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Rex Heuermann

Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann, a 59-year-old architect charged with murdering three women and suspected in the death of a fourth

The investigation into the discovery of human remains near Gilgo Beach in 2010 has haunted investigators for years. The grim findings revealed the existence of potentially 16 victims, several of whom were identified as sex workers. While authorities do not believe all of the deaths are connected to a single individual, court documents indicate that Heuermann is implicated in four killings where the victims were discovered in similar positions, bound with belts or tape. Additionally, three of the women were wrapped in a material resembling burlap.

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trench clubs

Maces and Clubs used by Austro-Hungarian Army during WW1, 1914-1918

During the grueling battles of World War I, ground troops relied on an array of weapons such as rifles, grenades, and bayonets while enduring the harsh conditions of the trenches. However, amidst these well-known tools of warfare, there existed a weapon that

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B-17 Ball Turret Gunner

B-17 Ball Turret Gunner

While anyone who flew on a B-17 bomber during World War II had a pretty dangerous job, the ball turret gunner was undoubtedly put in the most-precarious position.

“You literally had your knees up to your chest and in between you had the machine guns,” said Gary Lewi, spokesman for the American Airpower Museum based at Republic Airport. “You really had to have pretty tough nerves to be in there.”

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prison recipes

Recipes found in a prisoner’s cell

Popcorn Supreme

  • 1 (8oz) bag microwave popcorn
  • 2 (8oz) bags caramels
  • 3oz honey (one fourth of 12oz bottle)
  • 2 scoops peanut butter

Pop popcorn, set aside in medium bowl, place caramels and a little water and heat for 30 seconds at a time until melted. Add honey and peanut butter, heat for one minute and stir. Put popcorn on plate or plastic bags and drizzle mixture on popcorn.

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first gym machines

The world’s first gym machines designed by Dr. Gustav Zander, 1892

The use of mechanical means for the application of exercise in therapeutics was first systematized and employed in a complete way by Dr, Gustav Zander, of Stockholm, about 1857. Zander’s vision of regular exertion using machines to honor health and well-being was certainly a novel idea in an age when the rising industrialization and mechanization moved millions of people into a more sedentary life.

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migrant mother dorthea lange

Migrant Mother, by Dorothea Lange – A 32-year-old mother of 7 children, Nipomo, California. February 1936.

Dorothea Lange took this photograph in 1936, while employed by the U.S. government’s Farm Security Administration (FSA) program, formed during the Great Depression to raise awareness of and provide aid to impoverished farmers. In Nipomo, California, Lange came across Florence Owens Thompson and her children in a camp filled with field workers whose livelihoods were devastated by the failure of the pea crops.

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In Japan you can hire actors to pose as short/longterm spouses, children, friends, etc. A man was hired to pose as a girl’s missing father by her mother for over 8 years without his “daughter” knowing

37-year-old Ishii Yuichi is a father to over 25 families and a husband to over 600 women – but none of them are his real family members.

Together with the 1,200 actors he employs at his company Family Romance, he has played every part from stand-in father for a wedding, missing dad to long lost son and even make-believe groom in his job as a companion for hire.

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Average American family, Detroit, Michigan, 1954

In 1956, new homes costing as little as $7,000 could still be found. Though the average new build family home in 1956 was a 3-bedroom rambler (ranch-style house) selling for $14,500. Most people were shopping for homes in the $12,000 to $15,000 sector

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al capone soup kitchen

During the Great Depression Al Capone started one of the first soup kitchens, called “Free Soup Coffee & Doughnuts for the Unemployed.” Capone’s soup kitchen served breakfast, lunch and dinner to an average of 2,200 Chicagoans every day

One of the pioneering initiatives of Al Capone was the establishment of one of the earliest soup kitchens. Although the kitchen employed only a few individuals, it provided nourishment to a significantly larger number of people. This was especially crucial given that, prior to the enactment of the Social Security Act, “soup kitchens” like the one founded by Al Capone were often the sole source of meals for many unemployed Americans.

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