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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » March 14, 2021, 7:26 am

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Lepa Svetozara Radić (Serbian Cyrillic: Лепа Светозара Радић; 19 December 1925 – February 8, 1943) was a Yugoslav Partisan of Serb origin who was awarded the Order of the People's Hero in 1951 for her role in the resistance movement against the Axis powers in the Second World War—becoming the youngest recipient at the time. She was executed at the age of 17 for shooting at German troops.[1] As her captors tied the noose around her neck, they offered her a way out of the gallows by revealing her comrades' and leaders' identities. She responded that she was not a traitor and that her comrades would reveal themselves when they avenged her death.

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Josephine Garis Cochran (later Cochrane) (March 8, 1839 – August 3, 1913) was an American inventor[1] who was the inventor of the first commercially successful automatic dishwasher, which she designed in the shed behind her home, she then constructed it engaging the assistance of mechanic George Butters, who became one of her first employees.[2] Since she found washing dishes to be very boring and mundane, she is claimed to have said "If nobody else is going to invent a dish washing machine, I'll do it myself!" [3] Once her patent issued in 28 December 1886, she founded Garis-Cochrane Manufacturing Company to manufacture her machines.[4] Cochrane showed her new machine at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893 where nine Garis-Cochran washers were installed in the restaurants and pavilions of the fair and was met with interest from restaurants and hotels, where hot water access was not an issue. She won the highest prize for "best mechanical construction, durability and adaptation to its line of work" at the Fair. Garis-Cochran Manufacturing Company, which built both hand and power operated dishwashers, grew through a focus on hotels and other commercial customers and was renamed as Cochran’s Crescent Washing Machine Company in 1897.[5]



Cochran's Crescent Washing Machine Company became part of KitchenAid through acquisition by Hobart Manufacturing Company after Cochran's death in 1913, who first grew the commercial business, and in 1949, the first KitchenAid dishwasher based on Cochran's design was introduced to the public. By the 1950s, most households had access to hot water which had been limited in the past and cultural attitudes regarding the role of women were shifting so the consumer home market opened for dishwashers in the 1950s. Cochran was posthumously inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006 for patent 355,139 issued on December 28, 1886 for her invention of the dishwasher.[6]



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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » March 15, 2021, 3:12 am

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrells (Movie ) with Steve Martin and Michael Cane 1988

IT WAS SHOT ENTIRELY IN FRANCE.
Scoundrels was shot, as was explained in the end credits, entirely on location in the south of France and at La Victorine Cote D’Azur Studios in Nice. Caine stayed in a St. Paul villa during shooting and later recalled with a laugh, "It’s tough duty, but someone’s got to do it, you know?"

*Caine was nominated for a Golden Globe for this movie but Martin wasn’t.

This came as something of a surprise to people since Steve Martin was considered to be just as much of contributor to the movie.
*The jail scene with Freddy was mostly improv.
He had to keep coming up with things to say to finish out the scene and eventually the director had to bring a halt to it.

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To a little boy, there’s nothing funnier than the noises they can make with their body. While it isn’t humorous to most adults, kids chuckle when they fart or burp as they feel like they’ve done something taboo. Actually, farting is quite normal, and it’s a sign that you have a healthy colon.

Some think the very mention of the word fart is offensive, so they prefer to use terms like a stinker, toot, cutting the cheese, fluffing, or the technical term to flatulate. Regardless of what you call it, you shouldn’t be embarrassed about this normal bodily function.

Did you know that the average person farts between 13-21 times each day? So, it doesn’t matter how prim and proper some try to be; their body will do what it was designed to do.
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The 369th Infantry Regiment, formerly known as the 15th New York National Guard Regiment and commonly referred to as the Harlem Hellfighters, was an infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I and World War II. The Regiment consisted mainly of African Americans, though it also included several Puerto Rican Americans during World War II. With the 370th Infantry Regiment,[2] it was known for being one of the first African American regiments to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.[3]

The regiment was nicknamed the Black Rattlers. The nickname Men of Bronze (French: Hommes de Bronze) was given to the regiment by the French and Hell-fighters (German: Höllenkämpfer) was given to them by the Germans.[4][5][6] During WWI, the 369th spent 191 days in frontline trenches, more than any other American unit. They also suffered the most losses of any American regiment with 1,500 casualties

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Post by Doodoo » March 16, 2021, 1:34 am

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Operation Frankton was a commando raid on ships in the German occupied French port of Bordeaux in southwest France during the Second World War. The raid was carried out by a small unit of Royal Marines known as the Royal Marines Boom Patrol Detachment (RMBPD), part of Combined Operations inserted by HMS Tuna captained by Lieutenant-Commander Dick Raikes who, earlier, had been awarded the DSO for operations while in command of the submarine HMS Seawolf (47S). (The RMBPD would later form the Special Boat Service).

The plan was for six kayaks (called "canoes" by the British) to be taken to the area of the Gironde estuary by submarine. Twelve men would then paddle by night to Bordeaux. On arrival they would attack the docked cargo ships with limpet mines and then escape overland to Spain. Men from no.1 section were selected for the raid; including the commanding officer, Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler, and with the reserve Marine Colley the team was thirteen in total. One canoe was damaged while being deployed from the submarine and it and its crew therefore could not take part in the mission. Only two of the 10 men who launched from the submarine survived the raid: Hasler, and his number two in the canoe, Bill Sparks. Of the other eight, six were executed by the Germans and two died from hypothermia.

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Naiad

In Greek mythology, the Naiads (/ˈnaɪædz, -ədz/; Greek: Ναϊάδες) are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water.

They are distinct from river gods, who embodied rivers, and the very ancient spirits that inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in the Argolis.

Naiads were associated with fresh water, as the Oceanids were with fresh water and the Nereids specifically with the Mediterranean, but because the ancient Greeks thought of the world's waters as all one system, which percolated in from the sea in deep cavernous spaces within the earth, there was some overlap. Arethusa, the nymph of a spring, could make her way through subterranean flows from the Peloponnesus to surface on the island of Sicily.

