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Heligoland and a British Bang
What do you do with leftover wartime explosives — including bombs, mines, depth charges, and sea rations? If you’re the Brits, you take out your aggression on an uninhabited German island in the North...
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Shutdown: Twin Titans
Click for Largerizerizing Here we see the RMS Titanic and the RMS Olympic under construction at the Harland and Wolff yards in Belfast, Ireland, in 1910. Their sister ship, RMS Brittanic, wouldn’t be...
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Mysteries of the Moon
This afternoon I am going to run the first of a couple of posts that I have been kicking around for quite some time now, but just have never gotten around to. (Be sure to tune in next week for more!)...
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Modern Complications
Today is Tax Day here in the US of A. This means that many people are grumbling about the complexity of our tax code. Even the simple 1040 form, which most taxpayers will use, now has three variants...
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Recover Refit Reuse
In the spirit of Earth Week, I wanted to share with you a story of recycling. The USS Squalis Squalus first launched in mid-September 1938. As the fifth Sargo class submarine, there wasn’t too much...
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The Soda Fountain Of Civilization
I’ll have a splash of everything. I have never liked fizz. My experience with fountain machines usually involves the leftover residue of pink lemonade enveloping my cup of water like Saran Wrap. Still,...
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Memorial Day
Tomorrow marks Memorial Day in the United States, a date to mark those that lost their lives in defense of not only the freedoms and way of life we enjoy here, but defending the freedom of our allies...
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Sgt. Stubby
The 102nd Infantry Regiment was practicing on the fields at Yale University when a pit bull mix wandered by seeking out the sound to fulfill his curiosity. It was the summer of 1917 and the world was...
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“LEFT FULL RUDDER!”
Carrier donuts U-turn! USS Coral Sea (CV-43) – the 3rd and final ship of the WWII era Midway class Aircraft Carriers, shows off with a demonstration of just how incredibly maneuverable these ships...
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Got Any Beemans?
Beeman’s Gum was concocted in the late 19th century by a physician in Ohio named Dr. Edward L. Beeman. The gum had the two primary ingredients of pepsin powder and chicle, and was originally marketed...
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And now…
…for something completely different, from Hyco’s doppelgänger. Your regular Saturday posts will resume on Sunday. So I’m told, at any rate. In the meantime, here’s a lightning rod hat (or two)! More...
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A Hot Spot In The Cold War
Every now and then the Cold War that gripped much of our planet from the end of WWII to the early 1990s had a little hot spot. Some of these were well publicized, like the Cuban Missile Crisis, but...
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Hindenberg Colorized
This famous photo of the Hindenberg disaster was originally taken in black and white (hit the break for the original). However, thanks to Dana Keller and the Colorized History sub-reddit, we can now...
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Delayed Action
That man in the lede photo is His Imperial Majesty Emperor Norton I, Emperor of the United States. Born Joshua Abraham Norton in England, he grew up in South Africa before moving to San Francisco in...
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Times Beach, MO: A Modern Ghost Town Tale
In 1925, the St. Louis Star-Times sold lots along the Meramec River about 17 miles southwest of St. Louis along Route 66 for $67.50 each. The purchase of a 20 ft. by 100 ft. lot would also entitle the...
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How One Man Saved The World
1983 was a different time. The world was a bit simpler. Two major superpowers — the US and Soviet Union — were sitting on nuclear arsenals that could obliterate the planet. One misstep, and the US...
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A 1920s Selfie
Selfies are all the rage these days. From duck-lipped sorority girls in the bathroom to world leaders, everybody is in on it. However, the selfie isn’t exactly new. Hit the jump to see the results of...
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Things Are About To Get Weird
For those of you following along on Facebook, you may have noticed our fearless leader’s caveat that posts may not be as frequent due to real life commitments. We all have those and, until recently,...
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Big Bad Blackbirds
The alternate title for this post should probably be Bill Weaver: The Biggest Badass You Might Not Know. What most of you likely do know is that the SR-71 was a) awesome, and b) developed after/with...
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May 28, 1906 – San Francisco in Ruins
San Francisco in Ruins (Clicken to enbiggenate) This amazingly detailed, panoramic high resolution photograph shows just how completely devastated 4 days and 4 nights of fires left San Francisco...
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