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Celebrate freedom with a real Revolutionary War cocktail

One of the reasons Prohibition failed in America is probably because America was founded on and was fueled by booze from the get-go. The Pilgrims stopped at Plymouth Rock because they ran out of beer. The U.S. Marine Corps was founded in a bar. Ther…

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America’s secret supersonic spy drones flew over China in the 1960s

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‘Kilroy Was Here’ was the WWII-era viral meme

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Celebrate freedom with a real Revolutionary War cocktail

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Grover Cleveland had surgery on a yacht to keep his cancer a secret

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This is the biggest victory Native Americans scored against the colonials

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America’s secret supersonic spy drones flew over China in the 1960s

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Here’s the most influential US general you’ve never heard of

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A Medal of Honor recipient tore his way through Vietnam while being stalked by a tiger

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How Green Berets earned the nickname ‘snake eaters’ and how it helped them in Vietnam

The Army Chief learned about Pearl Harbor in 14 words

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