1. Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Prevented A Nuclear War Between the US and the USSR Imagine serving as a colonel of the Soviet Air Defense Forces when one day your command center’s early nuclear warning system goes off, informing you that the...
Sometimes to their detriment, other times to their reward, here are ten people that would not take no for an answer. 1. Harry Randall Truman: The Genius Who Wasn’t Scared of Volcanoes Folk hero or suicidal putz? That all depends on how you...