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Walter Brennan
In 1920, Brennan married Ruth Caroline Wells. They had a daughter, Ruth Caroline Brennan Lademan.[36] Lademan's husband, Dixon McCully Lademan, was a captain in the U.S. Navy in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.[37] Brennan's son Arthur Wells "Big Mike" Brennan and his wife, Florence Irene (Whitman) Brennan, lived in Joseph, Oregon.[36][38]

In 1940, Brennan purchased the 12,000-acre Lightning Creek Ranch, 20 miles north of Joseph, Oregon. He built the Indian Lodge Motel, a movie theater, and a variety store in Joseph, and continued going there between film roles until his death. Some members of his family continue to live in the area.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » March 17, 2021, 5:52 am

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MAD JACK CHURCHILL

John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, DSO & Bar, MC & Bar (16 September 1906 – 8 March 1996) was a British Army officer who fought in the Second World War with a longbow, bagpipes, and a Scottish broadsword. Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", he was known for the motto: "Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed."

Churchill was born in Colombo, British Ceylon,[1] to Alec Fleming Churchill (1876–1961), later of Hove, East Sussex and Elinor Elizabeth, daughter of John Alexander Bond Bell, of Kelnahard, County Cavan, Ireland, and of Dimbula, Ceylon. Alec, of a family long settled at Deddington, Oxfordshire, had been District Engineer in the Ceylon Civil Service, in which his father, John Fleming Churchill (1829–1894), had also served.[1][2] Soon after Jack's birth, the family returned to Dormansland, Surrey, where his younger brother, Thomas Bell Lindsay Churchill (1907–1990) was born.[3] In 1910, the Churchills moved to British Hong Kong when Alec Churchill was appointed as Director of Public Works; he also served as a member of the Executive Council. The Churchills' third and youngest son, Robert Alec Farquhar Churchill—later a lieutenant in the Royal Navy and Fleet Air Arm—was born in Hong Kong in 1911. The family returned to England in 1917.[4][5][6][7][8]

Churchill was educated at individual William's College on the Isle of Man. He graduated from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1926 and served in Burma with the Manchester Regiment. He enjoyed riding a motorbike while in Burma.[9]

Churchill left the army in 1936 and worked as a newspaper editor in Nairobi, Kenya, and as a male model.[9][unreliable source?] He used his archery and bagpipe talents to play a small role in the 1924 film, The Thief of Bagdad[10] and also appeared in the 1938 film, A Yank at Oxford.[9][unreliable source?] He took second place in the 1938 military piping competition at the Aldershot Tattoo.[9][unreliable source?] In 1939, he represented Great Britain at the World Archery Championships in Oslo

France (1940)
Further information: British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
Churchill resumed his commission after Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, and was assigned to the Manchester Regiment, which was sent to France in the British Expeditionary Force. In May 1940, Churchill and some of his men ambushed a German patrol near L'Épinette (near Richebourg, Pas-de-Calais). Churchill gave the signal to attack by raising his claymore. A common story is that Churchill killed a German with a longbow in this action. However, Churchill later said that his bows had been crushed by a lorry earlier in the campaign.[11] After fighting at Dunkirk, he volunteered for the Commandos.

Jack's younger brother, Thomas Churchill, also served with and led a Commando brigade during the war.[13] After the war, Thomas wrote a book, Commando Crusade, that details some of the brothers' experiences during the war.[14] Their youngest brother, Robert, also known as 'Buster', served in the Royal Navy and was killed in action in 1942.

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Graeme Murray Walker OBE (10 October 1923 – 13 March 2021)[1][2] was an English motorsport commentator and journalist. He provided television commentary of live Formula 1 coverage for the BBC between 1976 and 1996, and for ITV between 1997 and 2001.


During his 23-year run as full-time commentator, Walker became known for his animated enthusiasm, authoritative voice and comical blunders – dubbed "Murrayisms" by fans – during live races. His commentary voice has been likened to a "screech and resembles a 500cc engine being revved up".[3] He retired from full-time commentary after the 2001 United States Grand Prix, but returned to broadcasting part-time in 2005 and made occasional appearances on the BBC, Channel 4 and Sky Sports F1.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » March 18, 2021, 5:52 am

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Vinegar on your fries makes them better for you
Potatoes supply a big splurge of fast-releasing carbs that rapidly raise blood sugar levels and insulin in an unhealthy way, and could increase your diabetes risk. But vinegar has the effect of lowering the glycemic index (GI) of fries, which means those carbs get released over a more prolonged period, making them just that little bit healthier.


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A glass of orange juice is almost as sugary as a glass of cola
Both contain around 10% sugar give or take a little bit. Obviously the juice is heathier as it’s a good source of vitamin C, which is important for healthy gums, skin and your immune system, plus folate, which helps make red blood cells and can fight tiredness and fatigue. Sticking to just one 150ml (5 fl oz) glass per day of the juice is recommended by nutritionists.

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Plain old vegetable is as good for your heart as olive oil
Products labeled just “vegetable oil” are usually rapeseed oil (canola oil), which, like olive oil is very high in monounsaturated fats that help to lower cholesterol levels. When you’re feeling budget-conscious, it can be a much cheaper, but just as healthy, option for stir-frying or even putting into a salad dressing.

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Around 500 million Tim Tams are sold per year
Australia’s hugely popular chocolate biscuit – the Tim Tam – is made from two layers of chocolate-malted cookie sandwiched together with a chocolate cream filling, before the whole thing is covered in chocolate. Tim Tams were named after a horse that won the Kentucky Derby in 1958. Around 45 million packs – that's about 500 million biscuits in total – are now sold each year.



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Just one carrot gives you all of your daily vitamin A
Yes, just one boiled 80g (2¾oz) carrot supplies enough beta carotene for your body to produce 1,480 micrograms (mcg) of vitamin A (needed for skin cell renewal) – that's more than the daily recommendation in the USA of around 900mcg. It's best to eat carrots cooked, as this softens the cell walls allowing more beta carotene to be absorbed.

