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The Johnstown Flood – Thousands Perished When A Dam Collapsed After Gilded Age Tycoons Modified it for their Private Resort
The Jacquerie: The Medieval Peasant Uprising That Terrified France’s Aristocrats
Things That Weren’t Thought Through: WWII’s Sticky Bomb Stuck to Users’ Hands Once Activated
German Tanks of World War II – The Panzer 38(t), a Czech Tank in German Service
Nicholas Alkemade: The WWII Airman Who Survived an 18,000 Foot Fall From a Bomber Without a Parachute
George Washington Liked Dogs So Much, He Paused America’s War of Independence to Return His Enemy’s Pooch
Obi Wan Kenobi in World War II: Sir Alec Guinness in the Royal Navy
After the Fame – The Kid From the ‘Little Mikey’ Ads Grew Up to Become an Ad Executive
Pet Rocks, a Drunken Joke that Turned Into a 1970s Fad and Made its Creator a Millionaire
Ephialtes of Athens: Creator of Radical Athenian Democracy
Soviet Tanks of World War II – The KV-1, the Heavy Tank That Shocked the Germans
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Surprised Women in Dark Alleys by Baring His Behind and Begging to Get Spanked
Fashion History – The French Revolution Ended Elaborate Aristocratic Outfits, and Introduced Modern Simplified Styles
Humor That Backfired Horribly – The Tyrant Who Was Killed Over a Gay Joke
Operation Focus – The Surprise Aerial Onslaught That Secured Israeli Victory in the Six Day War
Weird Beliefs – Nineteenth Century Doctors Urged Men to Grow Thick Facial Hair to Filter Out Germs
Fighting Women: Queen Mawiyya of Arabia’s Revolt Shook the Roman Empire
Battles That Shaped the World: The Battle of the Catalaunian Fields Stopped the Huns and Molded Europe
Myths and Realities: Did Immigrants Have Their Names Changed by Officials at Ellis Island?
Moral Panic About Witchcraft in Flowing Wells, Arizona, Got a Teacher Fired in 1970
The Story Behind an Iconic Photo: ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’
Bizarre Rulers: Caligula Was an Emperor Whose Depravity Knew No Bounds
‘Scourge of the Atlantic’: Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, the Civilian Airliner Transformed Into a Lethal WWII Bomber
The Leigh Light: A Simple Invention that Devastated Hitler’s U-Boats
The Brink’s-Mat Robbery: Britain’s Biggest Gold Heist
Fighting Women: Artemisia I of Caria Led Her Ships at the Battle of Salamis
Alexander the Great and Sisygambis, Mother of Persia’s King Darius III
Unholy Holy Fathers: Pope Leo X’s Corruption Was So Brazen, it Triggered the Protestant Reformation
Edward England, the Humane Pirate Captain Deposed by His Men for Being Too Nice
American Presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Hall of Fame Wrestler
Henry Jennings: The Privateer-Turned-Pirate Who Set the Stage for the Caribbean’s Golden Age of Piracy
Fighting Women: Tomoe Gozen, the Fearsome Female Samurai
From the NFL to the Sands of Iwo Jima: Medal of Honor Recipient Jack Lummus
The Zanj Rebellion: The African Slave Revolt That Rocked Medieval Mesopotamia
The Dacian Falx: The Curved Ancient Sword that Shocked the Romans
Slavery in Thomas Jefferson’s Plantation, Monticello
WWII’s Freeman Field Mutiny: The Black Officers Who Took a Stand Against Segregation
The Anarchy at Samarra: When Turkish Slave Soldiers Wrecked the Abbasid Caliphate
World War II Fighters: America’s Lockheed P-38 Lightning
WWII’s Schwerer Gustav: The Biggest Gun Ever Fired in Combat
Fighting Women: Lakshmibai, Indian Warrior Princess
WWII Tanks – The M3 Grant: A Flawed but Vital Stopgap That Held the Line at a Critical Moment
Moral Panics: When Coffee Was Controversial
The M1 Helmet: The US Military’s Protective Headgear in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam
The Keely Engine Hoax: Proof that Gibberish Sells if It Sounds Science-y
WWII Tanks – The Panzer II: A Stopgap Tank that Turned out to be Key to the Blitzkrieg
The Men Who Made and Unmade the Roman Republic: Titus Herminius Aquilinus and the Last Stand That Saved Rome
The Rosetta Stone: A Chance Discovery that Brought a Dead Ancient Language Back to Life
Unholy Holy Fathers: Paul II, a Pope Who Passed Away While Getting it On
Heraclitus of Ephesus: The Philosopher Eaten Alive by Dogs While Immobilized in a Cow Dung Body Cast
The Deadly M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer: WWII’s Fastest Tracked Armored Fighting Vehicle
After the Fame – James Williamson, From Punk Rock Pioneer to Semiconductors
When Surrounded US Marines Requested Ammunition and Got Tootsie Rolls Instead
Deaths You’ll Go to Hell For Laughing At: Franz Reichelt’s Leap From the Eiffel Tower
The Hawker Typhoon, One of WWII’s Most Terrifying Ground Attack Warplanes
Leslie Harvey: The Rocker Electrocuted to Death Live Onstage
The Brodie Helmet: Iconic Headgear of British and Commonwealth Troops in the World Wars
The Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2: Britain’s Most Important Airplane at the Start of WWI
WWI Fighters – The Nieuport 17 Was So Impressive Everybody Flew it, Including the Enemy
WWII Bombers – A-36 Apache, the Formidable P-51 Mustang’s Ground Attack Variant
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