The USS Barb was a Gato-class submarine operated by the United States in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Under the leadership of Commander Eugene B. Fluckey, who would be awarded a Medal of Honor and 4 Navy Crosse...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/12/The-Submarine-That-Sank-a-Train-The-Extraordinary-Raid-of-the-USS-Barb/(Portrait by Rembrandt Peale)As he aged, George Washington gradually lost his teeth. Throughout his life, he consulted a variety of dentists to provide dentures for him.In 1781, General Washington commanded the army watc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/07/How-George-Washingtons-Bad-Teeth-Helped-Win-the-Revolutionary-War/(Photo: Rolf Müller)In the village of Tappan... ...y Condemned Him To Death Just The Same." Military History 21.2 (2004): 18. Biography Reference Bank. Web. 4... ...ican Revolution 1775-1783: An Encyclopedia. 1985. History Study Center. Web. 4 Nov. 2014.“Andre Monum... ...iot For Whom? Benedict Arn...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/11/05/The-American-Monument-to-an-Enemy-Spy/(Photo: Tristan Schmurr)This is Torghatten, a mountain in Brønnøy, Norway. There’s a hole that goes right through the center of it. The hole is 160 meters long, 20 meters wide, and 25 meters high.(Pho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/31/TorghattenThe-Mountain-with-a-Hole-in-It/(Photo: Max Smith)Other than a handful of submarine-mounted artillery bombings, a brief air raid by a single submarine-launched seaplane, and a few balloon-floated bombs, Japan was unable to directly attack the 48 contig...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/30/The-Japanese-Navys-Crazy-Plan-to-Bomb-Texas/(Portrait by Rembrandt Peale)Mount Vernon is the estate of George Washington. It's a historical site open to the public that features year-round events. This Halloween, children can go trick-or-treating there! Visitors c...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/23/You-Can-Go-Trick-or-Treating-at-George-Washingtons-House/(Photo via Kate Shapiro)If you're the President, y... ...Mint Juleps and with Teddy Roosevelt: A Complete History of Presidential Drinking, Mark Will-Weber describ...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/20/A-Complete-List-of-What-Every-US-President-Drank/Slate's Vault blog describes a fascinating board game made in the midst of the American Civil War. Charlton & Althrop, a publishing house in Philadelphia, produced the "Game of Secession, or Sketches of the Rebellion...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/07/This-1862-Board-Game-Was-the-Civil-War-Version-of-Candy-Land/Redditor RTWin80weeks was hiking along the beach outside of Lagos, Portugal when he came upon this amazing rock formation. It's a hole that goes deep into the earth--farther than he could see.[https://www.youtube.com/wat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/06/Hiker-Stumbles-Upon-an-Abyss-in-Portugal/(Image: NASA)The Aral Sea is--or was--a large body of water in Central Asia. It is divided between the nations of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. While the Soviet Union existed, the Aral Sea was entirely within its borders.Tw...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/02/The-Aral-Sea-Flotilla-The-Warships-of-a-Lost-Sea/
