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Four military fighter jets are flying in formation, each releasing multiple bombs in mid-air over a hazy landscape below. The jets are angled slightly upward and appear to be in the process of a coordinated bombing run.

World War II

7 horrifying atrocities of the Korean War

A North Korean guard handed Sgt. Berry F. Rhoden, a POW, a card which read: "You are about to die the most horrible kind of death." The guard then shot Rhoden in the back. These are the kinds of stories c…

By Blake Stilwell

Portrait of an older African American woman wearing a patterned headscarf and a dark shawl, with a serious expression on her face.

Civil War

8 amazing facts about Harriet Tubman

There are some important things about Harriet Tubman that your teacher forgot to mention while you were in school. Aside from helping her family (and thousands more) escape slavery, she led troops in combat, cured a disease, and was generally way m…

By Blake Stilwell

Japanese naval officer in a white uniform saluting a group of soldiers wearing helmets and gear, standing in front of a wooden structure with a chalkboard behind them.

World War II

Japan’s greatest naval leader was almost discharged before World War II began

By Team Mighty

Aircraft

This was America’s first operational supersonic strategic bomber

America has seen some supersonic strategic bombers serve. Notable among these is the FB-111A Switchblade and the B-1B Lancer. But one bomber blazed the trail for these speedsters with a pretty huge payload. The Convair B-58 Hustler was th…

By Harold C. Hutchison

History

Why Jet Li turned down being Nixon’s personal bodyguard

When he was just a boy, Jet Li traveled to the United States with the Chinese National Wushu Team. While there, he and his team performed for the American President, then Richard Nixon. It was then that Nixon tried to make the young martial artist h…

By Blake Stilwell