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According to an old Native American legend, one day there was a big fire in the forest.
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All the animals fled in terror in all directions, because it was a very violent fire. Suddenly, the jaguar saw a hummingbird pass over his head, but in the opposite direction. The hummingbird flew towards the fire! Whatever happened, he wouldn’t stop. Moments later, the jaguar saw him pass again,…
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Al Capone
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Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone Janurary 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947) was an American gangster who attained fame during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit. His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33 years old. Capone was born in the borough…
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“Actress Marlene Dietrich kisses a soldier returning home from war, 1945”
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READ TO END It was first published in ‘Life’ Magazine with the caption: “While soldiers hold her up by her famous legs, Marlene Dietrich is kissed by a home-coming GI”. The ship was the Monticello, a converted cruise liner. Her original name was SS Conte Grande and was built in…
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Female warrior was buried with legs wide apart in the ‘riding position’
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Female warrior was buried with legs wide apart in the ‘riding position’ as if on a horse journeying into the afterlife 2,400 years ago Site was discovered at Devitsa V ancient necropolis in Russia’s Voronezh region The horsewoman, aged between 20 and 35, had her tendons cut after death Three…
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To every female in the world.
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This is for the woman who is healing from the trauma that nobody apologized for. This is for the woman who was fired because she was late to work for the third time this month all because she had been awake for days up on end with her sick child. …
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This is tetanus also known as lockjaw.
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This is tetanus also known as lockjaw. It is caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani which is commonly found in soil. This bacterium produces a toxin creatively named the tetanus toxin. The bacteria themselves cause damage but the toxin produces the truly dangerous effects that cause muscles to lock up. …
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Flaying or skinning is an ancient execution method that is considered to be one of the most painful forms of punishment.
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The process involves tying up the victim’s hands and feet to prevent any movement and then slowly peeling off their skin using a sharp blade. The head was often the starting point, causing immense suffering as the victim remained conscious throughout the ordeal. In some cases, boiling was used to…
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This snake crawled over a sharp saw and was left bleeding by its cut. In anger, the snake wrapped the Saw with its thick body and proceeded to squeeze the life out of the Saw.
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Sadly, with each angry squeeze on the saw, it felt more pain. The snake continued because it wasn’t going to let the Saw get away with the pain it had caused it. The snake, refusing to let go of the Saw, eventually died from more cuts that resulted to loss…
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Respect to Joseph Lee Galloway ‘He is the only civilian to receive a medal from the U.S. Army for valor during the Vietnam War’
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“Joseph Lee Galloway was an American news correspondent and columnist. He is the only civilian to receive a medal from the U.S. Army for valor during the Vietnam War—a Bronze Star with Combat V for rescuing wounded soldiers under fire in the Ia Drang Valley in November 1965. A veteran…
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Prisoner who ‘died’ and came back to life argues life sentence has technically finished
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(US) A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in an Iowa prison argued his sentence had expired after his heart stopped momentarily and therefore he was technically ‘dead.’ Benjamin Schreiber, who was convicted of first-degree murder in the mid-1990s for clubbing a man to death with the handle of a…