Ryan Aeronautical’s Vertiplane used thrust directed downward by huge wide-span flaps to achieve near-vertical […]
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Why Didn’t We Use Soviet Air Bases When Fighting Japan In WWII?
We had to fight our way across the Pacific in order to obtain island […]
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Daily Quiz for January 17, 2017
The first helicopter-borne assault landing took place in this year.
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Did Tom Horn Really Kill Willie Nickell?
Can Tom Horn’s preference in firearms tell us whether he was innocent of the crime that sent him to his death?
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Frontier Texas Deals out History and a Hearty Welcome in Downtown Abilene
The museum and heritage center covers plenty of Old West ground. Frontier Texas!—with or […]
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Ghost Town: Lake Valley, New Mexico
Prospector George Lufkin and partner Chris Watson first scoured this remote valley for its […]
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Butterfield Sets the Stage
John Butterfield’s Overland Mail Co. kept the American West connected with the East before […]
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Daily Quiz for January 16, 2017
French writer Honere de Balzac drank up to 50 cups of this beverage a day.
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Daily Quiz for January 15, 2017
On July 5, 1865, this charitable organization was found in London.
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Daily Quiz for January 14, 2017
The bikini bathing-suit was introduced in this year.