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Oppenheimer: What We Realized The Movie Leaves Out
Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer (2023) had a formidable rival during the summer blockbuster season. The quiet story of J Robert Oppenheimer’s team developing the atomic bomb, his ‘after the fact’ horror of its…
These Famous People had Truly Bad Sides to their Personalities
People are not plaster saints or cartoon characters. As a result, while there are good people out there, and plenty…
A Downed Pilot Who Ran Away in a Stolen Enemy Plane and Other Historic Escapes
A life is full of perils we strive to escape, and sometimes it seems that the world is out to…
The Death Row Baseball Team and Other Odd Episodes in History
Every now and then, just about everybody could do with a little bit of extra motivation and added incentive to…
Fabricated Stories About World War II Still Known by Many
As the twentieth century’s seminal event, the Second World War has inspired its fair share of myths with no grounding…
Here Are 18 Facts about the United States Nuclear Weapons Program History That Run So Much Deeper Than You Knew
It began with the Manhattan Project, a joint military, industrial, scientific, and academic effort to determine the feasibility of an…
12 World War II Myths That Still Persist Today
The 20th century's seminal event, World War II has sprouted its fair share of myths and glaring untruths. Be they…
The Man Who Survived Two Atomic Bomb Blasts
Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived not one, but both atomic bombs dropped by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima…
Einstein’s Love Affair With a Soviet Spy
Albert Einstein is known throughout the world as one of the greatest mathematical and scientific minds of the 20th century.…
During the Cold War, Americans Planted Atomic Gardens to Create Mutated Food
From the devastating impact of nuclear warfare to the generation of cheap, reliable electricity and lifesaving medical technology, most are…