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Sherman's March to the Sea  (also known as the  Savannah campaign  or simply  Sherman's March ) was a  military campaign  of the  American Civil War  conducted through  Georgia  from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by  William Tecumseh Sherman ,  major general  of the  Union Army . The campaign began with Sherman's troops leaving the  captured  city of  Atlanta  on November 15 and ended with...

The  Whiskey Rebellion  (also known as the  Whiskey Insurrection ) was a violent  tax protest  in the United States beginning in 1791 and ending in 1794 during the  presidency of George Washington . The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. Beer was difficult to transport and spoiled more easily than rum and whiskey. Rum dis...

Charles Eugène Bedaux  (10 October 1886 – 18 February 1944) was a  French -American  millionaire  who made his fortune developing and implementing the  work measurement  aspect of  scientific management , notably the  Bedaux System . Bedaux was friends with  British royalty  and  Nazis  alike, and was a  management consultant ,  big game hunter  and  explorer . Our theme song was written and perfo...

Operation Mincemeat  was a successful British  deception operation  of the  Second World War  to disguise the 1943  Allied invasion of Sicily . Two members of British intelligence obtained the body of  Glyndwr Michael , a  tramp  who died from eating  rat poison , dressed him as an officer of the  Royal Marines  and placed personal items on him identifying him as the fictitious  Captain  ( Acting...

The Salvation Army  ( TSA ) is a  Protestant  church and an international  charitable organisation  headquartered in  London , England. The organisation reports a worldwide membership of over 1.7   million, [3]  comprising soldiers, officers and adherents collectively known as Salvationists. Its founders sought to bring  salvation to the poor, destitute, and hungry by meeting both their "physical...

An  idiom  is a  phrase  or expression that typically presents a  figurative , non-literal  meaning  attached to the phrase; but some phrases become figurative idioms while retaining the literal meaning of the phrase. Categorized as  formulaic language , an idiom's figurative meaning is different from the  literal  meaning. [1]  Idioms occur frequently in all languages; in  English  alone there ar...

Sometimes, even with the very best marketing research and R&D departments that money can by, companies make bafflingly stupid decisions and bring terrible products to the market. This week, we explore a sampling. Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find our Patreon page here .  Be sure to check our website for...

The  1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt , also known as the  August Coup , [a]  was a failed attempt by  hardliners  of the  Soviet Union 's  Communist Party  to  forcibly seize control  of the country from  Mikhail Gorbachev , who was  Soviet President  and  General Secretary  of the  Communist Party  at the time. The coup leaders consisted of top military and civilian officials, including  Vice Pre...

Eve Online  (stylised  EVE Online ) is a  space-based ,  persistent world   massively multiplayer online role-playing game  (MMORPG) developed and published by  CCP Games . Players of  Eve Online can participate in a number of in-game professions and activities, including mining ,  piracy ,  manufacturing ,  trading ,  exploration , and  combat  (both  player versus environment  and  player versus...

The  illegal drug trade  or  drug smuggling is a global  black market  dedicated to the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of  prohibited drugs . Most jurisdictions  prohibit  trade, except under  license , of many types of drugs through the use of  drug prohibition laws . The think tank  Global Financial Integrity 's  Transnational Crime and the Developing World  report estimates the...

The  Fall of Tenochtitlan , the capital of the  Aztec Empire , was a decisive event in the  Spanish conquest of the empire . It occurred in 1521 following extensive manipulation of local factions and exploitation of pre-existing political divisions by Spanish   conquistador   Hernán Cortés . He was aided by indigenous   allies , and his  interpreter  and companion  La Malinche . Our theme song was...

The  International Space Station  ( ISS ) is the largest  modular   space station  currently in  low Earth orbit . It is a multinational collaborative project involving five participating space agencies:  NASA  (United States),  Roscosmos  (Russia),  JAXA  (Japan),  ESA  (Europe), and  CSA  (Canada). [7] [8]  The ownership and use of the space station is established by intergovernmental treaties a...

