How One Sonarman’s “Stupid” Knocking Code Located Submarines in Shallow Water No One Could Find

April 12th, 1951. The Yellow Sea, 30 miles off the Korean coast. Commander Richard Peterson stares at his sonar screen aboard the destroyer…

Why One Private Started Using “Wrong” Grenades — And Cleared 20 Japanese Bunkers in One Day

May 18th, 1944. Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea. Private First Class. Harold Moon crouches behind a shattered palm tree as machine gun fire…

How One Engineer’s “Ridiculous” Wing Tape Made Hurricanes Dodge Bullets They Couldn’t See

September 15th, 1940. 11:47 a.m. 23,000 ft above Kent, England. Squadron leader Douglas Bader banks his Hawker Hurricane hard left as Tracer round…

The ‘Tiny’ British Mortar That Paratroopers Carried Into Battle Inside Their Pockets

June 6th, 1944. 00020 hours. Two Horser gliders slam into fields beside the Orn River Bridge at Ranville in Normandy. German defenders open…

The ‘Ridiculous’ British Car That Carried A Tank Gun On Six Wheels — And Actually Worked Alvis Sal

The Elvis factory, Holyhead Road, Coventry. British engineers roll out a vehicle that looks like someone bolted a tank turret onto a car.…

Thrown Out Before Winter, Widow Built a Tiny Cabin for $25 — Until Her Firewood Lasted All Season

November 1876, southwestern Montana territory. Sarah Brennan stood in the doorway of the cabin that wasn’t hers anymore, watching her late husband’s business…

“Apache woman with 3 children: ‘Can we warm ourselves?’… The cowboy’s response changed everything

A patchy woman with three children. Can we warm ourselves? The cowboy’s response changed everything that night. Watch till the end for the…

She Built a $7 Firewood Bunker That Stayed Bone-Dry — Until It Saved Her During a -20°F Blizzard

The wind came at Margaret Lindholm’s cabin from three directions at once, and she knew what that meant. February in Dakota Territory, 1881,…

She Hid Her Shed Under Her Cabin — Until Her Firewood Stayed Dry Through Winter

November 1876 and Ingred Sorenson stood in her doorway, watching the sky turn the color of old iron over the Bitterroot Valley. The…

Newman REPLACED Redford’s script with THIS — when Redford read it out loud, the crew LOST IT

Universal Studios, Stage 12, October 1973. The Sting was 3 weeks into production, and the entire crew had gathered for Robert Redford’s big…
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