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Only some countries sell eggs refrigerated
The Americans, Australians and Japanese all wash and sanitize eggs. That means they also have to oil and then refrigerate them, as washing removes the natural protective barrier on the eggs that prevents bacteria entering. In the UK, and across the EU, it’s the law not to wash grade A eggs. This keeps the natural protection in place so they can be sold from the shelf and not the chiller cabinet.

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Tea bags were an accident
According to the UK Tea and Infusions Association, Thomas Sullivan, a New York tea merchant, started to send samples of tea to his customers in small silken bags in around 1908 – and rather than empty out the contents, people assumed the entire bag should be put in the pot. It was through this mistake that the tea bag was born.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » March 19, 2021, 1:04 am

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Apples contain a lot of air
Ever wonder why apples are the preferred choice for barrel bobbing at Halloween? It's because they are actually 25% (one-quarter) air, which makes them perfect for floating in water.

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Coffee is really a fruit
When you're making (or buying) your next caffeine fix, spare a thought for the humble coffee bean. Coffee beans are harvested from the coffea plant, a small tree that produces bright red fruits a little like cherries. In fact, much like stone fruits such as cherries and nectarines, the coffee bean we’re all familiar with is actually the pip in the middle of the fruit that's extracted and roasted.

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Bananas are radioactive
Bananas are rich in potassium, a mineral that balances water levels in the body as well as keeping blood pressure healthy. But a small proportion of that potassium is the unstable radioactive form, which you are swallowing alongside the regular potassium every time you eat the fruit. Other fruit and vegetables rich in potassium will also be a teeny bit radioactive in the same way. Thankfully it's next to impossible to get a significant dose of radiation from eating fruits and veggies.

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Tea bags are convenient but did you know that they can give you more than a nice cup of tea? Many brands of tea bags in Canada contain plastic, either in the bag itself or in the seal, and steeping these tea bags releases microplastics into your cup – not to mention what they release into the environment. If you want to be certain that you’re avoiding plastic tea, invest in a reusable fabric bag or a mesh tea strainer and buy loose leaf tea.

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » March 20, 2021, 7:43 am

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The salad's creation is generally attributed to restaurateur Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant who operated restaurants in Mexico and the United States.[2] His daughter Rosa recounted that her father invented the salad at his restaurant Caesar's (at the Hotel Caesar in Tijuana, Mexico) when a Fourth of July rush in 1924 depleted the kitchen's supplies. Cardini made do with what he had, adding the dramatic flair of the table-side tossing "by the chef."[3][incomplete short citation] Cardini was living in San Diego but he was also working in Tijuana where he avoided the restrictions of Prohibition.[4] A number of Cardini's staff have said that they invented the dish.[5][incomplete short citation

Julia Child said that she had eaten a Caesar salad at Cardini's restaurant when she was a child in the 1920s.[7] In 1946, newspaper columnist Dorothy Kilgallen wrote of a Caesar containing anchovies, differing from Cardini's version:

The big food rage in Hollywood—the Caesar salad—will be introduced to New Yorkers by Gilmore's Steak House. It's an intricate concoction that takes ages to prepare and contains (zowie!) lots of garlic, raw or slightly coddled eggs, croutons, romaine, anchovies, parmeasan [sic] cheese, olive oil, vinegar and plenty of black pepper.[8]

According to Rosa Cardini, the original Caesar salad (unlike his brother Alex's Aviator's salad, which was later renamed to Caesar salad)[5] did not contain pieces of anchovy; the slight anchovy flavor comes from the Worcestershire sauce. Cardini was opposed to using anchovies in his salad

In the 1970s, Cardini's daughter said that the original recipe included whole lettuce leaves, which were meant to be lifted by the stem and eaten with the fingers; coddled eggs; and Italian olive oil.

Although the original recipe does not contain anchovies, modern recipes typically include anchovies as a key ingredient, which frequently is emulsified in bottled versions.[10] Bottled Caesar dressings are now produced and marketed by many companies.

The trademark brands "Cardini's", "Caesar Cardini's" and "The Original Caesar Dressing" are all claimed to date to February 1950, although they were only registered decades later,[11] and more than a dozen varieties of bottled Cardini's dressing are available today, with various ingredients.

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On this day 16th March 1943:
RAAF pilot William “Bill” Newton and his crew of two lead an attack by RAAF 22 Squadron aircraft on Salamaua, Papua New Guinea, through intense shell-fire from the ground. Newton’s Boston light bomber is hit repeatedly by the enemy. Their aircraft suffered bad tears to its fuselage and wings; it had a hole in its petrol tank, its engines were badly damaged, and one tyre was burst. Nevertheless, Newton continued the attack, flew nearly 200 miles back to Port Moresby and, despite the flat tyre, made a safe landing.
Two days later he attempted an attack on the same location. This time his aircraft, hit by flak, burst into flames. Newton flew along the shore and brought his plane safely down on the water. Sergeant Basil Eastwood was killed in the crash, but Newton and Sergeant John Lyon escaped, swimming to shore.
The following day Newton and Lyon were captured by a company of the Imperial Japanese Navy. They were taken to Lae, where Sergeant Lyon was executed by bayonet. Newton was returned to Salamaua and beheaded by the Japanese on the 29th of March 1943. He was 23.
William Ellis Newton was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his “great valour and devotion to duty”. His was the only Victoria Cross awarded to a member of the RAAF in the Pacific theatre. - AWM

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Re: Yes it really happened

Post by Doodoo » March 21, 2021, 4:14 am

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The Myth: You can catch up on sleep another time if you’re sleep-deprived

The reality: Sleep debt (or sleep deficit, as it is otherwise known) is a real thing, and it stems from consistently missing out on the minimum amount of sleep required to allow your body to properly rest up. While we may naturally want to “catch up” on those missed hours of sleep, resetting the snowballing impact of chronic sleep-deprivation is more difficult to do. Research suggests, it can take up to four days to make up for one hour of sleep, and up to nine days to help us return to our natural sleep baseline.

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The Myth: Warm milk is a sleep aid

The reality: While people around the world turn to warm milk as a sleep aid, the research on this method’s effectiveness isn’t so clear. The reasoning is that milk contains tryptophan, which is linked to falling asleep faster. However, we still don’t know if milk itself contains enough of the amino acid to actually make a difference in the amount we’d typically drink.

