The surprising history of Ice Cream is both ancient and modern, and steeped in myth and legend enough to make you shiver on a sunny day.
It might surprise you that OMG was not created by a millennial in the 2000s, but by a British admiral in 1917. And it wasn't the only OMG moment to occur on this day in history
Over 700 different aircraft models and designs reached active service and serial production worldwide during the Second World War. Some were quite famous, others much less so. Among the latter was a nearly forgotten US super Heavy Bomber design, overshadowed by a far more famous plane, that ended up perhaps most remembered for a dubious distinction.
After the public announcement of the armistice ending hostilities between Italy and the Allied powers on September 8th, 1943, the Italian navy fled its ports in a desperate bid to reach the safety of Allied forces, even as German forces, carrying a terrifying new weapon, sought to capture or destroy them.