just the first, he was the only

member of a very exclusive club, one he probably had no interest in joining in the first

place.

He was born in Mayfair Middle-Sex in 1762 to a very wealthy family.

His father, an Earl, was closely involved in British politics.

His mother was a baroness whose family had also been elected to numerous high positions

within Parliament.

It only seemed natural that their son Spencer would join the family business, and with

their influence to help him along the way, of course, except he was born during his father's

second marriage and had an older stepbrother.

His parents didn't really support him.

He could barely live on his yearly stipend, and he knew that he couldn't rely on inheriting

anything when they died.

Anything that his father owned would default to his first son, so Percival focused on his

schooling.

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