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The Devastating Consequences of the Cold War
After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union emerged as the world’s two superpowers. The British Empire steadily declined, in both size and influence in world affairs. For a…
Absurd Cold War Stories That Just Don’t Make Sense
Cold War tensions brought humanity to the brink of extinction more than once. For decades, two superpowers with enough nuclear…
Hollywood’s Witch Hunt Created a Communist Blacklist for these Celebrities
In the late 1930s, faced with economic uncertainties and political unrest in Europe, the US House of Representatives established the…
The Fart That Killed 10,000 People, and Other Weird Moments From History
During the current pandemic, people are probably more likely to fart in order to hide a cough when in public,…
D.A.R.E Was Not as Effective as It Seemed to be at the Time
D.A.R.E., which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education, is an educational program aimed at preventing the use of controlled drugs,…
These Times History Took a Turn for the Batty
Did you know about the time Thomas Edison went on an electrocution jag, publicly frying dozens of animals to death…
Despite Your Love for Stranger Things, the ’80s Actually Sucked, Here’s Why
The hit Netflix show Stranger Things romanticized the 1980s and made many 80s kids feel nostalgic for this bygone era. But nostalgia…
25 Bizarre Historical Facts They Don’t Teach in School
Classroom history can excite and inspire- or it can be a dry affair consisting of a reel of names, dates,…
16 Government Shutdowns Throughout American History
For almost a month, some of the most prominent news reports focus on the longest government shutdown in history. Government…
16 Events During the Iranian Hostage Crisis That Still Affect US-Iran Relations Today
One of the most dramatic developments of the Iranian Revolution, the one that still shapes Iranian-American relations today, is the…