It’s hard to fathom, but the United States once chose 00000000 as the password for its computer controls of nuclear-tipped missiles, and it stayed that way for nearly 20 years. ...
U-1206 In 1945, just 24 days before the end of World War II, the German submarine U-1206 was cruising off the coast of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on its first voyage. The ...
The Medal of Honor is the US military’s highest decoration and recognizes those who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. There has been 3,495 Medal of Honor ...
On February 5, 1958, the United States Air Force dropped a 7,600-pound nuclear bomb into the water off the coast of Georgia. The crew of the B-47 bomber didn’t drop ...
G36/Wikimedia The United States Postal Service has been thought of as sometimes slow when it delivers the mail, but there was one time and one idea, which challenged that notion. ...
In this week’s edition of the Random Facts of the Week: The World’s Smallest Restaurant, A London George Washington, The Nepal Earthquake, Origin of Nintendo’s Mario, and Two Quiet Submarines. ...
The weekly collection of useless and fun facts. In this week’s edition: Gold As Pay, Wooden US Navy Ships, When Lobster Wasn’t Popular, Olympic Tug of War, and an Evil ...
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