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On 5 November 1605, Guy Fawkes waited in a cellar below Parliament with 36 barrels of gunpowder. A letter exposed the plan — and changed England forever. Discover the full story of faith, fire, and the night that made Bonfire Night.

In the 1960s, Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories explored the “Man Amplifier,” an early exoskeleton concept designed to boost human strength. Decades before modern robotics, their visionary work laid the foundation for today’s powered suits.

In the late 1960s, hijacking an American airliner and demanding to fly to Cuba became so common that the U.S. government considered building a fake Havana in Florida. Federal officials planned to disguise a runway with palm trees, Spanish signs, and Cuban music so hijackers could be tricked into surrendering — a bizarre but revealing episode from the Cold War’s golden age of skyjacking.