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North Korea, Jan 03: Unlike previous executions of political prisoners, the execution of Jang Song Thaek on December 12 was reportedly one of the most brutal ones ever conducted by the North Korean regime. According to a detailed account published in Wen Wei Po, a Hong Kong based Chinese newspaper, Jang…
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It has been definitively confirmed that “The Younger Lady” is Tutankhamun’s mother, and she was also Akhenaten’s full sister, revealing a much more complex royal bloodline than previously understood. This discovery reshapes the historical understanding of genetic relationships within the royal family, adding new layers of intrigue to the legacy…
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it is incredible The molars of the hyena are extremely strong and robust, a true marvel of nature! These teeth are designed to break large, hard bones with ease, a skill that puts the hyena on a whole other level in terms of bite strength. Their bite is up…
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On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 Mw struck with an epicentre off the west coast of Aceh in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, was caused by a rupture along the fault between the Burma plate and the Indian plate, and reached a Mercalli intensity of…
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The 1931 China floods, or the 1931 Yangtze–Huai River floods, was a devastating flood that occurred from June to August 1931 in China, hitting major cities such as Wuhan, Nanjing and beyond, and eventually culminated in a dike breach along Lake Gaoyou on 25 August 1931. Fatality estimates vary widely. A field survey by the University of Nanking led by John Lossing Buck immediately after the…
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In school, no one ever mentions what happened to the Black Death. Nor do they mention that we now have it in this country. Like so much that is fundamental to history (Whatever happened to the Dust Bowl? Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?), the question is sidestepped by…
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Today, the Equal Justice Institute (EJI) released a report about lynching in the United States between 1877 to 1950, and their research indicates that hundreds more of African American men, women, and children were lynched during that time period than previously thought, bringing the number of victims to nearly 4,000.…
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and with the horrific scenes playing out worldwide of violent rhetoric against Jews, I wanted to take a minute to stop and remember the Ukrainian men and women who survived those tragic years of World War II. An estimated 1.4-1.6 million Jews were killed in…
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was a United States Marine Corps sergeant who went missing in action during the battle of Iwo Jima while serving as a war photographer in World War II. He is best known for filming the second U.S. flag-raising on top of Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945. Genaust operated a…
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A viral video has shown the moment a Woman in Haiti caught her husband red-handed, naked in bed with his mistress he dared to bring home. The woman wouldn’t have it and used a long wooden stick to flog them both mercilessly while the mistress was busy scampering for help…