America: Facts vs. Fiction
America: Facts vs. Fiction
America: Facts vs. Fiction
America: Facts vs. Fiction
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Air Force One has all kinds of weapons to defend itself... right? And a special skin to protect it? Find out!
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:The Truth About Air Force One
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There were actually two boats of Pilgrims that left England for the US, and Plymouth Rock was not the first place the Mayflower disembarked.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:What Really Happened with the Mayflower
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Witness how childhood boredom escalated into the mass hysteria that led to the Salem Witch Trials.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:Salem Witch Craft Hysteria
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The Articles of Confederation proved to be more trouble than help, with individual states all pushing their interests and agendas, to the point of threatening the country as a whole.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:Articles of Confederation
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Our vision of Paul Revere's midnight ride is all wrong, especially how it concludes.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:The Truth About Paul Revere
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George Washington was preceded by several other Presidents of the United States.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:George Washington Not our First President
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Benjamin Franklin was inquisitive but never crazy enough to fly a kite in an electrical storm as is often depicted.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:Ben Franklin and That Kite
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The negative characterization of Edgar Allan Poe as a paranoid drug addict with the darkest of minds can be traced back to one man who was a rival of Poe's. There is no proof of drugs and his "darkness" is only inferred because of the scary stori ...
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:The Real Edgar Allan Poe
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While Edison is surely one of our greatest inventors, his greatest contribution may have been perfecting existing inventions instead of creating that many new ones.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:Thomas Edison
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There are many common misperceptions about Hoover and FDR as political foes and as lawmakers.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:Hoover and FDR
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Common perception is that the Lincoln and JFK assassinations have many parallels, but not so many when fact is separated from fiction.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:JFK and Lincoln's Assassinations
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Route 66 is the most famous road built in America except it was actually made by connecting existing major highways together. And it was constantly mutating.
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Facts vs. Fiction:Route 66 Myths
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Halloween in the early-to-mid-20th century was not a sweet nor pleasant holiday, but an excuse for pranks and general mischief.
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Facts vs. Fiction:How Halloween Has Changed
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Was President John F. Kennedy really interested in going to space? And how close we were to not being the first to get on the moon?
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:Soviets and Americans on Moon at Same Time
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Paul Revere has been billed as America?s first action hero after his famous "Midnight Ride" but as truth would have it, he was part of a network.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction:It Wasn't Just Paul Revere
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Some of the most noteworthy photographers from the Civil War would move bodies around on the battlefield in order to achieve dramatic effect.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Facts vs. Fiction (Season 2):Staged Civil War Photography
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Facts vs. Fiction (Season 2):Houdini the Original Myth Buster
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If all other manners of conflict resolution are exhausted a duel is the last resort.
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Dueling is the Last Resort
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Some of the most noteworthy photographers from the Civil War would move bodies around on the battlefield in order to achieve dramatic effect.
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Facts vs. Fiction (Season 2):Staged Civil War Photography
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Before it was a federal penitentiary Alcatraz housed a military prison, and it was a lot easier to escape. Learn more about Alcatraz including how some prisoners made it off The Rock.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Several Prisoners Did Escape From Alcatraz
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Incredibly enough the mayor of New York City, Fernando Wood, suggested in 1861 that New York City secede and declare itself a free city because of its lucrative ties to the cotton industry.
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
That Time NYC Wanted to Secede From the US
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Many know the research conducted around the first atomic bombs as the "Manhattan Project," but was it really based in New York City?
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America: Facts vs. Fiction
Separating Facts from Fiction Around the Manhattan Project
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When it comes to the myths of Thanksgiving, they are plentiful, yet not nearly as interesting as the facts behind the first gathering.
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Facts vs. Fiction:The Truth About Thanksgiving
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As Andrew Carnegie's steelmaking operation at Carnegie Steel in Homestead, PA grew more and more modern and efficient labor conditions deteriorated, which led to the Homestead Steel Strike and differing opinions on how to deal with it.
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American Titans
Frick and Carnegie’s Different Approaches to the Homestead Strike
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A crucial split would occur between John D. Rockefeller and Pennsylvania Railroad chief Thomas Scott over pricing for the transportation of crude oil for Rockefeller's refineries in Pittsburgh.
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American Titans
Differences Arise Between Rockefeller and Scott
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Having fulfilled a very difficult project for the Edison Company Nikola Tesla is outraged to discover that Thomas Edison had no intention of paying him a reward that Tesla had understood he was to receive for the completion of the task.
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American Titans
The Turning Point in Thomas Edison's and Nikola Tesla's Relationship
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Cornelius Vanderbilt and Daniel Drew were railroad giants vying for control of the Erie Railroad. Drew resorts to insider trading to thwart Vanderbilt's plans.
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American Titans
Vanderbilt and Drew Fight Dirty for Control of American Railroads
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Journalists aren't supposed to insert themselves into the news but that didn't stop Hearst and Pulitzer from doing so.
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American Titans
Hearst & Pulitzer Break All Ethical Rules To Sell Newspapers
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William Clark and Marcus Daly battle to determine the location of Montana's state capital, Helena or Anaconda.
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American Titans
Power Struggle to Determine the State Capital of Montanta
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A dagger experts explains the three different types of daggers: the stabber, the slasher, and combo slasher/stabber. Watch demonstrations of each type.
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Ancient Assassins
Differences in Daggers
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The Janissaries of the Ottoman Empire were highly trained killers taken from their homes at a young age as part of a blood tax, who distinguished themselves in battle, notably during the siege of Constantinople of 1453.
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Ancient Assassins
Janissaries Were the Ottoman Empire's Elite Shock Troops
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In his drive to expand his empire towards India Alexander the Great's biggest obstacle is keeping his supply lines traversing Afghanistan secure. US and British forces today face the same challenges.
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Ancient Assassins
The United States and Alexander the Great Face the Same Challenges in Afghanistan
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