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10 Variations on How to Wear the Leather Bomber Jacket

The leather bomber jacket wasn't originally created to be a stylish item. It was created as a functional item for military personnel to wear. Originally designed in the 1920's it was strictly a piece of military clothing when it first arrived....

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For Sale – Principality of Sealand

January 14, 2007 One of the world's smallest countries is up for sale. Only one family and some employees live there and all of them have homes elsewhere so this is more like buying an expensive (very expensive in that the sellers would like an...

12 comments    politics world war ii bbc
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History of Area 51.

Area 51 is the name most commonly used for the Groom Lake airbase in Nevada. The US air force gives it the same appellation in some ways, since the whole of the site is numbered for convenience. However, Groom Lake is not a normal base: it’s a...

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Ten Best Airplanes of All Time

This article suggests a list of the ten greatest airplanes of all time, emphasizing the importance of each during its time and place in world history.

22 comments    history aircraft airplanes
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The Day A Plane Hit the Empire State Building

The Twin Towers were not the first buildings in New York City to be hit by aircrafts. The Empire State Building was hit by an airplane accidentally in 1945. This is the story of that incident.

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Eric Holder

Eric Holder (b. 1951) is the Attorney General for the United States of America. His parents immigrated to America from Barbados. He earned his degree in History in 1973, and his Juris Doctor in 1976, both from Columbia University in New York City....

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Lost Nuclear Bomb - Broken Arrow

In 1950 the United States Air Force lost their first nuclear bomb, this incident known as a broken arrow has become shrouded in mystery ever since it happened. It seems that what ever happened to this first loss of a nuclear bomb caused the United...

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Japan's I-400 Super Sub with Seiran Aircraft & Their Last Missions in 1945

Like Germany, Japan also had its few secret weapons. The most famous were the four super subs unlike the world had seen up to that time; the I-401, I-400, I-14, I-13 and I-174. Until 1962, these subs would...

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Suicide Bombers

They are children born to Death, their little lives inextricably tied to. They’ve walked into this world carrying its burden on their tiny shoulders, the choice to live never theirs. Borrowed for a while, loaned from time itself, their fate...

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World War II Dive Bombers

The Douglas SBD Dauntless was a United States dive bomber in World War II. Originally developed to be used by the US Navy, it was also used by the US Army and called the A-24 Banshee. Almost 6,000 of the Douglas SBD Dauntless were built between...

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