Welcome to Bedtime History. Hello, this is Brake.

Growing up, one of my favorite childhood memories was using my imagination to build new things.

I'd take apart old, unused electronics or appliances in our home, and then try and rebuild them into something new and interesting.

They usually didn't work. They were more like works of art than functioning inventions, but I had a blast doing it.

What's great about a product like KiwiCo is the things you build as part of the engineering kits actually work.

My kids and I have built a few different projects together, including a ukulele, a pinball machine, headphones, and a speaker.

These projects include detailed instructions and also explain the science behind how the devices work.

As a parent, it can be hard to find creative ways to keep your children busy, challenged, and off screens.

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Other subjects are science, art, engineering, crafting, and design. KiwiCo also has crates designed for kids and adults of all ages.

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In 1945, when Germany lost World War II and the Allies invaded the country, the Russians came in from the East and kept the eastern part of Germany for themselves,

the other allies, like the United States and England, wanted to keep the other part of Germany free.

So for many years, Germany was divided into two countries, East and West Germany.

At the time, the Russians' country, also called the Soviet Union, was communist and very aggressive.

They wanted the German people to be under their control, so they did many things to not let them be free.

But they started to notice that the East German people didn't like this, so they started leaving their part of the country.

The Soviet Union didn't like this either because many of their hard workers and smart workers were leaving.

The next thing they did changed Germany for many years. The Russians started to build a wall.

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