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The Myth: Red wine helps you sleep more soundly

The reality: While you may certainly hit the hey faster after having a few glasses of red wine, the quality of sleep you get will be significantly lower. There are a number of studies that have looked into the impact of alcohol on sleep, and recent research out of Korea similarly found that while sleep may arrive faster after drinking, there are more sleep disturbances. Some scientists have theorized that this may be due to the high sugar content found in wine and other alcoholic beverages, giving our system a caloric boost when we least want one.

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The Myth: Your brain shuts off during sleep

The reality: Your brain is doing important work while you sleep. While the pattern of your brain activity does shift when you’re unconscious, it does ramp up to levels similar to when you’re awake during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. In fact, science is just beginning to unravel how your brain uses sleep time to process emotions, memory and to help support effective thinking.

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Re: Yes it really happened

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THINGS TO DISAPPEAR
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House keys
House keys are still used by many, but there are advantages to changing to smart locks, such as those with numeric codes that open the door once the correct numbers are punched in. For example:

There are no keys that can be lost, stolen or forgotten.
Homeowners can set up a temporary code for a worker who needs access, then delete it the next day.
Kids can memorize a simple code and no longer have to worry if they lose or forget a key.
Vacationing homeowners can pass on the code and allow a neighbor to check on a home without needing to hand out an extra physical key.


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Manual-transmission cars
Cars utilizing stick shifts, also called manual transmissions, are disappearing around the bend. Fewer manufacturers make manual transmissions now. USA Today reports that only 3.5% of U.S. car sales in 2018 were manuals, compared with 6.8% in 2012.

For those who love the stick shift, this transition will really grind your gears.

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Wim Hof (born 20 April 1959), also known as The Iceman, is a Dutch extreme athlete noted for his ability to withstand freezing temperatures.[1] He has set Guinness World Records for swimming under ice and prolonged full-body contact with ice, and previously held the record for a barefoot half marathon on ice and snow. He attributes these feats to his Wim Hof Method (WHM), a combination of frequent cold exposure, breathing techniques and meditation. Hof has been the subject of several medical assessments and a book by investigative journalist Scott Carney.

On 16 March 2000, Hof set the Guinness World Record for farthest swim under ice, with a distance of 57.5 metres (188.6 ft).[9][10] The swim at a lake near Pello, Finland was filmed for a Dutch television program, and a test run the previous day almost ended in disaster when his corneas started to freeze and he was swimming blind. A diver rescued him as he was starting to lose consciousness.[3] A new record of 76.2 metres (250 ft) was set by Stig Severinsen in 2013.[11]

On 26 January 2007, Hof set a world record for fastest half marathon barefoot on ice and snow, with a time of 2 hours, 16 minutes, and 34 seconds.[12] This record was surpassed on 17 January 2021, by Czech Josef Šálek, who finished a half-marathon in Pelhřimov with a time of 1:36:21.[13]

Hof has set the world record for longest time in direct, full-body contact with ice a total of 16 times,[14] including 1 hour, 42 minutes and 22 seconds on 23 January 2009;[15] 1 hour, 44 minutes in January 2010;[16] and 1 hour 53 minutes and 2 seconds in 2013.[14] This was surpassed in 2014 by Songhao Jin of China, with a time of 1 hour, 53 minutes and 10 seconds;[17] and surpassed in 2019 by Josef Köberl of Austria, with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 47 seconds.[18]

In 2007, Hof climbed to an altitude of 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) on Mount Everest wearing nothing but shorts and shoes, but aborted the attempt due to a recurring foot injury.[19][20] In February 2009, Hof reached the top of Mount Kilimanjaro within two days wearing only shorts and shoes.[21] In 2016 he reached Gilmans point on Kilimanjaro with journalist Scott Carney in 28 hours, an event later documented in the book What Doesn't Kill Us.[22][23] In September, he ran a full marathon in the Namib Desert without water, under the supervision of Dr. Thijs Eijsvogels.[24]

Wim Hof markets a regimen, the Wim Hof Method (WHM), created alongside his son Enahm Hof. The method involves three "pillars": cold therapy, breathing, and meditation.[25] It has similarities to Tibetan Tummo meditation and pranayama, both of which employ breathing techniques.

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Post by Doodoo » March 23, 2021, 12:21 am

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'Honest' Farmer Remembered for Saving Crops of Japanese-Americans Sent to WWII Internment Camps
Wednesday marks the 78th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order that led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII
On Feb. 19, 1942 — two months after the U.S. entered World War II following the attacks on Pearl Harbor by Japan — President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which gave the military power to identify civilians they considered a security threat and imprison them in internment camps along the country.

This resulted in nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent, many of them American citizens, being forcibly removed from their homes and jobs and incarcerated in 10 barbed-wire camps throughout California, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Arkansas and NOOGLES Idaho.

While Roosevelt’s order was largely initiated by fears of sabotage and spying, paranoia and racism also played a central part.
“They are a dangerous element, whether loyal or not,” John DeWitt, Army commanding general of the Western Defense Command, said at the time of people with Japanese backgrounds.

“I am determined that if they have one drop of Japanese blood in them, they must go to camp,” echoed Colonel Karl Bendetsen, then the Administrator of Wartime Civil Control Administration.
Thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to these camps as racial tensions permeated throughout the country. But Sacramento farmer Bob Fletcher did not give in to anti-Japanese sentiment, and instead came to the aid of his neighbors when they were forced from their homes.

According to the Washington Post, Fletcher quit his job as a state agricultural inspector and worked to save the nearby farms of his neighbors: the Nitta, Okamoto and Tsukamoto families.

Though Fletcher was taunted as a “Jap lover” and was nearly shot by a bullet that was fired into a barn, he endured through the criticism and paid the mortgages and taxes of the farms as he awaited the families’ return — whenever that would be.

For his efforts, Fletcher — who tended to a total of 90 acres over three farms — only took half of the profits from the crops, and turned over the rest when the families returned home three years later in 1945.

