Father of victims of Larry Nassar, attempted to attack the former sports doctor during a sentencing
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Fascinating Photos Collected From History
World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov playing an exhibition game at the XVIII Komsomol Congress, in 1978.
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Confessions of A Slave Ship Doctor From 1788
Dr. Alexander Falconbridge served as the surgeon aboard a number of slave ships that plied their trade between the West African coast and the Caribbean in the late 1700s.
He described his experiences in a popular book published in 1788. He became active in the Anti-Slavery Society and was appointed Governor of a colony established for freed slaves on the coast of modern-day Sierra Leone. His service was brief as he died in 1788 shortly after his appointment.
We join his story as he describes the process through which the native African looses his freedom:
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What Was It Like To Be In Hiroshima Survivor On August 6, 1945?
“The hour was early; the morning still, warm, and beautiful. Shimmering leaves, reflecting sunlight from a cloudless sky, made a pleasant contrast with shadows in my garden as I gazed absently through wide-flung doors opening to the south.
Clad in drawers and undershirt, I was sprawled on the living room floor exhausted because I had just spent a sleepless night on duty as an air warden in my hospital.
Suddenly, a strong flash of light startled me – and then another. So well does one recall little things that I remember vividly how a stone lantern in the garden became brilliantly lit and I debated whether this light was caused by a magnesium flare or sparks from a passing trolley.
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16 Fascinating Facts That Have Emerged From The 9/11 Tragedy
(photo: Michael Foran)
1. Even though almost all planes were grounded during 9/11, there was one non military plane flying after the FAA ordered all planes to land. This one plane was carrying snake anti venom to Florida to save a snake handler’s life after he had gotten bit by a Taipan snake
A couple hours after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, Lawrence Van Sertima, a snake handler of 40 years, was about to get his first snake bite. He was handling a Taipan snake, one of the most deadly in the world, when it became uncooperative and bit his thumb. He instantly knew he was in trouble.
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A Damn Fine Collection Of Fascinating Photos
Cindy Crawford at 55 recreating her 1992 Pepsi ad
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Russian Prison Tattoos And Their Meaning
Text across the knuckles reads NADYA (woman’s name).
The ‘ring’ on the forefinger stands for ‘Rely on no one but yourself’, a ‘patsan’ one of the most privileged inmates VTK. Middle finger ‘the thieves cross’ of a pickpocket. Third finger: ‘I served my time in full’, ‘From start to finish’, ‘Went without parole’, the prisoner served his complete sentence with no remission for working with the system. Little finger ‘The dark life’ the bearer spent a lot of time in a punishment cell. The skull and crossbones, gun, knife and letter ‘K’[iller] denote a murderer.
Historical Photos of Child Labor by Lewis Wickes Hine
Boys from the Pennsylvania Coal Co, 1912
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They Do Things A Bit Differently In South Korea
South Korea puts traffic lights on the ground so that people who’re looking at their phones can still see the light
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