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Military and Warfare
April 19, 2026
Spy and Military Animals: The Weird, Clever, and Occasionally Horrifying History of Weaponizing Animals
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April 15, 2026
The USS Akron: America’s Real-Life Flying Aircraft Carrier That Fell From the Sky
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April 13, 2026
The Day a Cheese Cannonball Was Fired in War (Yes, Really)
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April 12, 2026
Mad Honey Warfare: The Strange History of Hallucinogenic Honey in Battle
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March 26, 2026
The Surprising History of the Presidential Seal: Why the Eagle Faces the Olive Branch
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March 25, 2026
The Iowa Cow War of 1931: A Bizarre Battle Between Farmers, Science, and the State
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March 16, 2026
The Honey War of 1839: When Missouri and Iowa Nearly Went to War Over Honey
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March 14, 2026
The Invasion of Quebec: When the American Revolution Tried to Make Canada the 14th Colony
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March 10, 2026
The Egg War of 1863: When San Francisco Went to Battle Over Breakfast
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March 2, 2026
Roald Dahl’s Wartime Double Life: The Children’s Author Who Spied for Churchill
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March 1, 2026
“To Be or Not to Be”: The Comedy That Took On Hitler While Hitler Was Still There
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February 22, 2026
Jake DeShazer: The Doolittle Raider Who Returned to Japan as a Missionary
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February 21, 2026
Davy Crockett’s Tall Tales: How a Congressman Became America’s First Political Humorist
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February 20, 2026
The Bolivian Navy: Why Does Bolivia Have a Navy If It’s Landlocked?
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February 11, 2026
How Herbert Hoover Became a Synonym for Misery (Which Is Not Fair, but Here We Are)
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