War

• World War I Helped Women Rid Themselves of The Corset

  Confining roles—and clothing—took a back seat when the war raged on.

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• Pope Alexander VI Was Surprisingly Progressive

  For a guy who was exclusively known as "the evil pope," this dude kind of had it figured out.

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• The Final Deaths of World War I

  World War I ended on 11/11/1918 at 11 am. But, some soldiers didn't get the memo about when to stop fighting.

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• What is ISIS?

  As strange as it sounds, many people don't actually know what ISIS is despite the tons of media coverage and constant scrutiny. Here's your one-stop-shop about the extremist group.

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• The Death of the Youngest Soldier of WWI

  John Condon was only 14 years old when he died, after being accepted into the British military at the age of 12 without a background check.

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• The Forgotten Lancastria Disaster

  One of the more tragic events of WWII killed 4,000 individuals, soldiers, and civilians.

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• The Horrors Beneath the Wreckage of the USS West Virginia

  One day after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, Marines on shore discovered that something terrifying had happened as a result of the siege.

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• The Aroostook War

  The Aroostook war was one of many wars that started between the US and Great Britain for virtually no reason.

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• The Moldovan-Transdniestrian War

  Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, people were hungry for power. They fished for it in places that they probably shouldn't have.

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• The Paraguayan War

  This war started in 1846, and it was spearheaded by a megalomaniac with serious imposter syndrome.

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• The Lijar-French War of 1883

  There have been some silly wars fought throughout history, and this is definitely one of them.

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• The Dark Historical Wilmington Insurrection of 1898

  What was one of the most potently evil insurrections in American history, the Wilmington Insurrection was a mass riot that was carried out by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898.

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• The Third Mithridatic War Was Interrupted by a Meteor

  Between 73-63 BC, a bloody struggle waged between the Mithridates VI of Pontus, and the Roman Republic. However, this was halted when a giant rock fell from the sky.

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• The Battle of Lake Tanganyika

  One of the strangest Naval battles in history occurred between British and German forces in a lake in South Africa.

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• Michigan and Ohio Nearly Went to War Over the "Toledo Strip"

  Thanks to a map issue, a war nearly took place between the two states...

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• The Second Congo War: The Deadliest War of the 21st Century

  The Second Congo War, which is also known as the Great War of Africa, or the Great African War, began in the Democratic Republic of Congo in August of 1998.

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• America Could Have Avoided Starting a War in Vietnam

  American history books call the Vietnam war a tragedy that was unavoidable, but we now know that it was most definitely a choice to enter.

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• Why Was Julius Caesar Killed?

  Et tu, Brute?

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• The Shortest War in History

  The Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 only lasted roughly 38 minutes, making it the shortest war in history.

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• How Many People Died in WWI?

  World War I was one of the most horrific and dangerous wars in human history. This was truly the final moment where the art of war could be described as "savage."

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• The War of the Stray Dog

  Sometimes communities can be dismantled by the smallest things. The straw that breaks the camel's back.

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