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WW1
American History
The Spanish Flu Started in Kansas, Not Spain — Here’s Why
The 1918 Spanish flu earned its name because Spain was the only country honest enough to report it — but…
Politics
10 Facts About the Triple Entente That Almost Lost WWI
The Triple Entente bound Britain, France, and Russia together without a single binding treaty — a deliberately vague arrangement that…
Politics
9 Balfour Declaration Facts That Explain a Century of Conflict
In 1917, a 67-word letter from a British foreign secretary promised Palestine to two peoples at once. These nine facts…
WW1
Battle of the Somme: 110 Years On – 1 July 1916
At 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916, thousands of British soldiers climbed out of their trenches into a summer morning…