Tag Archives: History

Why Do We Eat Cake on Our Birthdays?

Regardless of whether somebody is turning 4 or 68, it’s not a birthday party without a cake – and such has been the tradition for… The post Why Do We Eat Cake on Our Birthdays? first appeared on KickassFacts. Source

Sony’s PlayStation was initially intended to be a CD-ROM add-on for Nintendo games. When Nintendo…

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How Did Germany DeNazify So Quickly After WWII?

On May 8, 1945, the German armed forces signed their unconditional surrender to the Allied powers. WWII, at least in Europe, was over. And now that the guns had fallen silent, the US, Britain, France and the Soviet Union had to face a daunting conundrum: how to deal with the active members of the National… Read More »

Operation Greenup: The Real Inglourious Basterds

In Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 historical revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds, U.S. Army Lieutenant Aldo Raine, played by Brad Pitt, recruits the titular Basterds – a squad of Jewish soldiers – to wreak havoc behind Nazi lines during World War II. In the process, they cross paths with a parallel British mission and a revenge plot by… Read More »

Injecting People with Cancer Without Their Consent

Controversial research programs, unethical experimentation, and human trials have been part of the medical field for centuries. The more infamous recent examples of wayward science include widespread eugenics sterilization, Nazis Nazi-ing, similar rampant Japanese experimentation during WWII which the U.S. happily let literally everyone off for in exchange for the data, electroshock therapy, ionizing radiation… Read More »

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