How and Where Sharks Attack
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Stop Smoking Facts
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The 21th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Two weeks after the East German government sealed off the Soviet-occupied sector, Berlin’s former chief crossing point between East and West, the Brandenburg Gate on “Pariser Platz,” appears as no man’s land, in this aerial view taken from the British sector of Berlin, on August 26, 1961. Seen in the foreground is part of the city’s park “Tiergarten,” divided by the avenue “Strasse des 17. Juni,” behind Brandenburg Gate proceeds the famous boulevard “Unter den Linden,” with parts of a newly erected cement barrier on the left. Further in the (more…)
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Rwanda’s Children Born of Rape
Can You Love a Child of Rape?
Post-genocide, Rwandan women raise the children of their attackers.
photos: Jonathan Torgovnik
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Burials in Tibet. NOT FOR SENSITIVE SOULS!
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Top 10 Drunk American Writers
#10 – RAYMOND CHANDLER [1888-1959]
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“Alcohol is like love. The first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you take the girl’s clothes off.”
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We’re not number one!
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South Korean children taught discipline military-style at harsh summer camp
School may be out for the summer, but for South Korean pupils sent to a military training camp, the pain is just beginning.
These youngsters are placed at the mercy of instructors including retired marines in a bid to improve their discipline.
Have a rest: The children, some aged under 10, are told to lie in the mud as part of the extreme self-discipline military summer school
The slightly disturbing images come from Cheongryong Self-denial Training Camp in (more…)
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This is the best explanation of American politics
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Mark Twain in Tesla’ Lab Spring 1894
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