“I did know a few of them pretty well and never agreed with the evacuation,” Fletcher told the Sacramento Bee in 2010, according to the Los Angeles Times. “They were the same as anybody else. It was obvious they had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.”
Fletcher — along with his wife of 67 years, Teresa — lived in the Sacramento area until his death on May 23, 2013. He was 101.

“He saved us,” Doris Taketa, who was 12 when Fletcher took over her family’s farm, told the New York Times.

“Few people in history exemplify the best ideals the way that Bob did,” added Marielle Tsukamoto, who was 5 when her family was interned, to the L.A. Times. “He was honest and hardworking and had integrity. Whenever you asked him about it, he just said, ‘It was the right thing to do.’ ”

President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties act in 1988, which acknowledged the injustice experienced by Japanese-Americans who were relocated to the internment camps. The bill also paid out $20,000 in compensation to each surviving victim.

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Tomatoes
Just because tomatoes made the "naughty list" for pesticide residues doesn't mean you should steer clear of them. If anything, you should make sure you're eating enough of them. Why? Tomatoes are loaded in vitamins C, K, and B9 (folate) all of which are key for optimal health. Make sure to scrub the tomato's surface under running water for at least 10 seconds before eating.

Bell and hot peppers
Galligan told CNN that one of the more shocking items on this year's list included bell and hot peppers.

"They haven't been tested since 2011-2012, and the USDA found 115 different pesticides on last year's pepper crops. This is the most, by far, of any of the crops tested," he said.

Still, bell peppers (especially red ones) are highly nutritious and very versatile. Consider chopping them up and adding them on top of your salad. Or, slice them vertically and sauté them with onion for your next fajita night.

Grapes
Grapes are also among the bunch of crops that are most likely to be sprayed with chlorpyrifos. Definitely consider buying organic grapes if you can to avoid exposure to the potentially neurotoxic chemical.

Strawberries
It's important to note that the USDA doesn't test all produce each year and strawberries are one of them. Galligan told us that the fruit was last tested in 2016. This, in part, is why strawberries continue to take the lead as the produce item that contains the highest levels of pesticides.

However, Galligan reassures that this infrequent testing is still to be trusted as in many ways the testing data remains, "consistent from year to year because the growing practices for nonorganic produce remain remarkably stable, despite sharply growing consumer demand for organic fruits and vegetables."

Bottom line? Buy organic strawberries over conventionally-grown ones if you can.

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March 23, 2021, 12:21 am
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'Honest' Farmer Remembered for Saving Crops of Japanese-Americans Sent to WWII Internment Camps
Wednesday marks the 78th anniversary of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's executive order that led to the incarceration of 120,000 Japanese-Americans during WWII
On Feb. 19, 1942 — two months after the U.S. entered World War II following the attacks on Pearl Harbor by Japan — President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which gave the military power to identify civilians they considered a security threat and imprison them in internment camps along the country.

This resulted in nearly 120,000 people of Japanese descent, many of them American citizens, being forcibly removed from their homes and jobs and incarcerated in 10 barbed-wire camps throughout California, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Arkansas and NOOGLES Idaho.

While Roosevelt’s order was largely initiated by fears of sabotage and spying, paranoia and racism also played a central part.
“They are a dangerous element, whether loyal or not,” John DeWitt, Army commanding general of the Western Defense Command, said at the time of people with Japanese backgrounds.

“I am determined that if they have one drop of Japanese blood in them, they must go to camp,” echoed Colonel Karl Bendetsen, then the Administrator of Wartime Civil Control Administration.
Thousands of Japanese Americans were sent to these camps as racial tensions permeated throughout the country. But Sacramento farmer Bob Fletcher did not give in to anti-Japanese sentiment, and instead came to the aid of his neighbors when they were forced from their homes.

According to the Washington Post, Fletcher quit his job as a state agricultural inspector and worked to save the nearby farms of his neighbors: the Nitta, Okamoto and Tsukamoto families.

Though Fletcher was taunted as a “Jap lover” and was nearly shot by a bullet that was fired into a barn, he endured through the criticism and paid the mortgages and taxes of the farms as he awaited the families’ return — whenever that would be.

For his efforts, Fletcher — who tended to a total of 90 acres over three farms — only took half of the profits from the crops, and turned over the rest when the families returned home three years later in 1945.

“I did know a few of them pretty well and never agreed with the evacuation,” Fletcher told the Sacramento Bee in 2010, according to the Los Angeles Times. “They were the same as anybody else. It was obvious they had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.”
Fletcher — along with his wife of 67 years, Teresa — lived in the Sacramento area until his death on May 23, 2013. He was 101.

“He saved us,” Doris Taketa, who was 12 when Fletcher took over her family’s farm, told the New York Times.

“Few people in history exemplify the best ideals the way that Bob did,” added Marielle Tsukamoto, who was 5 when her family was interned, to the L.A. Times. “He was honest and hardworking and had integrity. Whenever you asked him about it, he just said, ‘It was the right thing to do.’ ”

President Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties act in 1988, which acknowledged the injustice experienced by Japanese-Americans who were relocated to the internment camps. The bill also paid out $20,000 in compensation to each surviving victim.
Wow, truly amazing. I'm going to do my best to never forget this story where that man's name.

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In 1944, Klaff joined the camp staff at the Stutthof's subcamp at Praust (Pruszcz), where she abused many of the prisoners. On 5 October 1944, she arrived at the Russoschin subcamp of Stutthof (present-day northern Poland).

She fled the camp in early 1945 but on 11 June 1945, she was arrested by Polish officials and soon after was laid up in prison with typhoid fever. She stood trial with the other former female guards. It is said that she stated at the trial, "I am very intelligent and very devoted to my work in the camps. I struck at least two prisoners every day." She was convicted and received a sentence of death. She was publicly hanged (by the short drop method) on 4 July 1946, on Biskupia Górka hill, near Gdańsk, aged 24.

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This Day In Weather History is a daily podcast by The Weather Network that features stories about people, communities, and events and how weather impacted them.On Wednesday, Mar. 18, 1925, three states in the U.S. were hit with the largest tornado ever. Not just in the States, largest on Earth. The Tri-State Tornado, as it's called, lasted three and a half hours, travelled 352 km, and spent a significant time moving at 117 km/h.

