Two Guys, One Breakfast: How Cereal Took Over Mornings
One man’s health food became a billion-dollar breakfast war when two rivals battled to revolutionize how America starts its day.
Britain’S ‘Death Ray’ That Turned Into WWII Radar
Officials’ desperate search for a sci-fi death ray accidentally led to radar, changing the course of World War II forever.
They Found the Titanic by Searching for Lost Submarines
How a top-secret Cold War mission searching for missing nuclear submarines accidentally uncovered history’s most famous shipwreck.
The Murder That Nearly Killed the First Film
Just as Hollywood prepared to film Alcatraz’s story, a shocking murder threatened to derail everything – but that’s not the whole truth.
Fischer Vs. Spassky and the Cold War: The Chess Match That Sparked a Revolution
You won’t believe how a single chess match between two grandmasters became a defining moment in Cold War history.
From Poison Gas to Chemo: How Warfare Led to Cancer Treatment
In World War I, a deadly chemical weapon would ironically become medicine’s greatest ally in fighting cancer – but at what cost?
A Massive Wave of Molasses Flooded Boston in 1919
North End Boston faced an unusual deadly disaster when 2.3 million gallons of molasses formed a destructive wave, but the tragedy’s aftermath changed everything.
WWII’s Impact on Soda: How War Bubbled Up a Bestseller
From wartime strategy to global domination, discover how Coca-Cola’s five-cent promise to soldiers transformed a simple soda into an international empire.
Did We Accidentally Launch a Manhole Cover Into Space?
Mysterious Cold War nuclear test may have turned an ordinary manhole cover into humanity’s first accidental space traveler.
How WWII Gave Birth to One of the World’s Favorite Sodas
Glimpse how a wartime military partnership transformed Coca-Cola from an American drink into a global beverage empire that still reigns today.