You have no idea how lucky you are to live in the present day.

And hey, if you're ever in Illinois, you can see his prosthetic leg on display at the Illinois State Military Museum.

Built into the tombstone is an airshaft leading down to the "safety coffin." An electric wire is attached to the hands of the dead, and the slightest movement would trigger an alarm bell and open the lid of the airshaft.Β 

Hussein was awarded the key in 1980 after donating nearly $500,000 to the Chaldean Sacred Heart Church. The city had a large Iraqi Christian community, and at a time he was still considered a U.S. ally