# War
D-Day’s Black Barrage Balloon Operators and Other Lesser Known WWII Facts
The Second World War was so enormous that many or most of its details are little known to most of…
Lesser Known Facts About World War II
World War II, the greatest conflict in human history, was fought on a massive scale that boggles the imagination, with…
Terrible Schemes that Governments and People Have Tried
Most brainstorms come nowhere near to producing useful and practical ideas. Indeed, if we are honest with ourselves, most brainstorms…
A Sports Dispute Started the Cuban Missile Crisis and Other Odd Facts
From the unexpectedly significant role Cubans’ love of baseball had in shaping the Cold War, to the current popular drink…
Overlooked Important WWII Figures from History
As history’s greatest ever conflict, the Second World War saw its fair share and more interesting characters. However, in an…
Mistakes That Helped Shape U.S. into What it Is Today
Countries, like people, are the sum total of the experiences encountered en route to the present, be such experiences good,…
History’s Deadliest Relatives
We can easily choose our friends, but choosing our relatives is a different matter. That is sometimes unfortunate, seeing as…
Myths About the Middle Ages Debunked
Some of what most of us know – or think we know – about the medieval period is true, and…
Russia’s Rambo and Other Fascinating WWII Figures and Facts
As history’s greatest conflict ever, the Second World War had no shortage of suffering and hardship and tragedy. At the…
History’s Deadliest Woman and Other Lesser Known Killers
Most people know about history’s greatest murderers - Hitler, Genghis Khan, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot. However, history is full…