cold war
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The Story of ‘White Coke’, the Top Secret Cola Commissioned by a Soviet Marshal After WWII
Over the weekend I learned about White Coke. Not the powder, the drink: a clear version of Coca-Cola that retains the flavour.
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The Loudest Air Raid Siren Ever Built Used Chrysler V8 Engines To Warn Americans Of Impending Nuclear Doom
I’ve been recently thinking about the last time Americans seemed to have collectively lost their minds: the Cold War. Pondering this time period led me down a YouTube rabbit hole where I learned that during the chilliest portions of the Cold War, Chrysler V8s were used to power the loudest air raid sirens ever built.
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How The Cold War Is Helping The Biggest Fish In The Sea
It might surprise you to learn that nuclear bomb tests during the Cold War are now helping conserve whale sharks, the largest living fish.
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How To Steal A Soviet Helicopter
Deep in the Sahel, as Muammar Qaddafi’s Libya exploited instability in Chad to expand its territory, a daring operation took place to obtain one of the Soviet Union’s most advanced attack helicopters. It was a complex plan involving Chadian rebel groups as well as French and American soldiers and spies, but it worked.