In the early 1950s the Soviets preformed a series of experiments that involved getting these animals drunk, loading them into a shell and firing them from a cannon.
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Daily Quiz for August 10, 2013
This woman, whose books of poetry include Cactus and Pine and Poems of a Ranch Woman, was Arizona»s first territorial historian.
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Daily Quiz for August 9, 2013
Physicist Niels Bohr won the Nobel Prize in 1922. He also received this from the Carlsberg Brewing Company.
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What Price Victory?
The Confederacy suffered three staggering military disasters in July 1863. Stunned Southerners struggled to […]
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Mrs. Lincoln’s Confidante
Snubbed by the Washington elite, the first lady found emotional support in the company of her dressmaker.
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Notes from a Mississippi Cave Dweller
As Union forces closed in on Vicksburg, residents took to the hills
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The Confederados
Defiant Rebels bolted for Brazil rather than accept defeat It’s a Fourth of July […]
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What did Mao and his communist army contribute to defeating Japan?
Mr. History, What did Mao and his communist army contribute to the defeat of […]
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Daily Quiz for August 8, 2013
Roman Centurions generally commanded this many men.
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Daily Quiz for August 7, 2013
Among this Jewish songwriter»s hit songs is "Easter Parade."