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World War II with Tom Hanks review – one of the largest documentaries in human history

This 20-episode take on the second world war, helmed by the Saving Private Ryan star, is a vast creation. But it still manages to wind up feeling basic – despite its great archive footage

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Why George Washington Is History's Only Six-Star General

Thanks to a law passed in 1976, our nation's first president—who died more than 200 years ago—is still the military's highest-ranking official.

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12 Memorable Facts About the S.S. 'Edmund Fitzgerald'

More than 40 years after the most famous ship in Great Lakes history vanished during a storm, the cause is still a mystery.

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Think the Founding Fathers Were a Bunch of Old Men? Think Again

We see them in paintings of the day as a congregation of arthritic old men, drily deciding the terms of the new republic when, in actuality, some were as young as 26.

It really surprised me to see how young they were.