Japanese Imperial Army Fighters of WW2

The most famous Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War was the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. But the Zero was only used by the Imperial Navy, mostly as a carrier-based fighter. The Imperial Japanese Army had its own series of fighter planes during WW2, which were ground-based. Today, they have been almost entirely forgotten.

The Game of Nine Men’s Morris

A  very simple and ancient game with minimal equipment.

Nine Men’s Morris gameboard 

The Planet Vulcan (No, Not THAT One …)

“Vulcan” is best-known as the fictional homeworld of Mr Spock from “Star Trek”. But for a time, Vulcan was thought to be a real planet that existed within our own solar system.

Urbain Joseph Le Verrier                               photo from Wikicommons

When the US Nuked Mississippi

In 1964, the Pentagon carried out its only nuclear tests in the eastern US, detonating two underground nuclear devices in a rural area of Mississippi.

The “Salmon” nuclear device                                              photo from WikiCommons