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‘We Are All Born Ignorant, but One Must Work Hard to Remain Stupid.’ Benjamin Franklin Changed His Mind on Independence at 69 and on Slavery at 84. 236 Years His Quote Still Holds
Summary and Key Points: Benjamin Franklin’s line, “We are all born ignorant, but must work hard to remain stupid,” describes…
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The Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird’s Ceiling Was Thought to Be 85,000 Feet. In 1965, a Test Pilot Flew It Past 90,000, Felt It Wobble, Lost an Engine and Landed on One at Edwards
Summary and Key Points: In 1965, the SR-71 Blackbird was still in testing at Lockheed’s Skunk Works when Kelly Johnson…
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US Navy 45,000-Ton Iowa-Class: Four Battleships, 36 Sixteen-Inch Guns, and Not One Round Ever Fired at an Enemy Battleship.
Summary and Key Points: The US Navy designed the Iowa-class battleships in 1938 to run down Japan’s fast Kongo-class ships…
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Out-of-state Guardsman arrested in DC for pistol without permit
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58,000-Ton US Navy Iowa-Class Battleship USS Kentucky: $55 Million Spent, She Was 72 Percent Complete and Used for ‘Parts’
Summary and Key Points: The Navy ordered USS Kentucky (BB-66), the sixth and last Iowa-class battleship, in 1940; laid down…
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Does the Castle Doctrine Follow You in Texas?
The video addresses a misconception about whether Texas’s Castle Doctrine follows a person wherever they go. It explains that the…
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Russia’s Spending Plans Show Putin Preparing for Years of War
Russia is preparing for the war in Ukraine to continue for years by planning record war spending, abandoning plans to…
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Pete Hegseth’s New Religious Affairs Office Sparks a Legal Church-State Fight
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood on stage this week in front of thousands of U.S. military personnel, quoting Bible scripture…
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Saudi Arabia Once Counted on US Protection. Now It’s Pivoting to New Alliances
For decades, the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the U.S. has centered on an often-mentioned but rarely tested supposition: If…
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32,300 Tons, 12 14-Inch Guns, 16 5-Inch Guns: The US Navy Rebuilt USS California for 25 Months After Pearl Harbor. She Fired 63 Shells in History’s Last Battleship Duel
Summary and Key Points: Japan sank the US Navy battleship USS California (BB-44) at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941,…
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