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Katrina Bookman was playing the slots at the Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens when she secured what would have been the largest slot machine jackpot in U.S. History – $42,949,672.
She took a selfie with the machine to mark the moment, and later said her whole body went “numb” when she saw the life-changing figure. Bookman was told to come back the next day to discu [Read more…] about Picture of the Day
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One theory to explain this long lifespan is that the Greenland shark has a very slow metabolism, an adaptation to the deep, cold waters it inhabits. A NOAA remotely operated vehicle doing a dive off New England encountered a Greenland shark at a depth of 783 meters, but these sharks are known to dive as deep as 2,200 meters. They’re also the only shark that can withstand the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean year-round.
These soldiers would sneak out of their own trenches at night, often covering themselves in burn cork to darken their uniforms and exposed skin, silently creeping towards the enemy trench so that they could slit the throats or bash in the heads of the enemy whilst they slept. They would wreak havoc throughout the enemy position, using knives and clubs to maintain minimal noise, and carrying grenades which they would throw into sleeping quarters when they left. The fear factor of that no one could sleep safe, knowing that the enemy sent men like this.
According to the manuscript, the husband was placed in a hole that came up to his waist, and he was armed with a club. The wife would stand at the edge of the hole, and she would be given a cloth with a four or five pound stone in one end of it. His club and her sling were both the same length. Presumably, the man was in the hole in an attempt to even the playing field.
The duel would only take place if they could not compromise and make peace with each other. If the husband lost the duel, he would have his head cut off. If the wife lost the duel, she would be buried alive.
“Mr. Rogers would call the hospital every day to check up on me,” said Beth. “When he found out I wasn’t improving, he decided to make a trip.”
Rogers’ only request was that the visit be between him and Beth. No press.
So, he flew from Pittsburgh to Baltimore. A friend picked him up from the airport and drove him to John Hopkins Hospital where he sat beside Beth in her comatose state.Beth’s family and nurses stood in the doorway watching as Rogers removed his puppets from his case.“He gave Beth her own private show,” said Kathy.
Through much of World War II, Allied bombers would sometimes drop leaflets warning of impending bombing of a city. The leaflets often told civilians to evacuate, and sometimes encouraged them to push their leaders to surrender.
In August 1945, leaflets were dropped on several Japanese cities (including, supposedly, Hiroshima and Nagasaki). The first round, known as the “LeMay leaflets,” were distributed before the bombing of Hiroshima.
These leaflets did not directly reference the atomic bomb, and it is unclear whether they were used to warn citizens of Hiroshima and Nagasaki specifically.
The second round features a picture of a mushroom cloud and a message about the Soviet invasion (which commenced on August 9).
The historical record is unclear, but it seems as though these leaflets did not make it to Nagasaki until after it, too, had been hit by an atomic bomb. Later leaflets informed the Japanese populace about their government’s surrender before the emperor’s official announcement.
Captain Lewis Nixon, a member of the “Band of Brothers” in the 101st Airborne Division’s Easy Company, is pictured here nursing a hangover after his company celebrated the capture of Hitler’s personal mountaintop retreat known as the Eagle’s Nest on May 8, 1945.
Nixon was given the honor of first pick when Easy Company raided the Führer’s prized wine and liquor collection — then the others followed suit and a raucous party ensued.
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On November 18, 2012, a 13-year-old Colorado boy named Dylan Redwine grudgingly visited his estranged father Mark as part of a contentious custody arrangement.
However, it wasn’t just the divorce that made things tense between father and son. The year before, Dylan and his older brother Corey had stumbled upon something disturbing on their dad’s computer: selfies of him wearing lingerie and eating feces from a diaper. Mark knew that Corey had seen the photos and even used them against him in some heated arguments, but he had no idea that Dylan had seen them as well.
The Baltic Way or Baltic Chain (also "Chain of Freedom") was a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989.
Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 690 kilometres (430 mi) across the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which at the time were occupied and annexed by the USSR.
The central government in Moscow considered the three Baltic countries constituent republics of the Soviet Union.
When an early test screening convened in Dallas, Texas (the second one after the sound didn’t work at the initial screening in St. Louis), Ridley Scott was so nervous, that he couldn’t even stay in the theater. More than that, he had to get a little sloshed.
“I kept having to talk around the block,” he told Empire Magazine for its definitive history of the Alien franchise, adding that he would grab an alcoholic beverage at a local watering hole. He’d return to the theater and ask, “Where are they now?” before leaving again.