This is the States' deadliest tornado, killing 695 people.

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Foods to eat past expiry date
Hard cheese
Cheese is one of those foods that you might toss should it pass its expiry date, but you’d be wasting good cheddar! The way the cheese is made and aged allows it to remain safe to eat even past its expiry date. Just be sure to cut off any mold at least two or three centimetres (an inch) before you dig in.

Canned goods
Most canned goods have expiry dates that are about three years after they’ve been shelved, but as long as there are no dents or rust on the cans, and they’ve been stored in a cool space, they’re safe to eat for another three to four years after that.

Jam
Jam contains a lot of sugar that helps to preserve it and keep it safe to eat long after its expiry date. As long as you aren’t contaminating it—like by using the peanut butter knife—you should be fine to enjoy sweet spreads long after their expiry date.

Mustard
Yellow mustard can stay in the pantry for up to two years beyond its expiry date, but should be consumed within a year of opening after that.

Ketchup
Ketchup is one of those condiments that’s perfectly fine to eat after its best-before date. In fact, you can keep it sealed in the pantry for up to a year after its expiry. Just consume within about six months after opening.

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Canned goods
Most canned goods have expiry dates that are about three years after they’ve been shelved, but as long as there are no dents or rust on the cans, and they’ve been stored in a cool space, they’re safe to eat for another three to four years after that.

Anyone who served in the British Armed Forces in the seventies, eighty's and naughties of the last century has eaten field rations (Compo) canned rations before the boil in the bag era that were at least 12/15 years old. Never did us any harm, I think.

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FOODS NOT TO BE EATEN IN THE MORN

Sausage
"Although sausage is a food eaten by many for breakfast or at weekend brunch, sausage isn't the most nutritious morning option. Sausage is made from ground meats, fat, spices, flavorings, and binders," says Roxana Ehsani, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, registered dietitian nutritionist, and Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. "Sausage tends to be high in sodium (foods high in sodium may raise one's blood pressure and therefore does not support a healthy heart or healthy blood pressure), high in saturated fat (foods high in saturated fat may raise your bad LDL-cholesterol), and high in overall calories. Processed meats like sausage have been linked to an increased risk of chronic diseases and cancer. Instead of choosing sausage in the morning, why not choose another high protein option like eggs, Greek yogurt, or nut butters like almond butter or sunflower seed butter."

Flavored Coffee Drinks
"I totally get wanting to enjoy your morning coffee in a fun way. However, most flavored coffee drinks are high in calories and sugar and contain little to no other nutrition," says Maggie Michalczyk, RDN, registered dietitian nutritionist at Once Upon a Pumpkin. "Treating one as breakfast for the day can leave you feeling jittery with a sugar crash shortly after. Instead, I recommend making a coffee smoothie at home with cold brew, banana, almond butter, and some delicious, pure honey."


Bakery-style Muffins
"Let's be honest, most muffins are essentially cupcakes without the frosting. And in fact, many muffins, especially ones you buy at a coffee shop or the grocery store, have more calories, saturated fat, and sugar than some cupcakes," says McGrane. "They also tend to be very low in protein, meaning that muffin is unlikely to keep you full for very long."

Fat-free Flavored Yogurt
"Plain yogurt, especially Greek yogurt, is a great option in the morning as it's high in protein and calcium," says McGrane. "However, steer clear of fat-free flavored yogurts as most brands make up for the lack of fat by adding more sugar. As a result, many fat-free flavored yogurts end up having as much, if not more, sugar than the same-sized serving of ice cream!"

Pre-made Smoothies or Pre-Made Protein Drinks
"Although smoothies or juices may claim to have fruits and vegetables in them, if you look at the ingredient list of a pre-made smoothie or pre-made protein drink, they typically contain fruit juices instead of real fruit which lacks dietary fiber. Dietary fiber supports overall digestive health, aids in helping a person stay full for longer," says Ehsani. "Rather than purchasing a pre-made smoothie or protein shake, how about you make your own at home so you can add some fiber. To make your own smoothie or protein drink at home, mix together fluid (water, milk, or non-dairy milk option), a source of protein (a scoop of protein powder, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt), a healthy fat (chia seeds, nuts, seeds, flax seeds, avocado), fruits (any variety), and some greens (baby spinach or baby kale)."

Bagels
"Although delicious, bagels are full of simple carbohydrates that will fill you up for a short period of time and then leave you feeling sluggish and hungry shortly after," says Shapiro. "Also what you typically put on a bagel is loaded in saturated fat that can lead to high cholesterol and clogged arteries. Finally, bagels are dense and equivalent to 5-7 slices of bread!"

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Canadian river reverses direction after climate change chases away its glacier
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Massive cultural shifts during and after World War I helped free women from confining roles—and the confining corsets that bound them to the previous age. The evolution of the bra re-shaped the image of what a woman could be, whether she was serving in the war effort, fighting for the right to vote, or dancing in a flapper-style dress at war’s end.

“No one person invented the corset or the bra,” says Valerie Steele, Director of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. “They were developed in different places and many people took out patents over the years improving or changing their design.” Some of the earliest bras date back to Ancient Rome: “Mosaics from the villa Romano del Casals in Sicily show the strophium, a simple cloth breast binding,” says Judith Dolan, distinguished professor and head of design at the University of California at San Diego.

By 1500, corsets—tight, structured undergarments extending from below the chest to the hips—became the undergarment of choice for women in the middle and upper classes in much of Europe. The constricting corset would reign supreme until the 20th century, when women began to breathe easier thanks to the bra.

