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Israel justifies arrests of Palestinians after images showing stripped men detained in Gaza
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Israel responded to the fierce criticism provoked by degrading photographs and videos showing dozens of naked men, some of them blindfolded, captured by the Israeli army on December 7. The government took responsibility for the mass arrests carried out by the army in the Gaza Strip the previous day. This…
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RESPECT TO THE ONE AND ONLY SS SOLDIER WHO STOPPED AND SAID: “THIS IS IMMORAL, I CAN’T DO THIS
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In 1947, in Poland, communist authorities began a series of trials of people accused of participating in mass murder at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The second of these trials, confusingly called “The First Auschwitz Trial” (Pierwszy Proces Oświęcimski), involved 40 defendants – most of them highly placed officers and administrators…
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Cyclocosmia (Trapdoor Spider)Also known as The Chinese Hourglass Spider, cyclocosmia latusicosta, are a type of trapdoor spider.
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They are ambush predators that patiently wait for their unaware victim to scurry past their lair before they strike and eat them as soon as they detect motion. If threatened, they burrow themselves headfirst and back up plugging the hole with their abdomen. Their backside looks a lot like a…
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Last word of Alexander the greatTHE D.E.A.T.H. MOMENT OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
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His death is still shrouded in mystery. However, the story of this great emperor’s death is still being passed on unceasingly. The story goes that he realized that death was coming and that he would not be able to return to his homeland in time. He told his officers: “I…
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Bodo League Massacre
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Bodo League massacre was a massacre committed by the South Korean government in 1950. South Korea’s then president Syngman Rhee ordered the execution of suspected communists (people related to either the Bodo League or the South Korean Workers Party). An estimated 100,000+ South Koreans were killed and US, Australian, and…
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This bodies were left hanging for six hours
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The Semiramis Hotel attack in Damascus. On Sunday the 26th of September 1976 four Palestinian guerrillas from “The Black June” terror group opposed to Syria’s intervention in Lebanon, seized a hotel and 90 hostages at the Hotel Semiramis in downtown Damascus. The government reported that the leader of the guerrillas…
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Mary Jane Seacole (née Grant; 23 November 1805 – 14 May 1881) was a British nurse and businesswoman.
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Seacole was born in Kingston to a Creole mother who ran a boarding house and had herbalist skills as a “doctress”. In 1990, Seacole was (posthumously) awarded the Jamaican Order of Merit. In 2004, she was voted the greatest black Briton in a survey conducted in 2003 by the black heritage website Every Generation .…
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IN REMEMBRANCE AND HONOR OF GEORGE KIELAK.
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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – The year is 1944 and George Kielak fights in the Polish army during the Warsaw Uprising. For 63 days he and his comrades fight to liberate World War II Warsaw, Poland, from Nazi Germany occupation. “In the Polish army, I carried ammunition and messages…
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English Men Once Sold Their Wives Instead of Getting Divorced
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Between the 17th and 19th centuries, wife-selling was a weird custom with a practical purpose. George Wray tied a halter around his wife’s waist and headed to the nearest market. He wasn’t there to buy anything—he was there to sell his wife. Onlookers shouted as he auctioned her off to…
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Katherine Campbell and Martha Lang were hanged and later set ablaze in Scotland for witchcraft.
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The girl who had accused Campbell of stealing milk was the victim of their curse, which was their crime. The truth is that the girl developed an unidentified sickness following this incident, which caused her to experience extreme hysterics or catatonic states. During her visits, ash, coal, chicken bones, and…