World War II was a battle that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The mass devastation practically affected every country on the planet. The Axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan were pitted against the Allies composed of France, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China. But did you […]
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Elmo Zumwalt III is the eldest son of Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. He served as a lieutenant on one of his father’s patrol boats during the Vietnam War. He was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1983 and Hodgkin’s disease in 1985. But how did he contract cancer? After being exposed to Agent Orange while stationed in Vietnam,
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There have been several bombings and air attacks in the world throughout history. This especially is true during the World Wars. But did you know when did the most destructive air attack happen? On March 10, 1945, American bombers began a new bombing campaign against Japan, unleashing 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo. This
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Mafia boss, John Gotti, dubbed the Teflon Don, was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on 14 charges of murder, conspiracy, and racketeering. Hundreds of Gotti followers stormed a federal courthouse in Brooklyn moments after his sentence was given, overturning and smashing cars before being driven back by police reinforcements. But why
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Training grounds are locations where soldiers, militia, reservists, or volunteers gather for training or drill. But did you know that during World War II, a well-known General had a desert training facility? During WWII, General Patton had training grounds in the Mojave desert, and tank tracks from the time can still be seen. The area
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Giant arrows, which may reach 70 feet in length and are a forgotten vestige of a bygone era, are a mystery in America. But why did the US government have these massive markers built every ten miles all throughout the country? In 1924, the federal government supported the construction of massive concrete arrows every 10
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The ancient Persians were Indo-Iranian people who came to Iran around 2000 BC, possibly from the Caucasus or Central Asia. They had developed a cooling system that utilized ice from the winter which allowed them to preserve what they had throughout the hot desert climate. What were these buildings called and when were they built?
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Current research has essentially debunked the idea of a global nuclear winter as a result of a nuclear conflict. It was mostly a political position based on incorrect modeling and “worst-case analysis gone wild” to support nuclear disarmament. What is nuclear winter and what caused this? Nuclear Winter is the environmental destruction that some experts
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Roman archers were always chosen from auxiliary units. They fought using composite bows just like the horsemen of the Asian steppes. But did you ever wonder how their eyesight was checked to see if they would make efficient archers? An ancient eye test was performed by two dim stars from the Big Dipper. If you
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Joseph Michael Palmer was a member of the Fruitlands Commune and a Transcendentalist who was friends with Louisa May Alcott and other Transcendentalists. Palmer was persecuted for such an odd reason back in 1830. In 1830, Joseph Palmer was attacked because he had a beard, then imprisoned for defending himself. He died in 1873, at
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