The 1987 film The Last Emperor was a critical and...  ...But effectively, he was just the tool of various warlords in the chaos of early 20th Century China. Later,...  ...-1922) took power in 1916, in the middle of World War I. He tried and failed to remove Austria-Hungary...  ...ied and failed to remove Austr...

A military fort, out in the ocean, with a moat...  ...obsolete for that purpose. During and after the Civil War the fort began to be used as a prison for deserte...  ...h used the facilities during the Spanish-American War . The fort was also used from 1888 through 1900 as...  ...on, and was garrisoned again br...

Antisa Khvichava is celebrating her 130th birthday...  ...peared in the past century amid revolutions and a civil war which followed the collapse of the Russian Empire...

Hello Neatoramanauts! It's time for yet another ga...  ...Update 7/9/10 - the answer is: From the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, PA, text at this display re...

The following is an article from the book Uncle Jo...  ...subject of many legends. Birth of "Taps" By the Civil War , bugle calls existed for all types of commands-fr...  ...'s the time for sick call!" But it was during the Civil War 's Peninsula Campaign in July 1862 that "Taps" bec...  ...ugle call might hel...

Alternate history is a genre of fiction in which c...  ...won the Battle of Antietam and then the American Civil War , what would a divided America be like in the 1880...  ...ad a reserve to draw upon at home, but Alexander, warring on a foreign soil, would have found his army dimi...  ...have found his army dim...

The US Civil War will always be one of the most studied parts of U...  ...parts of US History. But it hasn't been the only civil war in the US. Cracked takes a look at five more wars that can really only be called ridiculous. Fro...  ...can really only be called ridiculou...

"Upon Penalty of Death" - that sounds do...  ...- The answer is: This is a message vial from the Civil War for carrying top secret plans, text on it reads:...

Today is not only Mother's Day - it is also the 50...  ...th control pill was a momentous occasion in human civilization and has an enormous social impact:The thought of...  ...ges in sexual behavior in the 1920s, during World War II, and during the 1960s and '70s.Other predictio...

Almost every aspect of war spawns new words, and, over time, many of them sl...  ...erers, and skedaddle signified retreat during the Civil War . And if you've ever had a snafu ("Situation Norma...  ...With each passing conflict, the list of pacified war words gets longer and lo...