The Tatra V855 Aeroluge was one of the oddest cars ever designed. Intended to carry Nazi troops over the ice-covered Russian plains, only one was ever built.
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The Vermont Republic
Although Ethan Allen and his “Green Mountain Boys” won one of the American colonists’ first victories against the British in the Revolutionary War when the US declared its independence in 1776, Vermont actually declared independence of their own—from both England and the United States—in 1777.
Tanganyika: The Naval Battle in the Jungle
The oddest naval battle of the First World War took place deep in the jungles of tropical Africa, 700 miles from the nearest ocean, led by an eccentric British officer.
“Lord Loincloth”
The Trans-Saharan Ostrich Expedition
In 1911, the South African Government, in a daring mission to the deep desert, tried to corner the world market on one of its most valuable exports—ostrich feathers.
Florida’s Invaders: Water Lettuce
As an invader, Water Lettuce is older than the United States itself—it was first recorded in Florida way back in 1765. And now this tough little aquatic plant has become a full-fledged environmental pest.
Water Lettuce
Linguistics and the Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm are best-known for their collection of traditional folk fairytales, which includes Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, and Sleeping Beauty. But Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were also serious scientists who made major contributions to the linguistic study of the history of languages.
The Brothers Grimm
The First Dinosaur
One of the most significant finds in science was made on a small farm in New Jersey in 1846, by an amateur fossil hunter.
Hadrosaur skeleton at the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
