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What is the cruelest thing you have heard about WW2?

Daniel Kaplan's answer: Some people point to “The Holocaust” and think that was the cruelest part of World War 2. As a Jew, I am biased in that direction as well, but I have to admit… there was worse. I’m going to include a pic to help our more sensitive readers. If you don’t want to see some of...

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Under NO circumstances should you click on this link if you are of a nervous disposition. 'Quora' is an American website for International bloggers.

 

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Why did Great Britain recognize the independence of the U.S. in 1783 after the American Revolutionary War?

Wes Frank's answer: They lacked the option of not doing so. The war had been going on for eight years, draining the treasury. France, Spain, and the Netherlands had already joined the war. The situation wasn’t improving. The old ministries had been discredited and the opposition in Parliament wa...

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2 years ago this baby suffered 2nd degree burns over 30% of his body from being accidentally sprayed with a garden hose and firefighters have issued a fresh warning recently.

Hoping to prevent this type of accident from happening again, the fire department warned:

‘’A garden hose exposed to direct sunlight during summer can heat the water inside the hose (not flowing) to 130-140 degrees Fahrenheit which can cause burns especially to children & animals.

Formula

(130°F − 32) × 5/9 = 54.444°C

Let the water flow a few minutes to cool before spraying on people or animals"
It’s not something people would immediately think of but in unusually hot weather, it’s worth sharing.

 

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Mixcloud

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Is it safe to give your debit card details over the phone? | myPOS

Wonder how safe it is to give your debit card details over the phone? See how to protect yourself and your finances.

www.mypos.eu

 

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The True Story Of The Woman Who Was Jailed For Wearing Pants To Court In 1938

While in jail, Helen Hulick was forced to wear a denim dress.

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Helen Beebe - Wikipedia

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Forgotten History - One many Frenchmen and women will never forgive.

Attack on Mers-el-Kébir - Wikipedia

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The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir (Battle of Mers-el-Kébir) on 3 July 1940, during the Second World War, was a British naval attack on French Navy ships at the naval base at Mers El Kébir, at Oran, on the coast of French Algeria. The attack was the main part of Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralise or destroy French ships to prevent them from falling into German hands after the Allied defeat in the Battle of France. The British bombardment of the base killed 1,297 French servicemen, sank a battleship, and damaged five other ships, for a British loss of five aircraft shot down and two crewmen killed.[3]

 

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Infowars Article

Infowars: There's a War on for your Mind!

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Tourney explains how the American government knowingly sent soldiers out to be attacked by Israeli forces which would ultimately be blamed on Egypt as an excuse to kick off a new war.

 

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Did you know that there are more people alive today than have ever died!

 

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This is a memorial to Lawrence of Arabia placed at the roadside where he had an accident from which he died 4 days later:

Lawrence on the Brough Superior SS100 that he called "George V"

Dorset – T. E. Lawrence Society

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Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence CB DSO (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer, who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918) against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. The breadth and variety of his activities and associations, and his ability to describe them vividly in writing, earned him international fame as Lawrence of Arabia, a title used for the 1962 film based on his wartime activities.

 

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This week is 'National Map Reading Week'.

 

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After stepping down from leadership of the NUM [National Union of Mineworkers UK, Arthur] Scargill became active in the UK's Stalin Society[52] saying that the "ideas of Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin explain the real world".[53] Scargill had long criticised Poland's Solidarity trade union for its attacks upon the communist system in Poland, which Scargill saw as deformed but reformable.[54]

Arthur Scargill - Wikipedia

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A forgotten virus that plagued England in 1485 to 1551 and moving to the Continent:

What was the Sweating Sickness? And how did Henry VIII ‘self-isolate’?

During the Tudor period, a disease known as Sweating Sickness killed tens of thousands of people in Britain. Historian Tracy Borman reveals the gruesome effects of the sickness and how Henry VIII was sent into a “wild panic”…

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“This disease… is the easiest in the world to die of”, reported the French ambassador, Cardinal du Bellay, from London in June 1528. “You have a slight pain in the head and at the heart; all at once you begin to sweat. There is no need for a physician… you are taken off without languishing.”

Sweating sickness - Wikipedia

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...that the US Army holds all the countries gold and pressure metals at West Point and Fort Knox.

 

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1. Contemporaneous records used the Old Style Julian calendar and the Annunciation Style of enumerating years, recording his birth as February 11, 1731. The British Calendar (New Style) Act 1750 implemented in 1752 altered the official British dating method to the Gregorian calendar with the start of the year on January 1 (it had been March 25). These changes resulted in dates being moved forward 11 days and an advance of one year for those between January 1 and March 25. For a further explanation, see Old Style and New Style dates.[9]

 

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This just has to be true as my left wrist has been itching all day and night?

10 Superstitions You Might Still Believe

Superstitions are just silly, right? There's a good chance that you may actually believe some and practice these rituals to thwart evil. See the list.

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In Finland, they paint deers’ antlers with reflective paint to prevent cars from hitting them.

 

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Although not addressing the current heat wave conditions in the UK and Ireland directly, this article neatly explains why they are warning about heat stroke in 30 degree conditions in London, but we would regard the same as just a pleasant day here in Perth.​

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Wet bulb temperature: The crucial weather concept that actually tells us when heat becomes lethal​

The crucial concept that actually tells us when heat becomes lethal

Record high temperatures aren't meaningful — it's something called "wet bulb temperature" that actually tells us when a place becomes uninhabitable

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London flood alerts as heatwave brings thunderstorms on hottest day

The temperature reached 32.2C (89.96F) at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday afternoon

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