After WWII decimated Europe’s infrastructure and supply chain, US Secretary of State George Marshall proposed his Marshall Plan to distribute $15 billion in aid to 16 European nations, signed by President Truman in April of 1948.

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor took months of planning and practice before 8:00 AM on Sunday, December 7th, 1941, when Japanese warplanes filled the sky over Honolulu, Hawaii, wreaking havoc on the American’s idle and unsuspecting Pacific Fleet.

Machu Picchu is a citadel perched 7,874 feet above sea level in the Peruvian Andes mountains. Although its purpose is debated by historians to this day, it is speculated that its role aided the Incas in astronomy and agriculture.

Project Blue Book was a secret military program to examine reports of UFOs to analyze threats to national security. Ultimately, the freedom of information act would uncover that while many UFO sightings had an explanation, hundreds were unexplainable.

The seaside city of Varosha Cyprus was a luxury destination for celebrities and the wealthy of the 60s and early 70s, until Turkish forces seized control in 1974, driving out residents and tourists and effectively turning Varosha into a maximum-security ghost town.

In the wake of WWI, the Big Four western nations met at the Paris Peace Conference to discuss war reparations and sanctions against Germany. The Treaty of Versailles would drive Germans to extremism with the rise of Adolf Hitler.

Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were ideological refugees in 19th century Europe and co-authors of the Communist Manifesto, where they advocated for the end of capitalism.