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After the Arms Race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, Cuba was housing a lot of the USSR's missiles. They had enough missiles to destroy most...

Republican President Richard Nixon was up for re-election, so he decided to tip the odds in his favor by paying people to break into and wiretap th...

There’s just something about gold that makes people do some pretty crazy things. What would you do to get your hands on some of that glittery goo...

We got you front row seats to the political debate between Lincoln and Douglas. Buckle up—you're in for a bumpy ride.

We'll let you guess who was fighting in the French and Indian War.

This video discusses the Louisiana Purchase. From the Haitian Revolution that led to it to the Civil War it led to, the Louisiana Purchase played a...

Why do people go to war? If we think about all of the wars we've learned about in history, some of them seem like they weren't actually morally or...

"The Crash" wasn't as sudden or violent as, say, a car crash, but its effects were certainly painful for an entire generation of Americans—not to...

Your #1 video for all things Spanish-American War.

We're hoping what happened to Roanoke doesn't happen to this video.

Time for some heavy stuff. The Valladolid debates took place in the 16th century, right around the time Spanish were coming over to the New World,...

Let us tell you about the Korean War. It was this war where...well, what happened was...huh. Isn't that the craziest thing.

Ever notice how common sense is usually not...common? Sometimes you just need somebody ...

An Underground Railroad sounds like a great idea. No standing out in the cold. A respite from the rain. A fun little journey toward the center of t...

The Trail of Tears was just as depressing as it sounds.

It's the year 1692 in colonial New England—Salem, to be precise. In a courtroom, someone is being accused of witchcraft. Totally crazy, right? We...

Despite the name of this war, it actually lasted a few years. But the “War of 1812 to 1815” doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as easily.  

It killed thousands. It turned two beautiful cities into piles of rubble. It ended a war. The atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in...