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What Does a Two-Headed, Venom-Spitting Snake Have to Do With WWII?
What's the story behind the bizarre snake on this patch?
Army and Navy Pilots Joined Together in a Day of Duels Over Vietnam
U.S. and North Vietnamese aces clashed on May 10, 1972
This Cigarette Lighter has a Tragic Origin Story
It was made from the spark plug of a Nieuport 28.
This French Aviation Pioneer Pushed the Boundaries of Flight… Before it Killed Him
This pioneering aviator died as he lived — flying.
What Happened to the Two Canadian Aviators of Lancaster L7576?
Their Lancaster was supposed
to be a lucky airplane. Luck can run out.
Finland’s ‘Sisu’ Looks Poised To Be the ‘John Wick’ of Killing Nazis
The film follows an ex-Finnish commando who lost everything in the war and “b[ecomes] a one man death squad.”
John Fetterman Isn’t the First Ill Politician to Serve. Here Are Examples from History
From the Founding Fathers to the present day, illness has impacted politics.
When the Soviets Needed a Submarine, They Turned to the Germans
The result was a successful Russian sub.