Orestes Lorenzo, a Cuban fighter pilot, defected to the US. He flew to Florida in a MiG-23 and requested his family join him, when his family were banned from leaving Cuba he raised money to buy a plane. He then flew back to Cuba, landed on a highway an bought his family back himself.
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Melania Trump secured a ‘genius visa’…
Melania Trump secured a ‘genius visa’ for ‘extraordinary ability’ while dating Donald Trump.
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the only…
Upper Peninsula of Michigan is the only region in the US where Finnish Americans make up a plurality of the population. Even the local English dialect is influenced by Finnish.
In Hidalgo, Mexico, there’s an…
In Hidalgo, Mexico, there’s an amusement park attraction that offers visitors a fake illegal border crossing experience.
Between 1907 and 1922, American…
Between 1907 and 1922, American-born women who married non-citizens automatically lost American citizenship. In 1917, hundreds of American women who had married German men were forced to register with the government as ‘enemy aliens’.
When the VOICE hotline was set up earlier this…
When the VOICE hotline was set up earlier this year for reporting criminal activity of illegal aliens, it was flooded with calls reporting space aliens and Bigfoot sightings.
A French man was able to successfully impersonate…
A French man was able to successfully impersonate an American family’s lost son for 3 and a half months before being caught and deported back to France.
Migrating to another country increases the amount…
Migrating to another country increases the amount of dopamine in the brain, putting immigrants at higher risk for developing schizophrenia.
Trevor Richards, a 16-year-old South African immigrant…
Trevor Richards, a 16-year-old South African immigrant, got suspended from his Omaha, Nebraska school when he nominated himself for a “Distinguished African-American Student of the Year” prize. He was the only pupil in this school to have ever lived in Africa.
Mitsuo Fuchida, the captain that lead…
Mitsuo Fuchida, the captain that lead the attack on Pearl Harbor, later became a Christian and settled in the US permanently.