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5 Questions From History, Answered

What would’ve happened if the Mongols had conquered Europe?

At their peak, they moved like an alien force—appearing from the steppe with a military operating system centuries ahead of its time. Imagine a civilization that had perfected rapid communication, mobile warfare, and psychological terror. Then imagine dropping that into a fractured, feudal Europe that still fought with knights yelling their own names in battle. The Mongols weren’t playing the same game. Hell, they weren’t even on the same board.

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5 Historic Photos That Speak Volumes

Dick Cheney and George W Bush at the White House on 14 December 2007. Cheney was part of a group of Bush Jr advisers who called themselves ‘the Vulcans’

Let’s get one thing straight: the story of Dick Cheney is not one of accident. It’s a story of intent. And if you want to understand the post-9/11 world—if you want to understand Iraq, Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, surveillance, even the modern deep suspicion of government—you have to understand Cheney. And to understand Cheney, you need to understand the Vulcans.

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5 Fascinating Facts and the Stories Behind Them

When Carrie Fisher told Harrison Ford she was going to publish her journals & reveal they had an affair (Ford was married) while filming Star Wars (1977), Ford raised his finger & said “Lawyer!”

In 1977, Harrison Ford had two kids, a wife, and a carpenter’s tan. Carrie Fisher was 19, famously brilliant, possibly stoned, and about to be devoured by the black hole of global pop culture fandom. They met on the set of Star Wars, a film that would make them both immortal, though not necessarily in the same way. He would become an icon; she would become Princess Leia. Not the actress who played her. Leia. Period.

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