The man who stopped the 3rd world war

50 years ago, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, second-in-command Vasilli Arkhipov of the Soviet submarine B-59 refused to agree with his Captain's order to launch nuclear torpedoes against US warships and setting off what might well have been a terminal superpower nuclear war. The US had been dropping depth charges near the submarine in an attempt to force it to surface, unaware...

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Short Jokes

After a great success, the airline sent letters to all the wives asking how was the trip. All of them gave the same reply, "Which trip?" ******************************************* Husband was seriously ill. After thorough examination, doctor sent him outside to wait. Doctor to wife: Give him healthy breakfast, be pleasant to him and keep him in good mood, don’t discuss your problems, don’t demand new clothes or gold jewels. Do this for one year and he will be fine. On the way home,...

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