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You can do something good with unwanted Halloween candy this year.

Even candy corn.

He wants you to learn about the symbol’s history.

Uncle Sam is an easily recognizable piece of wartime propaganda. And legend says he was based off a real person—though that may not actually be the case.

Three views of the gold Roman-era bracelet discovered in a West Sussex field.

The rare golden bracelet was probably given to a soldier as a reward for bravery as Roman armies invaded England.

1/72 Testors F19 Secret Stealth Fighter unboxing and review LIVE!

The F-19 became the bestselling model plane of all time. Some feared it leaked some highly classified military secrets.

The most popular Chinese takeout dish in the U.S. is a sweet, spicy, saucy chicken entree named after a famous Hunanese general who actually preferred pork.

'All our military secrets are on these. Hey, aren't there supposed to be 10?'

A fleet of warships is still running on 8-inch floppy disk power.

Theodore Roosevelt was all about Big Stick Diplomacy.

Roosevelt launched one of his most famous sayings at the Minnesota State Fair in September 1901—just two weeks before he became president.

Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, and Frank Morgan promoting 'The Wizard of Oz'

In the 1980s, the U.S. Navy carried out a futile search for the “real” Dorothy.

An illustration of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand (1863-1914), Archduke of Austria, and his wife Sophie, in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on June 28, 1914.

The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. The assassination of an Austrian duke on June 28, 1914, put the events in motion.

During the Revolutionary War, George Washington approved a plan to kidnap Prince William Henry, a son of King George III.

American troops helping their injured friends from a dinghy after the landing ship they were on was hit by enemy fire during the Allied invasion of France on D-Day

This 80-year-old archival footage shows Operation Neptune—the code name for the landings on the beaches at Normandy.

GPS is just one thing in our daily lives originally invented for military use.

From Jeeps to GPS and jerrycans, the military has fostered inventions that we use every day.

Space has a starting point, but where it begins is still a topic of debate for experts.

Some experts believe the Kármán Line is the deciding factor, but others aren't in agreement about where the frontier of space really begins.

This fox is obviously not actually radioactive.

Allied officials came up with some strange strategies to win World War II. Operation Fantasia planned to use glow-in-the-dark foxes to spook Japanese forces into defeat.

British Navy landing crafts carry U.S. troops to a ship in Southern England in preparation for D-Day.

“Meteorologically, D-Day was bound to be a gamble against the odds.”

An American flying fortress enacts a maneuver against Japanese forces in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

Though there’s rarely a (public) explanation of why these weird codenames were assigned, that doesn’t make them any less amusing.

D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944, and kicked off the Battle of Normandy. Though it was a success, General Eisenhower was preparing for the worst.

George Washington went by a code name during the Revolutionary War. (And technically, he should be saying, “Hello, my 411 is 711”—411 was the code for “name.”)

Asking a police officer “do you drink?” in the 1970s had nothing to do with grabbing a beer at a nearby bar.

‘Don’t Fire Until Your See the Whites of Their Eyes’ may (or may not) have been uttered at the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Legend has it that a heroic American commander at the Battle of Bunker Hill implored his men to hold their fire until their enemies were under their noses. But did the event actually happen?

Detainees at California's Manzanar War Relocation Center.

The Irei Project and Ancestry have teamed up to publish the most comprehensive list ever assembled of the more than 125,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated on American soil during WWII.

D-Day: The scene of the Allied invasion on the Normandy beaches in June 1944.

The Allied forces’ Normandy landings on June 6, 1944—an event better known as D-Day—became a pivotal moment in World War II .

The close quarters of those serving together in war is a perfect Petri dish for slang. From ‘FUBAR’ to ‘fobbit,’ here are some military slang terms you should know (plus, why the military uses so many acronyms, anyway).

Four American soldiers stationed in Northern Ireland in 1942.

Here's how 'Roger' came to mean "received" (and how 'wilco' fits in).

The abbreviations are widely understood as “morning” and “afternoon,” but what do the Latin translations actually mean?

Cash for Candy Will Pay You for Halloween Leftovers—and Then Send Them to Troops

Who Was Uncle Sam, and Why Did He ‘Want’ You?

12-Year-Old Boy Stumbles on Ancient Roman Bracelet While Walking His Dog

The ’80s Toy That Was Considered a Threat to National Security

Who Was General Tso, and What Does He Have to Do with Chicken?

The German Navy Is Finally Phasing Out Floppy Disks

When Theodore Roosevelt Urged Americans to “Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick”

How ‘Friend of Dorothy’ Became Code in the Gay Community

Murder in Sarajevo: How the Death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Lit the Fuse of World War I

When George Washington Nearly Kidnapped a British Prince

Watch Vintage Newsreel Footage of the D-Day Landings in Normandy

9 Everyday Things Originally Invented for the Military

Where Does Space Begin?

When the U.S. Tried to Win World War II with Radioactive Foxes

The Meteorologists Who Helped Plan D-Day

15 Unexpected Military Operation Codenames

Dwight Eisenhower Wrote a Letter Accepting Blame for D-Day's Failure, Just in Case

12 Historical Code Words and Phrases

‘Don’t Fire Until You See the Whites of Their Eyes’: The Obscure Origin of the Military Command

Researchers Have Published a List Honoring the More Than 125,000 Japanese Americans Incarcerated During WWII

13 Memorable Facts About D-Day

Military Slang Terms: 11 Examples, Explained

Who Is the Roger of ‘Roger That’?

What Do A.M. and P.M. Stand For?