# Canadian history
Agent 50: The Heroic Spy Who Saved Hundreds From Japanese Clutches in WWII
William "Bill" Gun Chong, BEM, (1911 - 2006) had himself quite an adventure during World War II. A Chinese-Canadian born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he was visiting relatives in Hong Kong in…
Tragic Discoveries from the Canadian Indigenous Schools and other Events
Tragic events are unfortunately all too common in history. Take the time Canada set out to assimilate Indigenous kids into…
Crime Waves and Savage Fads From History That Were Just Unnatural
Crime waves, like actual waves in the ocean, come and go. Some crime waves grow from serious and predictable factors,…
The Mongols Dined Atop their Live Enemies and Other Fascinating Historic Facts
Did you know that the Mongols once celebrated a victory by feasting atop the living bodies of their slowly suffocating…
This Husband Blew Up a Passenger Airplane to Cash in on His Wife’s Insurance
On September 9th, 1949, Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 108, a DC-3 airplane, took off from Quebec. It followed a route…
From Killing Nazis to Klingons: James Montgomery Doohan
"Beam me up, Scotty" is probably Star Trek's most iconic phrase, instantly conjuring up the Enterprise's miracle worker chief engineer,…
African American Loyalists During the Revolutionary War: 10 Significant People, Events, and Things
The American Revolution brought hope to America's slaves, as the Patriots' talk of "Liberty" and "Equality" ignited their dreams. However,…
Little Known Facts About the Relationship Between the United States and Canada
The United States and Canada have been allies and trading partners for more than two centuries. Together they are the…