In 1932, Australia declared war on emus. And, by most accounts, the emus won. It’s one of the Internet’s favorite stories, one…
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Sometimes, we know the end is coming. What would you say to your loved ones? Would your last words be mundane or…
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Under the surface, the Cold War wasn’t all that cold. All the key players backed campaigns of espionage and even murder. In…
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War is hell. But that hasn’t stopped filmmakers from recreating some of history’s fiercest battles for display on the silver screen. Others…
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Not every moment in the Second World War was a glorious act of heroism. When the whole world went to war, it…
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Many people were horrified at Adolf Hitler’s actions during World War II. Teenagers were no exception. Young people all around the world…
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Slavery in America didn’t end with the Emancipation Proclamation. It lived on—even after the Civil War had ended and the 13th Amendment…
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When World War II began, Nazi Germany had an unimaginable advantage of surprise. The Nazis had prepared for the war for years…
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Both the Union and the Confederacy enlisted child soldiers during the bloody US Civil War that lasted from April 12, 1861, to…
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World War II is the largest-scale war in history, at least in any modern sense, and has filled our imaginations to the…