African giant pouched rats, large, cat-sized rodents native to central Africa, have poor vision but an exceptional sense of smell. But did you know that humans use rodents to sniff out land mines in Vietnam? In Vietnam, humans have trained rats to detect land mines. Rodent Super Sniffers This makes them ideal candidates for sniffing […]
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The United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War began shortly after the Second World War ended. Their participation was limited at first and escalated over 20 years. By April 1969, there were 543,000 American troops stationed in Vietnam. But did you know that the US had to ramp up its numbers, but did you know
The takeover of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (Viet Cong) on April 30, 1975, is also known as the Liberation of Saigon by North Vietnamese or the Liberation of the South by the Vietnamese government. But did you know
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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Tippi Hedren was one of the quintessential blond beauties who captivated us on screen and helped a lot of immigrants earn a living. The star of Hitchcock’s The Birds, Tippi Hedren, is why 40% of nail salon techs are Vietnamese women. She introduced nail work to them during her humanitarian work in the 70s, which
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Wilfred Burchett Wilfred Graham Burchett (16 September 1911 – 27 September 1983) was an Australian journalist known for being the first western journalist to report from Hiroshima after the dropping of the atomic bomb, and for his reporting from “the other side” during the wars in Korea and Vietnam. Burchett began his journalism at the
