“Band of Brothers ”true story: How Easy Company WWII veterans helped bring history to the screen

Yes, Band of Brothers is based on real events, and its characters are inspired by the actual soldiers of Easy Company and ...

What Ken Burns learned by making ‘The American Revolution’

As he prepares to release his latest series on the Revolutionary War, the filmmaker reflects on the history of the U.S. and ...

String theory: scientists are trying new ways to verify the idea that could unite all of physics

String theory unifies all the forces of nature. Forces that seem very different, such as gravity and electricity, are deeply ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Ken Burns Says His New Documentary Forced Him to Revisit Everything He Thought He Knew About the American Revolution

Ahead of the PBS production's premiere, the legendary filmmaker and co-director Sarah Botstein share insights on their ...
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25 Astoundingly True and Unexpected Random Facts

Facts That Make Us Doubt How Well We Know the World: 25 Cool Facts To Spark Your Curiosity: From real-life Nazi hunters, to a kid with 526 teeth, and even scientists building a robot tongue.Here are ...
Des Moines Register

Austin Mack is in as Alabama football QB. 3 things you need to know

Austin Mack is running the Alabama football offense against Louisiana Monroe. With 11:38 left in the second quarter, Mack, a redshirt sophomore, entered the game for Crimson Tide quarterback Ty ...
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My Mind Is Absolutely Blown By These 12 Facts That I Just Learned And That Sound Very Fake But Are Actually 100% Real

TIL I learned that Jurassic Park inspired George Lucas to finally start working on the Star Wars prequels. View Entire Post › ...