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How Did Don Vito Know It Was Barzini All Along?
When Sollozzo entered the picture, he requested the Corleone for protection and to give up political influence, something that he did not need at large for his business – so he was pushing his and someone else’s agenda -, in return he will give a cut of the profits, and take care of the Tataglia from his end.
On This Day In History – April 11, 1976
April 11, 1976 – The Apple Computer 1 is released by the Apple Computer Company
On March 5, 1975, Steve Wozniak attended the first meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club in Gordon French’s garage. He was so inspired that he immediately set to work on what would eventually become the Apple I computer.
After building it for himself and showing it at the club, he and Steve Jobs gave out schematics (technical designs) for the computer to interested club members and even helped some of them build and test out copies.
Stop Waiting. Start Doing.
Stop waiting. Start doing. It’s all too easy to tell ourselves that once we lose twenty pounds, we’ll be happy, or once we have more free time, we’ll start reading more, or once we’re on that new project at work and have shorter hours, we’ll start going back to the gym. We think we’re too busy now to do that thing we want to do, or we’ll be happy once we’ve done that thing, but we haven’t even started working on it.
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Christian OnlyFans Model Says God Wants Her To Post Nude Videos – Ruin My Week
Does Joe Rogan Take Steroids? – Ned Hardy
If you have some back pain or neck pain, these patches are great at giving some immediate relief – Amazon
Pop Punk Blackjack Player Only Hits On 15 – The Hard Times
Russian Troops Suffer ‘Acute Radiation Sickness’ After Digging Chernobyl Trenches – The Daily Beast
7 Tips for How to Read Faster (and Still Understand What You Read) – Mental Floss
Top 100 Radiohead Songs, Ranked – The Ringer
In Egypt, around 17000 divorce cases in 2018 cited “Candy Crush” as the cause of divorce – Egypt Today
How to get your kid to do stuff without having to constantly remind them – VOX
Walmart Dangles $110,000 Starting Pay to Lure Truck Drivers – WSJ
Canada to Ban Foreigners From Buying Homes as Prices Soar – Bloomberg
This book gives a lot of great thoughts and insight on taking control of your life and planning it out vs. letting fate take you whever it wants to – Amazon
The 14 Best Restaurants In Orange County In 2022 – Van Life Wanderer
Judge Judy Owns Irresponsible And Litigious Woman Who Has 5 Kids (video) – Leenks
“The World’s Sexiest Athlete” Alica Schmidt Shows Off in a Dress – Egotastic Sports
Albert Pujols Divorces Wife Days After Her Brain Surgery – Yahoo
Morena Baccarin is smoking hot on the red carpet – Daily Post
Demi Rose is a perfect woman – Phun
There are 7 self-made billionaires under 30 on Forbes’ billionaires list this year, and more than half of them are Stanford dropouts – Insider
The guy who quit medical school to become an NBA referee – The Hustle
The Dumping Grounds
Caveman Approved Products of the Week
Best camp chair/tailgating chair. The rocking and the star-gazing features are fantastic!
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Wholesome pictures and videos of the day – Ned Hardy
Fox that bit 6 people at US Capitol had rabies – NBC
This right here is probably the best bang-for-your-buck bushcraft/camp/survival knife you can get – Amazon
A 30-Year-Old Crypto Billionaire Wants to Give His Fortune Away – Bloomberg
UN assembly suspends Russia from top human rights body – AP News
Scammers are texting you from your own number now — here’s what to do if that happens – CNBC
Top 10 Pieces of Advice for Beginner Thru-Hikers – Outside
Top 11 Things To Do In Pine Bluff, Arkansas – Van Life Wanderer
14 Extremely Self-Destructive Stories About The Ramones That Prove They Were Insane – Weird History
How Does Animal Meat Compare to Plant-Based Meat? – Visual Capitalist
What to Do When the Rent Is Too High – Kiplinger
Ukrainian Mob Tosses Corrupt Politician Into Dumpster (video) – Leenks
There’s something to be said for simple elegance, and this cell phone stand fully encapsulates that. With black aluminum alloy and a sleek, minimalist design, the lightweight contraption is compatible with most iPhones and Androids – Amazon
El Salvador president says 6,000 gang members arrested – France 24
The world’s oldest pants are a 3,000-year-old engineering marvel – ARS Technica
Is There an Optimal Driving Speed that Saves Gas—and Money? – Wired
These tops are tighter than my belt after I eat too much bread in one sitting (41 photos) – The Chive
Amber Heard is batshit crazy but undeniably hot af – Phun
WTF! Luang Pho Yai. 109 years old Thai Buddhist monk – Reddit
The Five Universal Laws of Human Stupidity – Quartz
The Dumping Grounds
What’s It Like To Be From An Extremely Wealthy Family
How much is your family worth?
Around $500 million
Where does the family money come from?
My father made all of the money. It was more of a right place at the right time kind of situation. He joined a small firm 24 years ago and it has since grown to an international scale (management consulting).