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The Untold Story Of Kate Warne, The World’s First Female Private Eye

Kate Warne was so good at her job that barely anyone knows her name today.

By Savannah Cox • Apr 14, 2017

The Untold Story Of Kate Warne, The World’s First Female Private Eye

Kate Warne was so good at her job that barely anyone knows her name today.

By Savannah Cox • April 14, 2017

The 5 Most Important Battles That Shaped Modern America And Europe

Between 1939 and 1945, hundreds of brutal battles brought about the deaths of as many as 25 million soldiers (not to mention tens of millions of civilians). And that’s just World War II. The complete human toll of all the battles in all the wars fought in modern European and...

By All That's Interesting • Apr 10, 2017

The 5 Most Important Battles That Shaped Modern America And Europe

Between 1939 and 1945, hundreds of brutal battles brought about the deaths of as many as 25 million soldiers (not to mention tens of millions of civilians). And that’s just World War II. The complete human toll of all the battles in all the wars fought in modern European and...

By All That's Interesting • April 10, 2017

Not Making Headlines: Major News Stories Lost To The Media Grind

Sometimes a big story gets lost only because its unfortunate timing pits it in a competition for our attention with another, much larger story elsewhere.

By Richard Stockton • Apr 10, 2017

Not Making Headlines: Major News Stories Lost To The Media Grind

Sometimes a big story gets lost only because its unfortunate timing pits it in a competition for our attention with another, much larger story elsewhere.

By Richard Stockton • April 10, 2017

Ernest Hemingway Was A Soviet Spy, Ex-CIA Author’s New Book Claims

According to one former Marine and CIA officer, Ernest Hemingway worked for both US and USSR intelligence during and after World War II.

By John Kuroski • Apr 7, 2017

News

Ernest Hemingway Was A Soviet Spy, Ex-CIA Author’s New Book Claims

According to one former Marine and CIA officer, Ernest Hemingway worked for both US and USSR intelligence during and after World War II.

By John Kuroski • April 7, 2017

This Week In History, Apr. 2 – 8

World War II Veteran Comes Out As Transgender Woman At Age 90 A World War II veteran living in Leicestershire, England has come out to the world as a woman. Although The New York Post reports that Patricia Davies knew that she was a woman ever since she was a...

By All That's Interesting • Apr 7, 2017

Science News

This Week In History, Apr. 2 – 8

World War II Veteran Comes Out As Transgender Woman At Age 90 A World War II veteran living in Leicestershire, England has come out to the world as a woman. Although The New York Post reports that Patricia Davies knew that she was a woman ever since she was a...

By All That's Interesting • April 7, 2017

The 1925 Ku Klux Klan March On Washington

In August of 1925, 60,000 Ku Klux Klan members marched to the White House to display their ever-increasing numbers across America.

By All That's Interesting • Apr 3, 2017

The 1925 Ku Klux Klan March On Washington

In August of 1925, 60,000 Ku Klux Klan members marched to the White House to display their ever-increasing numbers across America.

By All That's Interesting • April 3, 2017

The Bund: The American Arm Of The Nazi Party Before And During WWII

“Most people don’t even know any of this happened here,” Robert Kessler, president of the German American Settlement League, told The New York Times in 2015. “It hardly comes up.” The “here” in Kessler’s comment is Yaphank, New York, a rural hamlet in the middle of Long Island, about 50...

By John Kuroski • Apr 2, 2017

The Bund: The American Arm Of The Nazi Party Before And During WWII

“Most people don’t even know any of this happened here,” Robert Kessler, president of the German American Settlement League, told The New York Times in 2015. “It hardly comes up.” The “here” in Kessler’s comment is Yaphank, New York, a rural hamlet in the middle of Long Island, about 50...

By John Kuroski • April 2, 2017

Children And Segregation: 38 Photos Of Little Minds And Big Hatred

Some of the most dangerous battles of the civil rights movement weren’t fought by adults. They were instead fought by African-American children who walked into the first integrated schools in their communities. They had to walk, sometimes alone, past mobs of people screaming in their faces. Then they had to...

By Mark Oliver • Apr 1, 2017

Children And Segregation: 38 Photos Of Little Minds And Big Hatred

Some of the most dangerous battles of the civil rights movement weren’t fought by adults. They were instead fought by African-American children who walked into the first integrated schools in their communities. They had to walk, sometimes alone, past mobs of people screaming in their faces. Then they had to...

By Mark Oliver • April 1, 2017

This Week In History, Mar. 26 – Apr. 1

Low WWII awareness in Japan, Egyptian mummy unearthed, JFK diary for sale, FDR's ghostwriter, 8,000-year-old art vandalized.

By All That's Interesting • Mar 31, 2017

This Week In History, Mar. 26 – Apr. 1

Low WWII awareness in Japan, Egyptian mummy unearthed, JFK diary for sale, FDR's ghostwriter, 8,000-year-old art vandalized.

By All That's Interesting • March 31, 2017

50 Photos Celebrating Women’s History

Telling women that they can’t do things seems to be one of man’s most beloved pastimes. You can’t eat that apple, you can’t vote, you can’t play sports, you can’t run for office, you can’t serve in the military, you can’t be a scientist, you can’t go to space, you...

By All That's Interesting • Mar 30, 2017

50 Photos Celebrating Women’s History

Telling women that they can’t do things seems to be one of man’s most beloved pastimes. You can’t eat that apple, you can’t vote, you can’t play sports, you can’t run for office, you can’t serve in the military, you can’t be a scientist, you can’t go to space, you...

By All That's Interesting • March 30, 2017