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Olga Oggi/Shutterstock The musket fire that rang out and broke the tension at Lexington on April 19, 1775, became the «shot heard round the world» and kicked off a revolution — The American Revolution. The famous war saw 13, ill-equipped and unprepared colonies take on the preeminent super-power of the day: the British Empire. The

Jayme Thornton/Getty Images History is full of naysayers. For every out-of-the-box thinker who wondered if something might be possible, there were a hundred voices to shout them down. Imagine the wonder of someone transplanted from a mere 300 years ago to the present day. Daily life would be virtually unrecognizable. The miracles modern humans take

Usaf/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Before the era of military drones and satellites, there was the SR-71 Blackbird — an engineering marvel. It operated in the upper reaches of Earth’s atmosphere, blurring the line between conventional flight and space exploration, leaving aviation enthusiasts and history buffs alike in

Guvendemir/Getty Images Do you remember the last time you were excited board a plane? Most of us can’t … unless you’re an aviation enthusiast who can actually enjoy the entire experience as opposed to being a passenger viewing it as an ordeal. Annoyance of the ride aside, there are several other issues one needs to

Georgy Dzyura/Shutterstock By Ron King/May 10, 2024 9: 15 pm EST As more people adopt the RV travel lifestyle, finding a campsite that offers electrical hookups becomes increasingly difficult. This leads to exciting opportunities to take conversion vans, schoolies, motorhomes, travel trailers, and fifth-wheel campers off the grid to enjoy dry camping without any hookups. While

YAKOBCHUK VIACHESLAV/Shutterstock Flying in a commercial airplane, statistically speaking, is one of the safest ways to travel in the modern world. According to a February 2024 report from the International Air Transport Association, in 2023, there was only one accident aboard an airplane for every 1.26 million perfectly normal flights. Additionally, factoring in the number

Hispanolistic/Getty Images In recent years, the «smart home» concept has become increasingly mainstream. What was once the incredibly expensive home of the future, seemingly out of reach of anyone but wealthy homeowners, has managed to become part of the lives of people who live in homes as small as studio apartments. Wi-Fi hardware has gotten

YDAmanK/Shutterstock If you’re into robotics or electronics, you’ve likely come across Arduino—a small microcontroller that can control sensors and motors for nifty DIY projects. Like the Raspberry Pi, the Arduino is commonly seen in educational settings, and there are plenty of fun and easy Arduino projects for beginners. One aspect that makes Arduino beginner-friendly is

Parkdolly/Shutterstock It didn’t take long after the Wright Brothers first took flight for someone to dream that airplanes might be useful for warfare. But without lengthy fuel range, transporting the planes before missions became critical. As a result, the first flight from the deck of a Navy ship occurred in 1910, and for the next

H. Armstrong Roberts/classicstock/Getty Images The battlefields of World War II saw the widespread use of tanks in every environment possible. Whether it was the open fields of France with the German Blitzkrieg, the deserts of North Africa with the British, or the push into Germany by the Americans, tanks became critical to battlefield success. It then