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The Mysterious Death of Yuri Gagarin
On a snowy, blustery morning in March 1968, a two-man MiG-15 UTI jet took off from Chkalov air force base outside Moscow on a routine training flight. Barely ten minutes later, the aircraft’s pilot radioed air traffic control, announcing it was cutting its flight short and requesting permission to land. Then, the transmission went dead.… Read More »
How Did the Wright Brothers Win the Race Into the Air?
On the morning of Thursday, December 17, 1903, two brothers stood on a windswept beach outside Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, and prepared to make history. After winning a simple coin toss, one of the brothers climbed into a strange wood-and-canvas craft dubbed the Flyer. With a clatter and a whir the twin propellers spun up… Read More »
Why Do Some Countries Drive on the Left?
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Emily Armstrong, lead singer of Dead Sara and now co-vocalist for Linkin Park, is admired by rock…
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How Did the SR-71 Blackbird Get Made and How was It So Fast?
On September 1, 1974, U.S. Air Force pilots Major James Sullivan and Major Joel Widdifield took off from New York City and headed East over the Atlantic Ocean. By the time they reached London, only one hour, 54 minutes, and 56 seconds had elapsed – less than 1/17th the time it had taken for Charles… Read More »
What the Heck is a “Dum-Dum” Bullet Anyway?
Near the end of the groundbreaking 1988 hybrid live-action/animation film Who Framed Roger Rabbit? hardboiled detective Eddie Valiant is in hot pursuit of three villainous cartoon weasels, who escape through a tunnel into the animated ghetto of Toon Town. Before following them in, Valiant pulls out and loads a cartoon gun given him by none… Read More »