Finnish soldier who during WW2, over-dosed on amphetamines, lost his squad, laid in a ditch for a week after stepping on a landmine, then travelled over 250 miles on skis, was found alive only weighin... View MoreFinnish soldier who during WW2, over-dosed on amphetamines, lost his squad, laid in a ditch for a week after stepping on a landmine, then travelled over 250 miles on skis, was found alive only weighing 94 pounds. He went on to live another 45 years.

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Sterilization was considered voluntary but, in fact, it was not. It was intended to prevent reproduction by people who were not “Aryan” or who were considered carriers of defective genetic traits.

When the bombers got back home, they told everyone about the sole fighter pilot in the Mustang P-51 who stubbornly refused to leave their sides.

For most people, that’s just the name of standard brew made in a coffee machine. But the origins of the Americano go back to the Second World War.

Strange but true....

Standing up to Hitler was neither wise nor easy

Captain Sladen, not wanting to seem rude and refuse the gift, loaded the reindeer into the submarine. To do this, the crew had to lower her through one of the torpedo tubes.

Surprisingly, J.C. Bond worked under the guidance of Ian Fleming, long before Fleming became an author