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King Robert the Bruce defeats English knight Henry De Bohun in single combat at the beginning of the battle of Bannockburn
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An English knight Henry de Bohun was riding ahead of his companions when he caught sight of the Scottish king inspecting some of his lines. De Bohun lowered his lance and charged. Robert the Bruce was mounted on a small palfrey and armed with a battle-axe[He could have simply moved…
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Troll A – The Tallest Structure Ever Moved by Mankind.
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Located about 80 km off the west coast of Norway is Troll A, a colossal natural gas platform and the tallest structure ever moved by mankind. It’s construction is regarded as one of the largest and most complex engineering projects in history. Operated by Statoil, the platform was towed over…
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The Ball Turret on a B-17 Bomber.
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The ball turret on a B-17 bomber was a rotating, spherical gunner’s station located underneath the aircraft. This small, cramped space housed a single gunner armed with two .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns. The turret was designed to protect the vulnerable underside of the bomber from enemy fighters during…
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‘The thinner tree was cut years ago and the big one has been holding and feeding it since then.
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They “wake up” together in the spring and “go to sleep” together in the autumn’ Inosculation is a natural phenomenon in which parts of two different trees, commonly but not exclusively the same species, grow together, self grafting and sharing nutrients. Inosculation refers to the natural grafting that can occur…
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The revelation of an iron drill
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The revelation of an iron drill, astonishingly encased in coal dating back millions of years, ignited a whirlwind of curiosity when John Buchanan presented it to the world on December 13, 1852. Unearthed from deep within a coal seam, protected by over two meters of resilient clay, this remarkable artifact…
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Henry Box Brown
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was an enslaved man from Virginia who escaped to freedom at the age of 33 by arranging to have himself mailed in a wooden crate in 1849 to abolitionists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Brown became a well-known speaker for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society and got to know Frederick Douglass. He was…
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Mummy amongst cloth and artefacts in a desert, Peru :
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Mummification was practiced by numerous cultures in what is now Peru, beginning more than 7,000 years ago and allowed the living to remember, and remain connected with, the dead. Some people kept mummies in their homes or brought them to festivals. Others brought offerings of food or drink to their…
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Anna Haining Bates: One of the Tallest Women in History and Her Unique Love Story
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Anna Haining Bates, born on August 6, 1846, in Mill Brook, Nova Scotia, is remembered not only for her remarkable height but also for her extraordinary life alongside her equally towering husband, Martin Van Buren Bates. Standing at an astounding 7 feet 11 inches, Anna was one of the tallest…
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BIRTHDAY EVENT: Happy 104th Birthday to US Army Air Forces Veteran Jules Hagen of Florida
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Please join us at WWII uncovered in wishing US Army Air Force’s Veteran Jules Hagen a most Happy 104th Birthday. Jules celebrated his monumental Birthday with a grand party held at the Brookdale Palma Sola assisted living facility in Bradenton Florida. Based in England, he served as a Command Engineer,…
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Honoring the Code Talkers of the Pacific Theater : Three Heroes Return Home
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“Three Marine Code Talkers who fought on Peleliu, here pictured on their way to Okinawa in late March 1945. From left to right, Private First Class Joe Hosteen Kelwood (Navajo), Private First Class Floyd Saupitty (Comanche), and Private First Class Alex Williams (Navajo).” – USMC photo 129851 US Signal Corps…