Kamikazes of WW2

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The 86-mile-long Berlin Wall was built by the Soviet Union after WWII, in response to mass defections by East Berliners into the non-communist zones of Berlin.

The Mohawk Skywalkers were ironworkers from the Six Nations Reserve and Akwesasne tribes in New York State and Canada, who worked in dangerous conditions to build bridges and skyscrapers.

The superstition surrounding Friday the 13th dates back to Norse mythology and Jesus’ last supper, but to this day, remains a common fear and phobia for millions.

Created by ancient Nazca people as long ago as 2000 years, more than 800 lines–sometimes stretching for miles–ancient Nazca Lines form animal, plant and anthropomorphic geoglyphs of debated purpose.

Booker T Washington was born a slave but fled north after the Civil War, where he was educated in the all-black Hampton Institute. Washington went on to principal the Tuskegee Institute, publish five books and deliver powerful speeches on race.

During the 19th century, Americans believed westward expansion was their inevitable and preordained right, or their Manifest Destiny, to inhabit new territories such as Texas, California, and the entire western United States of today.

Ruling from 1479 to 1458 BCE, Hatshepsut was Queen to Pharoah Thutmose II who died with a young heir, Thutmose III, giving Hatshepsut the opportunity to usurp power.