19th century English playwright Douglas Jerrold cheekily said, “The best thing I know between France…
Browsing: Misc
Sometimes we are at a loss for where a top 10 list should go and that means we toss it here. Sure, some lists defy categorization, but Miscellaneous is a category, right?
By August 1944 the sheer weight of men and machines made an Allied victory over…
As of 2019, the British foreign intelligence agency, MI6, is seeking new hires. The name MI6 originated…
Last year, we dug up some of the forgotten skeletons buried deep in America’s closet…
The current incarnation of America’s Central Intelligence Agency was established in 1947. The CIA is a…
Roller coasters are designed to be fun, and for the most part, they’re precisely that.…
Since it began in 1971, the Witness Protection Program has provided new identities for more…
When Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany declared war on the United States, his hatred for America…
The cyclical nature of boom and bust capitalism has been held off for an unusually…
Generally speaking, cybercrime involves a multitude of criminal activities carried out utilizing computers or the…
Despite the pressure from many countries to hold each other to better human rights standards,…
The Romans created one of the greatest empires of all time, combining military might with…
Depending on who is looking, the mysterious jungles of the Amazon inspire many different urges.…
Until the mid-19th century in America, corporations’ incorporation charters—the articles that clarify a corporation’s mission—were…
Leaving your life behind and vanishing is surprisingly difficult to do. It is even harder…
Harriet Tubman is well known in the United States as an escaped slave and abolitionist,…
We know Adolf Hitler was one bad dude and many articles have been published outlining…
Although the exact etymology is a bit murky, the word vandalism is indelibly associated with…
The world is filled with ancient monuments built by master craftsmen in order to honor…
Humans are rational creatures… for the most part. There have been plenty of times when…
The whistleblower at the center of the Trump impeachment storm is a CIA officer, according…
The experiments were epic, the results often disastrous or fatal. They were invasive or dangerous…
We’ve been fighting wars ever since we started having disputes with others and had enough…
So many of the most successful and celebrated stories are about singing the praises of…