History Dispatches

The largest ski race in the world is the Vasaloppet, which is 90 kilometers in distance and attracts over 15,000 participants every year. And it all started when a renegade Swedish noble was on the run from the Danish king. This is the story of the Vasaloppet.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Vasa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasaloppet

http://www.vasaloppet.se/om-oss/sa-borjade-allt/

Images:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vasaloppet_Kortvasan_Oxberg.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_Gustav_Vasa_of_Sweden_Addressing_Men_from_Dalarna_in_Mora_(Johan_Gustaf_Sandberg)_-_Nationalmuseum_-_19512.tif?page=1

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In 1859, the United States and Great Britain almost got into a shooting war. The reason - an American farmer shot and killed a pig on a disputed island in the Pacific Northwest. This is the story of the Pig War.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig_War_(1859)

https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/historyculture/the-pig-war.htm

Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Building_the_redoubt.jpg

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One of the most famous extinct animals is the Dodo bird. Located on the island of Mauritius, it went extinct less than a century after it was first described. This opened the eyes of the world to the effects that humans can have on an untouched environment. However, the Dodo has been the target of a 500-year long smear campaign, and was nowhere near as foolish as many believe. This is the story of the Dodo bird.

Sources

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-dodo-bird-the-real-facts-about-this-icon-of-extinction.html

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250714-why-history-got-the-dodo-so-absurdly-wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodo

Image: by BazzaDaRamble - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oxford_Dodo_display.jpg

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In late 1939, the Soviet Union decided to take control of neighboring Finland. The Soviet Union had a population of nearly 200 million - while Finland had 3.7 million. How hard could it be? Well, lots harder than anyone imagined. Within six weeks two Soviet Divisions were wiped out - and nearly 30,000 Red Army troops were dead. This is the story of the Battle of Suomussalmi.

Sources

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-winter-wars-classic-victory/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Suomussalmi

https://wbmf.online/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/WOJNA_ZIMOWA_EN_web.pdf

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In 1979, a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant experienced a failure. It was triggered by a small issue that eventually turned into a partial meltdown. It is the closest the United States has ever come to a major nuclear incident, permanently shifting the popularity of nuclear power. This is the story of the Three Mile Island accident.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/fact-sheets/3mile-isle

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/three-mile-island-accident

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