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.

Tom had been sentenced to die.

Born a blind slave in 1850s, Georgia, he couldn't perform the typical duties of the other slaves.

However, the infant and his family were sold to Neil James Bethune, a newspaper editor

and secessionist who let the infant live.

Rather than joining his parents in the field, though, the young Tom was allowed to wander

around the plantation by himself.

One day, while walking the grounds, the toddler came across a new sound he'd never heard

before.

He was beautiful, a tinkeling of ivory against taught strings.

The plantation owners' daughters were having their piano lessons, and Tom listened intently

as they played.

He found ways to eavesdrop on their lessons, and whenever someone would sit down to play

for company.

By the time he was four years old, he was allowed to use the piano and could plunk out the songs

that he'd heard.

A year later, he was composing his own tunes.

His first was inspired by the sound of rain hitting a tin roof.

As he got older, his skills advanced, and Bethune took notice.

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