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    Why Our World Is: USA By: Abhijay Bhosale This is the start of a new series, a series that will go through 10 different parts of the world and provide their rise, fall, and change starting at the end of World War 2. All the headlines, all the superpowers, and all the finer details. The series starts with the USA. What was once an isolationist breakaway colony from the UK in the middle of the Great Depression turned into one of the world's greatest powers after its involvement in World War 1 and 2. After making a lot of allies and a few enemies, the USA had a lot of potential to do great things on the global stage. Let's see what happened. WWII to The Berlin Wall The US did things in western Europe that really proved the country's worth. Its massive army came as a result of the unemployment of the Great Depression, and they utilized all of their people. Even though not being near any of the hostility in the European front, almost all the US was fully using every resource...

     Why We Get Allergies By: Abhijay Bhosale Allergies are the bane of my existence. Every spring, when I can finally go outside after being cooped up for winter, I need to be around the flourishing of life that somehow manages to disrupt my eyes, nose, and overall life without fail. I got so mad in fact, I took the rabbit hole down obscure medical words and hypothetical knowledge to figure out why I get like this. Overview of the Immune System Allergies happen because of your own body. Not only the effects, but also the categorization. And the one to blame is the immune system. It's everywhere in your body, just keeping guard and making sure nothing goes wrong. When different things enter your body, the immune system looks over it and deems it safe or not safe. If it's safe, no problem. But if it's not, then a whole chain begins. Although it's a lot more complicated, the process to fight back can be seen in 3 steps. The first is the Messenger. Once it spots something,...

    The Story of BlackRock By: Abhijay Bhosale Very few people know about BlackRock. In simple terms, it's an investment management company. It exists to make money. And guess what? They're the biggest one out there. Well, how big? 10. Trillion. Dollars. They have over 10 trillion dollars (that's $10,000,000,000,000) in assets in a a wide variety of fields. The whole ordeal can be narrowed down to three things. The Mastermind, The Masterplan, and The Master's Servant. The Mastermind: Larry Fink Larry Fink is the man behind all of this. Though he owns BlackRock with 6 other people, he definitely is the face of BlackRock and defaulted to as the CEO. Born in 1952, he grew up in a rather insignificant town called Van Nuys in California. Although his family wasn't explicitly said to be poor, his family's income came from a shoe shop Fink's dad owned. After pursuing a Bachelor's Degree in political Science at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), he de...

    THE SEA DRAGON ROCKET By: Abhijay Bhosale This. Is. The finale. The last edition of the Unknown Off-Ground Series. It's been a great few reads, so let's end off with a blast. A blast that can lift 550 tonnes... to space. This could have been the biggest rocket ever made, capable of launching a little over 3 Antonov An-225s, or the largest plane ever built. It could have even lifted the entire International Space Station into orbit in one launch. At 150 meters tall, it would have been big enough to be as tall as a skyscraper. And through all of this, it would be one of the most efficient rockets ever planned. This is, the Sea Dragon. Origins Our story begins with a man named Robert Traux. Robert Traux worked for Aerojet, an American aerospace company. During the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union, each country had to make their mark in space. One of these things involved making space stations. Although the first space station wasn't put into until ...

    THE I-400 CLASS SUBMARINE By: Abhijay Bhosale Welcome to 4th edition of the Unknown Off-Ground Series. This week's edition will show... something different. Normally, I show different types of planes, but this time, let's talk about a submarine. The last edition was about a flying aircraft carrier, so it only makes sense that this one's about an aircraft carrier... underwater. Armed with 3 planes each, these I-400s were being planned to be built tenfold. These could have been a super weapon. It could travel to the United States, empty its load, and then go all the way back to Japan again. Though this technology was already tested with smaller, less capable planes, these submarines would be able to carry full on attack ones. This is, the I-400. Isoroku Yamamoto Isoroku Yamamoto was a very prominent man in the Japanese navy. Getting his education from Harvard in the United States, he rose the ranks back in Japan through his skill and knowledge on sea warfare. Yamamoto loo...

    THE BOEING 747 AAC By: Abhijay Bhosale Welcome to 3rd edition of the Unknown Off-Ground Series. This week's edition will show the Boeing 747-Airborne Aircraft Carrier. When the 747 was first made, it was unlike the world had ever seen before. With 4 enormous engines, it could travel distances previously unimaginable for its size. It revolutionized civilian travel, but the Air Force had other ideas. Sure they could have thought of any normal cargo plane, but they already had plenty of those. One day, Boeing saw potential for a plane that would captivate the Air Force. An airborne aircraft carrier. Sure they had ships which could carry squadrons around the coasts, but a fighter's limited range meant they couldn't penetrate deep into enemy territory without an airfield. But with this new inter-continental plane, this was now possible. This is, the Boeing 747-AAC. Why Was The Boeing 747-AAC Made The origins of the Boeing 747-AAC are shrouded in mystery. Even the inventor is...