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June 9, 2022

Syrian archaeologist Khaled Al Asaad who devoted his life to the excavation and restoration of Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. He was beheaded by ISIS after refusing to disclose the location of ancient artifacts, despite a month of torture. He died a hero of heritage protection.

Khaled al-Assad met his death for the same cause that he lived his life – to maintain and protect one of the most important historical, and culturally significant landmarks of his country, the ancient city of Palmyra.

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May 3, 2022

Camberley Kate, aka Kate Ward, and her stray dogs in England. She never turned a stray dog away, taking care of more than 600 dogs in her lifetime. (1962)

Kate’s early history is somewhat hazy – When interviewed she stated that she was born in Middlesbrough on June 13th 1895, and remained proud of her Yorkshire roots.

Orphaned before she was ten, she was brought up by an aunt in a strict religious atmosphere. As a young girl she went into service, in Yorkshire and eventually found her way to Camberley.

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April 28, 2022

Girl with ‘longest legs in the world’ joins OnlyFans to ‘promote body positivity’

In 2021, 19-year-old Maci Currin, who stands at 6-foot-10, scored the Guinness titles for her legs, which measure about 4-foot-5.

Now, Currin has been banking on her quirks growing a massive following on TikTok and OnlyFans.

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March 14, 2022

Kevin Nash pays a tribute to Scott Hall, who is currently on life support.

Scott’s on life support. Once his family is in place they will discontinue life support. I’m going to lose the one person on this planet I’ve spent more of my life with than anyone else. My heart is broken and I’m so very fucking sad. I love Scott with all my heart but now I have to prepare my life without him in the present. I’ve been blessed to have a friend that took me at face value and I him. When we jumped to WCW we didn’t care who liked or hated us. We had each other and with the smooth Barry Bloom we changed wrestling both in content and pay for those……alot that disliked us. We were the “Outsiders ” but we had each other. Scott always felt he wasn’t worthy of the afterlife. Well God please have some gold plated toothpicks for my brother. My life was enriched with his take on life. He wasn’t perfect but as he always said “The last perfect person to walk the planet they nailed to a cross ” As we prepare for life without him just remember there goes a great guy you ain’t going to see another one like him again. See Ya down the road Scott. I couldn’t love a human being any more than I do you

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March 8, 2022

After they were abandoned by the rest of their expedition in 1910, Ejnar Mikkelsen and one inexperienced crew mate were forced to spend 28 months alone in the Arctic wilds of Greenland.

On June 20, 1909, Danish explorer Ejnar Mikkelsen set out for Greenland with a crew of six men. Their mission was to recover the diaries and maps from a ship that had gone missing two years earlier. By August, they had reached their destination, about 200 miles south of the last-known location of two of the expedition’s crew members. Over the next four months, they traversed over ice floes and deep snow to find some trace of them before returning to their ship for the winter in late December.⁠

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March 3, 2022

Viktor Yushchenko before and after his poisoning by Vladimir Putin in 2004. He and his family believe the assassination attempt was ordered by Putin when he attempted to steer Ukraine to closer integration with Europe.

In September 2004 Yushchenko became seriously ill. He was flown to Vienna’s Rudolfinerhaus clinic for treatment and diagnosed with acute pancreatitis, accompanied by interstitial edematous changes, due to a serious viral infection and chemical substances that are not normally found in food products.

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January 18, 2022 Leave a Comment

Jean-Claude Van Damme with Frank Dux During The Filming Of Bloodsport

Frank Dux claims to hold several martial arts world records, including 56 knock-outs in a row and the fastest knockout punch ever thrown — but that only he can verify them because they happened at a covert martial arts tournament in the Bahamas.

And although the story of the tournament was later turned into the cult action classic “Bloodsport,” there is little evidence to back up Dux’s claims.

In fact, when he produced his prize cup for winning the underground championship, reporters found out that he had bought it himself at a trophy store in San Fernando Valley.⁠

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January 7, 2022 Leave a Comment

A Dutch cyclist, Maarten de Jonge, had tickets for the MH370 flight which disappeared in 2014 but did not board the plane before take-off and later that year he had tickets for the MH17 flight that was shot down in Ukraine but changed his flights before boarding in order to save money.

De Jonge said he had been due to travel on flight MH17, the Boeing 777 that was shot down over Ukraine on Thursday killing all of the almost 300 passengers on board.

The cyclist said that he only decided to swap flights at the last minute, after discovering that travelling via Frankfurt today would prove cheaper.

Tweeting a link on Thursday to a Dutch article about the MH17 disaster, De Jonge said: “Had I departed today, then…”

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December 31, 2021 Leave a Comment

jordyns deli

Local Deli Provides Accommodations For Disabled Employee

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.

And when one of your best employees comes to you and says that in spite of all obstacles, they want to be a cook…you find a way to make it happen.

You move a couple pieces of equipment around so she can reach. You take some wood, screws and the skills of a local craftsman ( her grandfather ) to make her a perch.

And you step back to watch her live out a dream. Angelina’s Reubens. Nothing any better.

This is who we are.

This is what we do.

– Jordyn’s Deli

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December 28, 2021 Leave a Comment

Sirizani Butau

This man pulled 8 people out of a burning bus on Christmas Eve

A man is being hailed online after he saved eight people who were trapped on a burning bus in Mutare, Zimbabwe.

Photos shared online shows how the man, Sirizani Butau, sustained burns from his heroic actions.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa praised the man for his selfless actions:

"Let me take this opportunity to appreciate Sirizani Butau who saved people from the Mutare Accident .As government we will honour him for his selfless sacrifice."

Some 66 others were injured on Christmas Eve when a bus they were travelling in burst into flames following a head-on collision with a fuel tanker.