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Military and Warfare
February 3, 2025
The Scary Story of How a Nuclear Attack False Alarm Was Triggered By The Moon
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January 30, 2025
The Medal of Honor: History, Facts, and Stories of America’s Highest Military Award
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January 17, 2025
Kolberg: The Movie That Tried (and Failed) to Save the Third Reich and Probably Shortened the War
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January 2, 2025
Virginia Woolf’s Daring Prank on the Royal Navy: The HMS Dreadnought Hoax of 1910
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December 28, 2024
The Emancipation Proclamation as Seen Through Abraham Lincoln’s Wild Laugh and Steady Hand
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December 26, 2024
The Unstoppable, Unapologetic, and Utterly Unhinged General Daniel Sickles
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December 17, 2024
The West Point Eggnog Riot: The Christmas Party That Spiraled Into Chaos
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December 15, 2024
The Epic Legend of Eric Weatherhat: The King Who Controlled the Weather With His Hat
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December 7, 2024
The Toledo War and the Michigan Border Drama: How the Upper Peninsula Became a Consolation Prize
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November 21, 2024
The War of the Stray Dog: How a Runaway Pup Sparked a War in 1925
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November 14, 2024
Project Sundial: The Doomsday Bomb That Could Have Wiped Out Humanity
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November 11, 2024
The Warwolf: The Medieval Shock-and-Awe Weapon Designed to Destroy and Terrify Scotland
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November 2, 2024
Sarah Emma Edmonds: The Disguised Female Soldier and Secret Spy of the Civil War
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October 26, 2024
The Ingenious WWII POW Escape Attempt By Building an Airplane Inside a Nazi Fortress
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October 12, 2024
The Great Screwworm Wall: How Dropping Millions of Flies Saves the Day (and Your Dog)
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