Tag: History
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Loading…My journey to the heart of the forgotten internet
Slowly but surely, huge swaths of the internet are vanishing. But the artefacts of the early web are still out there, and they have lessons for the future.
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The After Dark Bandit
The police couldnât figure out how the perpetrator ripped off two banks at the same time. Until they discovered there wasnât just one robber but a pair of them: identical twin brothers.
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Did Jesse James Bury Confederate Gold? These Treasure Hunters Think So.
What does a search involving possible missing Confederate bounty, the myth of Jesse James, the FBI and a mysterious map reveal about the American psyche?
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From Treasury Vault to the Manhattan Project
The U.S. War Department borrowed 14,000 tons of government silver in its drive to make the world’s first atomic bomb
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âYou donât brag about wiping out 60â70,000 peopleâ: the men who dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This summer will mark 80 years since the attacks stunned the world. Today, every one of the crew members who carried out the bombings is dead. Here, one of the last writers to interview them reopens his files
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TheTalentedMr. Bruseaux
He made his name in Chicago investigating racial violence, solving crimes, and exposing corruption. But Americaâs first Black private detective was hiding secrets of his own.
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âOppenheimerâ Is Ultimately a History Channel Movie with Fancy Editing
Christopher Nolanâs bio-pic is so intent on being a morality tale that it misses its protagonistâs complexity.
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Out of the Fog
Operation Babylift was an earnest attempt to save children during the fall of Saigon. Decades later, a generation of adoptees wrestles with the aftermath.
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The After Dark Bandit
The police couldnât figure out how the perpetrator ripped off two banks at the same time. Until they discovered there wasnât just one robber but a pair of them: identical twin brothers.