British soldiers read a map in the trenches of the Western Front during World War One. The trenches were dug out of the mud of the battlefields and lined with wood and barbed wire. Watch this ...

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Certain medical conditions would also theoretically provide an exemption from being sent to the trenches ... There were around 16,000 in World War 1 and 60,000 in World War 2.

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One exhibit is "WWI Beyond the Trenches: Stories from the Front," that shares firsthand accounts of Wisconsin servicemembers during World War One across several branches of the military.

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In a future where all flora are extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's plant samples, kept in a greenhouse aboard a spacecraft.