Category: History

Being a knight in the medieval period sure looks cool and all, but let’s face it, its reality could be a little less exciting.

Trench knives proved to be valuable weapons in tight, narrow, and confined, close combats in, well, trenches.

To prepare children for possible nuclear attacks, US Federal Civil Defense Administration used Bert the Turtle to educate them on what to do.

Faced with advanced weaponry during the Vietnam war, the Viet Cong’s solution against the US army’s sophisticated weapons was made up in part of booby traps made from bamboo sticks, recovered mines and bombs and even single rounds of ammunition.

Beer tastes best when you’re with good company. What lengths are you willing to go through to drink a can of beer with your friends? Read the story of how John “Chick” Donohue pulled off the greatest Beer Run in history.

Sometimes, you just have to do what it takes to survive, even when it means you have to wear a urine mask.

Medieval times had a fair number of torture devices. The iron maiden is one of the most well-known of these devices and came straight from your nightmares.

With millions of people killed in the Vietnam War, it is not surprising that some of these restless souls still roam the earth. Here are three Vietnam War ghost stories to chill your bones, including a bizarre tale of the Tunnel Rats and the Cave Temple of the Octopus Goddess.

Ninjas were stealthy, skillful agents who could do all these sorts of cool stuff, at least that’s what movies told us. The reality though is that they were covert reconnaissance operatives more than black-clad assassins.

The air war over Europe was a bloody affair for Allied pilots flying bombing missions over occupied Europe and Germany. Large bomber formations were savaged by flak and/or German fighters. Losses were so heavy that any crew that survived 25 missions were sent home. Few did. Things would soon change, however, as the P-51 Mustang […]

Peanut butter shot sounds so sweet, right? Nope, it’s not sweet. It’s one of the vaccines that soldiers receive while in boot camp.

The flag in a half-staff or half-mast position is a way of expressing the nation’s sadness at someone’s death.