Black Tom Inferno: The 1916 Sabotage That Shook New York Harbor and America’s Neutrality
— April 10, 2026Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 1916, New Yorkers were jolted from…
This one is hard to believe, but the U.S. military actually investigated the idea of manufacturing a bomb that was loaded with aphrodisiacs that was intended to cause the enemy to become more interested in getting friendly with each rather than fighting for their country. They expected that such a thing would cause a lot of trouble with their morale and render them less effective on the battlefield.
Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 1916, New Yorkers were jolted from…
On a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, lies one of…
On February 25, 1942, just three months after Pearl Harbor, the city of Los…
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