While a 600-year-old prototype of a bra was recently found in a castle in Austria, credit for inventing the first “modern” bra goes to French designer Herminie Cadolle, who cut a corset into two in 1869 and called it the “corselet gorge.” Cadolle’s creation was seen as a bit scandalous at the time. It would take world events—and a patent—for the bra to really take off.
First Patent
American socialite Mary “Polly” Phelps Jacob patented the “brassiere” on November 3, 1914, the year World War I broke out in Europe. Filing for the patent under the pseudonym “Caresse Crosby,” she’d come up with the concept while dressing for a ball, when her uncomfortable corset poked through her dress, prompting her and her maid to sew together two handkerchiefs to offer more flexible support.Her business never quite took off (though she’d go on to shake up the publishing world in Paris, printing the work of authors like Ernest Hemingway, Anais Nin, and James Joyce), and she sold her patent to the Warner Brothers Corset Company for a paltry $1,500. By the time the United States joined World War I in 1917, the influence of European fashions and the changing role of women helped open the floodgates for women to ditch their corsets and embrace the bra.
Changing Fashions from France
“In 1900, women are wearing corsets and dresses that cover neck to ankle. By the 1920s, hems are at mid-calf, and more women are wearing bras and soft girdles instead of corsets,” says Steele.
French designers had an outsized impact on global fashion, and early 20th century French designers like Paul Poiret and Chanel championed a straight silhouette, not the hourglass granted by a corset. In his 1931 autobiography, not-so-humbly titled an individual of Fashion, couturier Poiret claimed sole credit for the bra, writing: “it was in the name of Liberty that I proclaimed the fall of the corset and the adoption of the brassiere….Yes, I freed the bust.”
Steele refutes this bold claim, citing the hundreds of years of fashion history behind Poiret… and the cultural shifts occurring all around him.
Women in World War I
“The influence of World War I really made the bra take hold. Before it was this titillating, different undergarment. World War I changes the role of women around the world,” says Lora Vogt, curator of education at the National WWI Museum and Memorial. “It was a time of tumult that brought on a big, catastrophic shift. People looked at their lives differently, examined how they could give to the larger community. Women began to work in the war industry, ammunition. You can’t do that in a corset,” says Vogt.

Nine million women joined the American war effort in various capacities. “Women serving overseas were given a stipend to take care of their undergarment needs,” says Vogt. And there were quite a few women looking for undergarments befitting their new roles.

By June 1918, over 3,000 Americans were serving as nurses in over 750 hospitals in France. Nearly 12,000 women joined the Navy as yeoman, or non-commissioned officers, working as mechanics, truck drivers, radio and telephone operators, translators, and munitions workers. Seven thousand women applied to be the so-called “Hello Girls,” switchboard operators working for the US Army signal Corps, 223 of whom were sent overseas.

Did you know? “Hello Girls” did not receive veteran status or benefits until 1979.

On the home front, women also stepped up to work in previously male-dominated railroads, on farms, and in factories. Seeing women in these new roles shifted public opinion about what women were capable of, with even President Woodrow Wilson declaring that women’s suffrage was “vitally essential to the successful prosecution of the great war of humanity in which we are engaged.” These new roles required new, more freeing garments… and undergarments.Women on the home front were asked to reconsider many aspects of their lives, from what food they put on the table to what they wore under their gowns. In 1917, Chairman of the U.S. War Industries Board Bernard Baruch asked women to stop buying corsets. Most corsets of the day were no longer made with whalebone, but with metal stays—metal that could be better used for the war effort. Women were eager to prove their patriotism, and NPR reports that 28,000 tons of steel were diverted, allegedly enough to build two battleships.
As for the corset, though it was eclipsed by the bra in the decades to come, its promise of a slimmer figure never fully went away. As Steele explains, women have constantly adjusted their appearances to the ideal body type of a given era—whether through undergarments or otherwise.
“Women never really gave up the corset," Steele says. "They internalized it through diet and exercise, tummy tucks and liposuction. Once clothing began to show more skin, you had to actually change your body or have a different attitude toward your body."

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Post by pipoz4444 » March 26, 2021, 3:40 pm

Humans and their Pets :-k :-k :confused:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K4FuiQz7Ac

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It’s the 1969 Oscar-winning film in which Dustin Hoffman declared, “I’m walkin’ here!” What movie

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In the 1960s, she reached the Top 20 three times with duets: twice with Lee Hazelwood and once with her father. Who?

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In a TV movie, the Globetrotters crash-landed on an island where they visited the cast of this ’60s sitcom. What sitcom

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In the 1960s, he founded a bricklaying business, pumping bricks, to finance his bodybuilding Who?

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In 1967, this former lead singer of Them launched his solo career with “Brown Eyed Girl.” Was Who?














ANSWERS

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What is 'Midnight Cowboy'?
Due to its explicit language and sexual themes, “Midnight Cowboy” was slapped with an X rating. That didn’t stop it from capturing the cultural zeitgeist and winning three Academy Awards, including best picture and best director. The Motion Picture Association of America later changed the rating back to R, enabling a wider theatrical release. The scenee was not scripted and actually happened

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Who is Nancy Sinatra?
The eldest daughter of crooner Frank Sinatra, Nancy signed to her father’s record label in 1961. She broke out in 1966 with the Hazelwood-penned hit single “These Boots are Made for Walkin’.” Hazelwood produced or co-produced a number of her subsequent hits, including the iconic father-daughter duet “Somethin’ Stupid.”

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What is 'Gilligan’s Island'?
The Harlem Globetrotters exhibition basketball team crossed over to entertainment media on multiple occasions. In this made-for-TV movie, they join forces with the original “Gilligan’s Island” cast to take on a maniacal doctor. It paves the way for a high-stakes basketball showdown between the Globetrotters and athletic robots.

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Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Arnold Schwarzenegger moved to America in 1968 and quickly put his brains and brawn to work. Advertising themselves as “European bricklayers and masonry experts,” he and a business partner struck it big in the wake of a major earthquake. It’s reported that Schwarzenegger made as much as $1 million dollars off of his bricklaying business, channeling the money into other ventures.

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Who is Van Morrison?
“Brown Eyed Girl” was the lead single off of Morrison’s debut solo album, 1967’s “Blowin’ Your Mind!” While iconic, the song wasn’t emblematic of the career that would follow. Subsequent albums such as 1968’s “Astral Weeks” and 1970’s “Moondance” would better define his distinctive musical style.

