Daily Archives: July 2, 2022
WTF Fun Fact 12757 – The Bahamas’ Underwater Statue
If Hitler’s Regime was the Third Riech, Who Were the First and Second?
Ever wonder why the Nazi dominion over Germany was called the “Third Reich” and who the first and second were? Well, wonder no more. To begin with, the phrase “Third Reich” was first mentioned as the title of a book published by Arthur Moeller van den Bruck in 1923. As you might expect given the… Read More »
The Crazy Story of the Biggest POW Camp Breakout of WWII
On this channel we have covered several of the daring POW breakouts of the Second World War, from the ingenious British plot to build an airplane to escape Colditz Castle to the epic saga of Lieutenant Franz von Werra, the only Axis prisoner to escape from North America back to Germany. But one country whose… Read More »
“Lucky Lindy” and Advancing Medical Science
History is a curious thing. While an individual may accomplish many things in their lifetime, human memory only seems capable of retaining one feat per person. Very rarely will someone be widely remembered for two separate things. Charles Augustus Lindbergh was one of those rare people. On May 20, 1927, the then 25-year-old air mail… Read More »