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A silver military jet aircraft with "NAVY" and "AF 1828" markings on the fuselage and tail. The tail and wing tips feature yellow lightning bolt designs with black stars. The aircraft has a single engine exhaust at the rear and a cockpit canopy near the front. Another similar aircraft with "NAVY" markings is visible in the background. The planes are displayed indoors on a polished floor.

A large crowd of people gathered on and around the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate. Some individuals are standing on top of the wall, while others are below it. Several signs and banners are visible, including one that reads "LOVE & PEACE IN WEST & EAST." The scene appears to be from a historical moment, likely related to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Cold War

How the fall of the Berlin Wall affected techno music

By Bethaney Phillips

A red and green submarine displayed on land, elevated on white and red-green supports, with stairs leading up to it on the right side. The background shows a clear sky and a body of water.

Marine Corps

The time a fishing boat helped capture a North Korean submarine

By Miguel Ortiz

World War I

This is why World War I-era British spies used semen as invisible ink

The first head of Britain's secret service — which would one day be called MI6 — carried a swordstick, drove a personal tank, and would sometimes stab his wooden leg with a pen just to see how people reacted. If that wasn't enough t…

By Blake Stilwell

Weapons

Watch a skilled archer hit targets from around corners

What you are about to see is not the stuff of medieval legend... although it should be. If someone were able to do this in the middle ages, they would likely have been set on fire for witchcraft. That's how amazing it is to watch an able archer hit…

By Blake Stilwell

Three soldiers walking on a snowy forest path. The soldier in front wears a long coat and helmet, carrying a rolled-up blanket or tarp in one hand and a weapon slung over his shoulder. The soldier to his left carries a bazooka, and the soldier behind them holds a box, all dressed in winter military gear. Tall trees surround the snow-covered trail.

History

4 times a military laughed in the face of the enemy

By Ruddy Cano

Mental Health

The experimental rifle that almost changed World War II

In 1928, the Army asked itself how it could make its rifles, and therefore its riflemen, more lethal in case all those building tensions in Europe and Asia eventually boiled over and triggered a new world war. After years of study and design, they c…

By Logan Nye