Today in military history: Boer War begins in South Africa
On Oct. 11, 1899, the Second Boer War began. When the British Empire started to colonize the region, it was met with resistance from the descendants of the original Dutch…
Only one country who developed nuclear weapons ever gave them up
In 1979, American Vela Hotel satellites detected a bright double flash near the Prince Edward Islands of Antarctica. A double-flash is a clear indication of a nuclear explosion in the atmosphere, as all 41 of the previous double flashes turned out t…