Charles III  (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is  King of the United Kingdom  and 14 other  Commonwealth realms . [fn 4]  He acceded to the throne on 8 September 2022 upon  the death of his mother ,  Elizabeth II . He was the longest-serving  heir apparent  in British history and, at the age of 73, is the oldest person to ascend the British throne. Our theme song was written a...

Ghulam Mohammad Baksh Butt [1]  (22 May 1878 – 23 May 1960), commonly known as  Rustam-e-Hind  ( Hindi-Urdu  for  Rostam  of  Hindostan ) and by the  ring name   The Great Gama , [7]  was a  pehlwani  wrestler and  strongman  in  British Raj . In the early 20th century, he was an undefeated wrestling champion of  subcontinent . Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd lik...

The  Lewis and Clark Expedition , also known as the  Corps of Discovery Expedition , was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the  Louisiana Purchase . The  Corps of Discovery  was a select group of  U.S. Army  and  civilian  volunteers under the command of Captain  Meriwether Lewis  and his close friend Second Lieutenant  William Clark . Cl...

A common misconception is a viewpoint or  factoid  that is often accepted as true but which is actually false. They generally arise from  conventional wisdom  (such as  old wives' tales ),  stereotypes ,  superstitions ,  fallacies , a misunderstanding of science, or the popularization of  pseudoscience . Some common misconceptions are also considered to be  urban legends , and they are often invo...

Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French  Romantic   writer  and  politician . During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the greatest French writers of all time. Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can...

The  Piltdown Man  was a  paleoanthropological  fraud in which bone fragments were presented as the  fossilised  remains of a previously unknown  early human . Although there were doubts about its authenticity virtually from the beginning, the remains were still broadly accepted for many years, and the falsity of the hoax was only definitively demonstrated in 1953. An extensive scientific review i...

Frederick Russell Burnham   DSO  (May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947) was an American  scout  and world-traveling adventurer. He is known for his service to the  British South Africa Company  and to the  British Army  in  colonial Africa , and for teaching  woodcraft  to  Robert Baden-Powell  in  Rhodesia . He helped inspire the founding of the international  Scouting Movement . Our theme song was w...

The United Federated Forces of the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) was an American far-left organization active between 1973 and 1975 that considered itself a vanguard army. The SLA was considered by the FBI and American law enforcement as the first terrorist organization to rise from the American left. Most fugitives of the group were apprehended in 1975 and prosecuted.

Among  Ancient Romans ,  bestiarii  (singular  bestiarius ) were those who went into combat with beasts, or were exposed to them. It is conventional [1]  to distinguish two categories of  bestiarii : the first were those condemned to death via the beasts (see  damnatio ad bestias ) and the second were those who faced them voluntarily, for pay or glory (see  venatio ). [2]  The latter are sometimes...

William Magear Tweed  (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878), often erroneously referred to as William "Marcy" Tweed (see  below ), [1]  and widely known as " Boss "  Tweed , was an American politician most notable for being the  political boss  of  Tammany Hall , the  Democratic Party 's  political machine  that played a major role in the politics of  19th-century New York City  and  state . At the hei...

This episode is about forbidden places, like Ilha da Queimada Grande , also known as  Snake Island , an island off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean . It is administered as part of the municipality of  Itanhaém  in the  State of São Paulo . The island is small in size, only 43 hectares (106 acres), and has a temperate climate. The island's terrain varies considerably, ranging from bare roc...

Vincenzo Pipino  (born 22 July 1943), also known as  Encio , is an Italian thief from  Venice  whose exploits earned him the nickname "the gentleman thief". He is the first person to successfully steal from the  Doge's Palace , and has been responsible for some of the most sensational art thefts in the city. Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you'd like to support the sho...

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin  ( / ˈ p uː t ɪ n / ; Russian:  Владимир Владимирович Путин ;  [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvʲɪtɕ ˈputʲɪn]   ( listen ) ; born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the  president of Russia , a position he has filled since 2012, and previously from 2000 until 2008. [7] [c]  He was also the  prime minister from 1999 to 2000, and agai...