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Woman stripped unclad for stealing artificial hair (Photos)
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An enraged social media user shared photos of a woman who was on mercilessly stripped unclad and paraded after she was caught stealing artificial hair, Weavons. The user, @Iamkareemberry wrote ; When women steal them go de parade them in nude… but if men steal them no de off their…
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When “Blowing Smoke Up Your Ass” Was Much More Than Just A Saying.
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Discover the shockingly literal and thoroughly disturbing 18th-century medical origins of the idiom “blowing smoke up your ass.” “Oh, you’re just blowing smoke up my ass,” is something you might hear someone say when they think you’re just telling them what they want to hear. But in 18th-century England, blowing…
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Mr Amar Kumar Rao was crushed
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This is how the working class is being crushed with complete impunity in want of safety standards at workplace that had been won by hundreds of years of struggle by working class unions“Mr Amar Kumar Rao was crushed by the moving engine and died on the spot during a shunting…
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Death by burning
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Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning against crimes such as treason, heresy, and witchcraft. The best-known execution of this type is burning at the stake, where the…
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Burning Victims to Death: Still a Common Practice
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The ISIS video of a Jordanian pilot being burned to death prompted denunciations over this unique form of savagery. How unique is it really? The latest ISIS atrocity – releasing a video of a captured Jordanian fighter pilot being burned alive – prompted substantial discussion yesterday about this particular form of savagery.…
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Violence Against Women:
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The Rape Of Berlin WW2 The Red Army’s orgy of rape in the dying days of Nazi Germany was conducted on a much greater scale than the previous suspected, according to a new book by the military historian Anthony Beevor, the author of the best-selling Stalingrad, says advancing Soviet troops raped large…
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Ukraine Citizens Tie Alleged Looter to Pole With Pants Down as Punishment
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A man was tied to a pole and had his pants pulled down after allegedly attempting to loot stores in Kyiv on Monday. The photos showed the man taped around the pole at an AMIC petrol station. Police cars can be seen parked in the background. Another picture from the scene showed…
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Hold onto your hats
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Hold onto your hats—archaeology just took a wild turn! Deep in Germany’s Tollense Valley, researchers have stumbled upon what can only be described as a jaw-dropping revelation: Europe’s oldest battlefield, a chaotic scene that goes back 3,250 years. It all kicked off in 1996 when a lone bone, sticking out…
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