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Things That Are Cool: Fort Carroll – Baltimore’s Abandoned River Fort

by John P.

Fort Carroll is a 3.4 acre (14,000 m²) artificial island and abandoned fort in the middle of the Patapsco River, just south of Baltimore, Maryland. It is named for James Carroll (1737-1832), a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

In 1847, the State of Maryland gave permission to the United States War Department to construct a fort in the shallow water of Soller’s Point Flats to protect the city of Baltimore. Fort Carroll was important for the defense of Baltimore — before the fort was created, Fort McHenry, just outside the city, was the only military defensive structure between Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay. The Fort was part of the “Permanent System” or Third System construction program, which aimed to defend America’s most important ports.
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What It’s Like to Skydive With the US Army Golden Knights

June 19, 2010
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Have you ever heard of the US Army Golden Knights? Before you answer that question, think carefully! Because if you’ve ever watched an Army / Navy football game, or seen the Indy 500, or basically any other major event where Army parachutists dramatically land in the center of the action then you have seen the [...]

Iron Mountain – The Most Secure Civilian Facility IN Earth

May 14, 2008

You know how people are always talking about Ft. Knox being really secure? Well, here is the civilian equivalent! Iron Mountain Inc is a company specializing in data storage. The best known Iron Mountain storage facility is a high-security cave in a former limestone mine at Boyers, Pennsylvania near the city of Butler in the [...]

Smoothest Crash Landing I’ve Ever Seen

May 11, 2008
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Here is an amazing clip of a small plane crash landing in California when one of its landing gears refused to function properly. Funny thing is, there wasn’t really any “crash” in the landing. What makes this especially interesting is that someone apparently got another plane up in the air in time to film what [...]

LSD Being Tested on British Soldiers

October 19, 2007

This is an old clip of a study of the effects of LSD on combat troops. It appears to be from around the 1940′s, and I don’t have any clue where it came from originally. But its mildly amusing to see a bunch of highly trained killing machines walking around aimlessly and falling over laughing. [...]

Short Film: End of Ze World

October 16, 2007

Came across this great short film about Mutually Assured Destruction. It’s not really a political commentary or anything, it’s just funny. Be forewarned however that this one is NOT for the kiddies. Plenty of really bad language in this. Still, you’ll be laughing your A– off mates. PS – Watch out for those nasty kangaroos!

US Display of Military Might

September 27, 2007

You don’t ever want to be sitting on a beach and see this heading your way… unless they are coming to rescue you!

Russian Bombers in British Airspace

September 4, 2007

Can someone please tell me why the Russians are taunting the British by flying bomber/reconnaissance planes to the border of British airspace? With relations between Russia and Britain deteriorating, the number of incidents in which Russia’s submarines have been found close to British shores or in contact with Royal Navy warships has also risen, reports [...]

Tiananmen Square and the “Tank Man” Protester

June 25, 2007

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 18 years since the Tiananmen Square Massacre and the legendary “tank man”. But this month marks the anniversary, and given that enough time as passed that a new generation has been born and without hearing about it I thought I’d give a little reminder surrounding events of the [...]

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