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Major General Orde Charles Wingate, DSO & Two Bars (26 February 1903 – 24 March 1944) was a senior British Army officer, known for his creation of the Chindit deep-penetration missions in Japanese-held territory during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.

Wingate was an exponent of unconventional military thinking and the value of surprise tactics. Assigned to Mandatory Palestine, he became a supporter of Zionism, and set up a joint British-Jewish counter-insurgency unit. Under the patronage of the area commander Archibald Wavell, Wingate was given increasing latitude to put his ideas into practice during the Second World War. He created units in Abyssinia and Burma.

At a time when Britain was in need of morale-boosting generalship, Wingate attracted British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's attention with a self-reliant aggressive philosophy of war, and was given resources to stage a large-scale operation. The last Chindit campaign may have determined the outcome of the Battle of Kohima, although the offensive into India by the Japanese may have occurred because Wingate's first operation had demonstrated the possibility of moving through the jungle. In practice, both Japanese and British forces suffered severe supply problems and malnutrition.

Wingate was killed in an aircraft accident late in the war. The casualty rate the Chindits suffered, especially from disease, is a continuing controversy. Wingate believed that resistance to infection could be improved by inculcating a tough mental attitude, but medical officers considered his methods unsuited to a tropical environment.

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The White House features three kitchens: the main kitchen, a pastry kitchen, and a family kitchen in the Executive Residence.During George Washington's and Thomas Jefferson's presidencies, the kitchen was staffed by slaves.
The president has to pay for their own groceries.

The vegetable garden started by Michelle Obama isn't just for show — the White House kitchen cooks with its produce.


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Four-foot, nine-inch tall veteran Richard J. Flaherty claimed to be the shortest man ever to serve in the United States military. He was a Special Forces Green Beret Captain and was awarded the Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, and 2 Purple Hearts for his actions in Vietnam. “The Giant Killer” (available to rent now on iTunes, Amazon and other VOD platforms) aims to unravel the truth of his post-service life and mysterious death.


Miami police officer David Yuzuk befriended a homeless man and, after 15 years of friendship, Richard J. Flaherty finally revealed who he really was. Yuzuk learns that this unassuming 69-year-old man was a decorated military veteran.

Yuzuk started digging and discovered that Flaherty had worked undercover with the Feds during the ‘80s. Soon after, Flaherty is killed by a hit-and-run driver. His friend decides to investigate and finds a passport that shows Flaherty was secretly traveling to dangerous locations like Jordan, Iraq, Thailand, Vietnam, and Venezuela while living as a homeless man. He did time in prison for drugs but was that a cover or a real conviction?

“The Giant Killer” is one of those stranger-than-fiction tales that would never make it as a movie pitch because it’s just so unbelievable. Yuzuk is the director and it’s his first movie. It’s not slick but it is fascinating.

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Lonnie George Johnson (born October 6, 1949) is an African American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur, whose work includes a U.S. Air Force-term of service and a twelve-year stint at NASA, where he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He invented the Super Soaker water gun in 1990, which has been among the world's bestselling toys ever since.[2] He also invented the Nerf Gun when he patented "a pneumatic launcher for a toy projectile"[3] which revolutionised toy blasters.
In 1969, shortly after graduating from high school, Johnson attended Tuskegee University, obtaining a B.S. in mechanical engineering in 1973 and a master's degree in nuclear engineering in 1975.[2][9] He also holds an honorary Ph. D. in Science from Tuskegee University.[10] He then worked for the U.S. Air Force, where he worked on the stealth bomber program, before eventually joining NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1979

Super Soaker/Nerf Gun
Johnson first conceived the Super Soaker while doing work with the U.S. Air Force. Initially called the “Power Drencher” when it first appeared in toy shops in 1990, it eventually got its trademark name after some tweaks and remarketing.[16] Selling between $10 to $60 depending on the model, the Super Soaker took off, generating $200 million in sales in 1991.[2] Shortly after making the deal for the Super Soaker with the Larami Corporation, Larami became a subsidiary of Hasbro Inc. in February 1995.[18]

Johnson tweaked the design of the water gun, replacing the water in the Super Soaker with a "toy [Nerf] projectile." In 1996, Johnson received A U.S. Patent 5553598 A[3] for "Pneumatic launcher for a toy projectile and the like", thus inventing the Nerf gun.

In February 2013, Johnson filed suit against Hasbro after he discovered that he was being underpaid royalties for the Super Soaker and several Nerf line of toys.[19] In November 2013, Johnson was awarded nearly $73 million in royalties from Hasbro Inc. in arbitration. According to Hasbro, the Super Soaker is approaching sales of $1 billion.

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Cracked Phone Screen? WD-40 Can Fix It!
It might be hard to believe that WD-40 can take care of so many problems. But it can, making it a truly miraculous product. Here’s another example of a common problem that WD-40 can help with: cracked phone screens.
It won’t completely “cure” the crack or scratches but can improve the screen’s appearance. Just spray it on and wipe it off with a dry, clean cloth. It will at least buy you some time until you’re able to purchase a new phone.

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Clean Drip Pans With Ease
If you love to cook then you know how much cooking can take a toll on your stovetop — particularly the drip pans. The drip pans work to catch all of the food that drips below the top of the stove, so naturally, they accumulate grease and other debris.
Thanks to layers of build-up, cleaning drip pans is challenging. But you can use WD-40 to easily remove grease and grime. All you have to do is remove the burners from your stovetop so you can access the drip pans. Clean up loose debris and then spray a coat of WD-40 on the drip pans. Let sit for a few minutes and then wipe away with a warm washcloth.

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Doodoo wrote:
March 29, 2021, 12:11 am

Cracked Phone Screen? WD-40 Can Fix It!
It might be hard to believe that WD-40 can take care of so many problems. But it can, making it a truly miraculous product. Here’s another example of a common problem that WD-40 can help with: cracked phone screens.
It won’t completely “cure” the crack or scratches but can improve the screen’s appearance. Just spray it on and wipe it off with a dry, clean cloth. It will at least buy you some time until you’re able to purchase a new phone.
Even Dr google can't provide evidence of this - so I reckon No It Can't!

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