Optography is the process of viewing or retrieving an optogram , an image on the retina of the eye. A belief that the eye "recorded" the last image seen before death was widespread in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a...
The Charge of the Light Brigade was a military action undertaken by British against Russian forces during the in the , resulting in many casualties to the cavalry. On 25 October 1854, the Light Brigade, led...
The Barkley Marathons is an held each year in in , United States. Described as "The Race That Eats Its Young", it is known for its extreme difficulty, purposefully difficult application process, and many...
The Barkley Marathons is an held each year in in , United States. Described as "The Race That Eats Its Young", it is known for its extreme difficulty, purposefully difficult application process, and...
Psychological warfare ( PSYWAR ), or the basic aspects of modern psychological operations ( PsyOp ), has been known by many other names or terms, including Military Information Support Operations ( MISO ), Psy Ops, political ...
Donkey Kong is a series and created by the Japanese game designer for . It follows the adventures of , a large, powerful gorilla, and other members of the of apes. include the original trilogy by ; the Donkey Kong Country series by and ; and...
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Fax (short for facsimile), sometimes called telecopying or telefax (short for telefacsimile), is the transmission of scanned printed material (both text and images), normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. The...
The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of a cabin occupied by the Weaver family in , in August 1992. On August 21, deputies of the (USMS) came to arrest under a for his failure to appear on federal firearms charges after he was given the wrong court...
The Moon is 's only . It Earth at of 384399 km (238,854 mi; about 30 times ). The Moon's orbital period () and rotation period () are by Earth's at 29.5 Earth days, making of the Moon always face Earth. The Moon's pull on Earth is the...
, the 44th , was involved in multiple security incidents, including several assassination threats and plots, starting from when he became a presidential candidate in 2007. protection for Obama began after he received a death threat in 2007, while...
Frédéric Pierre Bourdin (born 13 June 1974) is a French serial the press has nicknamed "The Chameleon". He began his impersonations as a child and claims to have assumed at least 500 false identities; three being teenage .
Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in in October 1911. Dubbed "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up", his body was first put on display at an Oklahoma...
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker (October 1, 1910 – May 23, 1934) and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow (March 24, 1909 – May 23, 1934) were American who traveled the with during the , committing a series of...
The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (: Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, or the Caribbean Crisis (: Карибский кризис, : Karibskiy krizis), was a 13-day confrontation between the governments of the...
The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was an of the during . The OSS was formed as an agency of the (JCS) to coordinate espionage activities behind enemy lines for all branches of the . Other OSS functions included the use...
Audie Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of , and has been described as the most highly decorated enlisted...
"The Little Mermaid" (: Den lille havfrue), sometimes translated in English as "The Little Sea Maid", is a written by Danish author . Originally published in 1837 as part of a collection of fairy tales for children, the story follows the...
The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (: Sitio de Cartagena de Indias, 'Siege of Cartagena de Indias') took place during the 1739 to 1748 between and . The result of long-standing commercial tensions, the...
A ghost ship, also known as a phantom ship, is a with no living crew aboard; it may be a fictional vessel, such as the , or a physical found adrift with its crew missing or dead, like the . The term is sometimes used for ships...
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 – 17,000 veterans of in , their families, and affiliated groups – who gathered in , in mid-1932 to demand early cash redemption of their service bonus certificates. Organizers called the...