A Pakistani electronics store held a promotion promising a free iPhone 7 to anyone who changed their name to the phone's name. Muhammad Kamran took th...
The 3D science fiction epic cost $237 million to make and took 15 years to develop while Cameron waited for technology to catch up with his vision. It...
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Microsoft Word 6.0 released a version where typing specific commands would display an animation of Schrödinger's cat. The feature let users 'observe'...
In a CIA operation called Project EASY, American agents paid $128,000 to obtain a Soviet cipher machine through intermediaries. After celebration and...
The two planes crashed in mid-air over Staten Island during a heavy snowstorm, raining debris over Brooklyn and killing everyone aboard both aircraft....
The point-contact transistor marked the beginning of the electronics revolution and would eventually replace vacuum tubes in virtually all application...
Adolf Hitler ordered a massive surprise attack through the Ardennes forest, catching Allied forces off guard and creating a 'bulge' in the front lines...
Russian nobles fed the mystic cakes laced with enough cyanide to kill five men, but he kept eating and drinking wine. They then shot him multiple time...
The New Madrid earthquake was so powerful it temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River and created new lakes. The shaking was felt over 1...
The Boston Tea Party saw members of the Sons of Liberty, some disguised as Mohawk Indians, board three ships and destroy an entire shipment of tea sen...
One of the greatest composers in history, Beethoven began losing his hearing in his late 20s but continued composing, conducting, and performing. He c...
The Spanish princess married Henry VIII in 1509 and remained Queen of England for 24 years before Henry's obsession with producing a male heir led to...