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What Did the British Royals Get Up to During WWII?
During WWI, the senior members of the British Royal family kept awfully busy. One of them shattered his pelvis when a near thousand pound horse decided to ride him instead of the other way around, another one enjoyed some time in the trenches and examinin
What Did the British Royals Get Up to During WWI?
For those of us born relatively deep into the before times of the 20th century, it may come as a rather shocking realization that WWI occurred now over a century ago, playing as the backdrop on the positive side of astonishingly rapid progress in the fiel
Hitler’s “Ideal Aryans” Who Were Actually Jewish Ad Campaign
Discover the untold story of Hitlers Jewish poster children, Hessy Levinsons and Werner Goldbergicons of Nazi propaganda hiding shocking secrets. A compelling tale of irony, danger, and defiance.Author: Gilles MessierEditor: Daven HiskeyHost: Si
How NASA Learned to Land on the Moon
On July 20, 1969, the whole world gathered around their flickering television sets and watched in awe as astronaut Neil Armstrong who, if not for someone secretly slipping his very late application to the astronaut program into the pile wouldn’t have even
What's Up with Space Food?
If your parents ever took you to a science museum or planetarium as a child, you likely spent much of your visit in the gift shop, begging them to buy you one of the hundreds of shiny and purportedly educational items on offer. And most irresistible
What is Up with the Van Allen Belts and How Did Astronauts Survive Flying Through Them?
The shadows go in different directions! The flag is waving in a vacuum! The lander didnt dig a crater! You cant see any stars! It was all filmed on a soundstage by Stanley Kubrick! If any of these statements sound familiar, then odds are youve spent wa
What was Hitler Like as a Child? And was His Grandfather Really Jewish?
While just about everyone is abundantly familiar with Adolf Hitlers exploits in the latter half of his life, an often missed part of the once proclaimed German Messiahs history is that of his childhood. So just how did this boy like any other grow i
The Twisting, Turning Tale of the Invention of Dr Pepper
When the sun scorches the earth, when incandescent air burns your lungs, and especially when that glucose curve dips at 10, 2 and 4 in the afternoon well, there is nothing better than grabbing an ice cold bottle of a very special soft drink- its purple-
So What Happens Exactly When Someone Wins the Lottery?
Winning a big ticket lottery very often isnt all that it cracked up to be and despite a windfall of cash, a surprising number of winners have gone on record as saying winning the lottery was the worst thing that ever happened to them. And some could neve
The Weird, Wacky, and Hilarious World of Animal Mating
As anyone whos perused the internet knows, arguably the most bizarre mating practices of all can be found among humans, with Rule 34 being a rather immutable law of nature. But it turns out, other animal mating practices can be just as interesting, so to