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1/72 Testors F19 Secret Stealth Fighter unboxing and review LIVE!

The F-19 became the bestselling model plane of all time. Some feared it leaked some highly classified military secrets.

The coins show a figure of a kneeling archer.

Archaeologists discovered a hoard of Persian coins at the site of ancient Greek city in what is now Turkey.

Transorbital lobotomies have now entered the chat.

These gory yet fascinating reads delve into the weirdest chapters of medical history, from the dancing plague of 1518 to the bizarre saga of Typhoid Mary.

The 2024 Summer Olympics will open in July in Paris (barring war or a pandemic).

Since 1896, when the modern Olympic Games began, the event has been disrupted only six times—and it usually required a war.

The preserved hull of the Tudor warship ‘Mary Rose.’

King Henry VIII built the English Royal Navy around his favorite warship, the ‘Mary Rose,’ which sank under mysterious circumstances in 1545.

An illustration of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), Archduke of Austria, and his wife Sophie, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, 1914.

The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. The assassination of an Austrian duke on June 28, 1914, put the events in motion.

During the Revolutionary War, George Washington approved a plan to kidnap Prince William Henry, a son of King George III.

American troops helping their injured friends from a dinghy after the landing ship they were on was hit by enemy fire during the Allied invasion of France on D-Day

This 80-year-old archival footage shows Operation Neptune—the code name for the landings on the beaches at Normandy.

Memorial Day is a day to remember those lost to war.

Memorial Day arose from the tragedy of the Civil War. It's a time to remember the people who sacrificed their lives for their country.

This fox is obviously not actually radioactive.

Allied officials came up with some strange strategies to win World War II. Operation Fantasia planned to use glow-in-the-dark foxes to spook Japanese forces into defeat.

British Navy landing crafts carry U.S. troops to a ship in Southern England in preparation for D-Day.

“Meteorologically, D-Day was bound to be a gamble against the odds.”

An American flying fortress enacts a maneuver against Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

Though there’s rarely a (public) explanation of why these weird codenames were assigned, that doesn’t make them any less amusing.

In researching his latest book, ‘The Year of Living Constitutionally,’ author A.J. Jacobs came across some bizarre suggestions floated by members of the Constitutional Convention for the new United States government.

D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944, and kicked off the Battle of Normandy. Though it was a success, General Eisenhower was preparing for the worst.

‘Don’t Fire Until Your See the Whites of Their Eyes’ may (or may not) have been uttered at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Legend has it that a heroic American commander at the Battle of Bunker Hill implored his men to hold their fire until their enemies were under their noses. But did the event actually happen?

D-Day: The scene of the Allied invasion on the Normandy beaches in June 1944.

The Allied forces’ Normandy landings on June 6, 1944—an event better known as D-Day—became a pivotal moment in World War II .

The close quarters of those serving together in war is a perfect Petri dish for slang. From ‘FUBAR’ to ‘fobbit,’ here are some military slang terms you should know (plus, why the military uses so many acronyms, anyway).

Rin Tin Tin and trainer Lee Duncan prepare to go before cameras in 1935.

Rin Tin Tin was found on a World War I battlefield in France before making his way to Hollywood, while poor Arnold the Pig was rumored to have been eaten after ‘Green Acres’ was canceled.

In the winter of 1861, former president Franklin Pierce found himself accused of treason.

An anonymous letter supposedly from a member of a secret society claimed that Franklin Pierce was involved in treasonous activities against the American government—an accusation that infuriated the former president.

Four American soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland in 1942.

Here's how 'Roger' came to mean "received" (and how 'wilco' fits in).

Smokey Bear with Girl Scouts in front of the U.S. Capitol.

Smokey Bear’s first ad slogan wasn’t quite as catchy as “Only YOU can prevent forest fires.”

In 2002, the two powerful world leaders were invited to settle their differences the old-fashioned way: Combat.

People have doubted the 1969 moon landing for decades.

People have spread incorrect information long before the invention of the internet.

An 1878 painting of Richard, Duke of York, and Edward V (right) by John Everett Millais.

An heir and a spare disappeared during England's War of the Roses. Here's what happened—and how we might hope to solve the mystery today.

The ’80s Toy That Was Considered a Threat to National Security

Hoard of Gold Coins Meant for Mercenaries Found in Ancient Greek City

10 Riveting Nonfiction Books on History’s Greatest Medical Mysteries

6 Times the Olympics Have Been Postponed or Canceled

12 Facts About the ‘Mary Rose,’ Henry VIII’s Legendary Warship

Murder in Sarajevo: How the Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lit the Fuse of World War I

When George Washington Nearly Kidnapped a British Prince

Watch Vintage Newsreel Footage of the D-Day Landings in Normandy

10 Things to Remember About Memorial Day

When the U.S. Tried to Win World War II with Radioactive Foxes

The Meteorologists Who Helped Plan D-Day

15 Unexpected Military Operation Codenames

5 Wild Ideas Rejected by the Constitutional Convention

Dwight Eisenhower Wrote a Letter Accepting Blame for D-Day's Failure, Just in Case

‘Don’t Fire Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes’: The Obscure Origin of the Military Command

13 Memorable Facts About D-Day

Military Slang Terms: 11 Examples, Explained

14 of the Biggest Animal Stars in Hollywood History

The Bizarre Story Behind How Franklin Pierce Was Accused of Treason

Who Is the Roger of ‘Roger That’?

How Smokey Bear Helped Win World War II

When George Bush and Saddam Hussein Were Challenged to a Duel

11 of the Wildest Pre-Internet Rumors in American History

The Princes in the Tower: British Royal History’s Most Tantalizing Murder Mystery