A half-eaten pizza inspired Pac-Man, but the simple maze game became a cultural juggernaut and one of the biggest video-game crazes of the 1980s. WORLD’s Jenny Rough reports this week’s WORLD History Book.
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The WORLD History Book: Milton Hershey’s chocolate business created more than candy. It reshaped a Pennsylvania community around one entrepreneur’s vision. WORLD’s Emma Eicher reports from Hershey, Pa.
Long before hospitals embraced incubators, a Coney Island sideshow cared for premature babies—saving lives and reshaping medical thinking. Lauren Canterberry reports this week’s WORLD History Book.
From “boss” to “yacht,” Dutch has left a lasting imprint on English, shaping the language in ways most speakers never notice. George Grant unpacks the influence in this month’s Word Play.
A Gulf War veteran spends years bringing a memorial to Washington, hoping to ensure a conflict once widely supported is not lost to history. WORLD’s Jeff Palomino reports.
Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the meltdown’s hidden toll and the Soviet government’s secrecy helped fuel public distrust—and a growing demand for truth that reshaped an empire. WORLD’s William Fleeson reports.
