Category: Odd Facts
Touché – Some of the Snappiest Comebacks in Military History
CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE. That would be an apt description of the Zaporozhian Cossacks of southern Ukraine. Originally a band of serfs who rebelled against Polish and Lithuanian domination in the 15th…
Riot Acts – The Surprising History of Wartime Civil Unrest
“A number of cities were rocked by widespread violence and civic unrest during the war years. Here are some examples.” AMERICA LIKES TO REMEMBER the Second World War as an era in which the Greatest Generation…
The Unknown Pirates – Meet 13 of History’s Forgotten (But Damn Fascinating) Sea Dogs
“A number of countries have their own pirate heroes (and villains) as well — most of which you’ve probably never even heard of.” BUCKETS OF INK have been spilled immortalizing Britain’s buccaneers, privateers and sea…
The Men Who Saved the World – Meet Two Different Russians Who Prevented WW3
The world came closer to nuclear Armageddon during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis than at any other point during the Cold War – but just how close wasn’t fully recognized until 40 years after the…
War of Words — The Amazing History of Trench Newspapers
“The Wipers Times may be the most famous trench newspaper in history, it is certainly not the only one. Consider these:” THE BBC ANNOUNCED last week its plans to produce a television drama about the celebrated First…
Hostile Takeovers – A Brief History of Coups D’état
“Leaders as diverse as Napoleon Bonaparte, Augusto Pinochet, Saddam Hussein, the Shah of Iran, Fidel Castro, the Taliban’s Mullah Mohammed Omar, along with hundreds of others all rode into power via coups d’état.” (Originally published…
