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“Kill! Kill! In the German race there is nothing but evil. Stamp out the fascist beast once and for all in its lair! Use force and break the racial pride of these German women. Take them as your lawful booty. Kill! As you storm forward. Kill! You gallant soldiers of…
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Puyi executed for treason after his failure to restore the Qing monarchy in 1917 and then in 1931 when he collided with the Japanese and escaped to Manchukuo. After the Qing Dynasty ended in 1912, Puyi had attached himself to several different powers, but with each power fail, he somehow…
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The Iranian regime’s henchmen in city of Karaj hanged at least five prisoners in Gohardasht Prison on Tuesday. The victims included Alireza Shahi whose death sentence was condemned by Amnesty International on Monday. Five men were part of a group of at least ten prisoners that their execution had been…
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The parents of a young man killed in a street fight halt the execution of the convicted killer this week — seconds before he was to be hanged in front of a large crowd. It took place in Iran, where hangings are still accepted as a form of public execution.…
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Enter the Nampa figurine—a small, mysterious artifact unearthed by chance, and dated to a staggering 2 million years old. That’s right, 2 million years! To put this into perspective, this predates North America’s earliest known human presence by hundreds of thousands of years.So, what exactly is this enigmatic figurine? Carved…
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After the German invasion of Poland, Carswell decided to join the U.S. Army Air Forces. He was appointed a flying cadet in Dallas on March 26, 1940, and trained at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas, getting his commission and wings toward the end of 1940. He instructed…
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The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered in the Valley of the Kings on 04 November 1922 by excavators led by Egyptologist Howard Carter, more than 3,300 years after Tutankhamun’s death and burial. On 4 November a worker uncovered a step in the rock. According to Carter’s published account the workmen…
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Being laid on the limestone surroundings known to contain calcium carbonate, when the rainwater poured over, it dissolved the carbonate compounds contained in limestone and subsequently soaked the surface of the ladder in calcium and magnesium ions. Over time, the minerals solidified and petrified the ladder’s surface. Although researchers estimate…
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These prehistoric creatures, similar to giant armadillos, roamed the Earth during the last Ice Age (the Pleistocene epoch). The rare find of multiple armored shells together suggests this site may have been a significant gathering place for these ancient giants. The Glyptodons’ final resting place likely resulted from a sudden,…