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i quit

“THE SECOND ONE”

They’re not even trying

and it’s beautiful

The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara and Guelb er Richat, is a prominent circular feature in the Sahara desert near Ouadane, west–central Mauritania. This structure is a deeply eroded, slightly elliptical, 40 km in diameter dome. The sedimentary rock exposed in this dome ranges in age from Late Proterozoic within the center of the dome to Ordovician sandstone around its edges. The sedimentary rocks comprising this structure dip outward at 10°–20°. Differential erosion of resistant layers of quartzite has created high-relief circular cuestas. Its center consists of a siliceous breccia covering an area that is at least 3 km in diameter.

This eye-like feature is visible from space and serves as a geographical landmark for astronauts as they pass over the desert.

You can see it on Google Maps (HERE)

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The full letter can be found HERE [x]

On the night of March 19, 1919 all of New Orleans’ dance halls were filled to capacity, and professional and amateur bands played jazz at parties at hundreds of houses around town. There were no murders that night.

Not everyone was intimidated by the Axeman. Some well-armed citizens submitted announcements to newspapers challenging the Axeman to visit their houses. One promised to leave a window open for the Axeman, politely asking that he not damage the front door.

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GRANDMA IS SO HARDCORE IM SCREAMING

GET ON  HER LEVEL

Coates was convinced he was the best actor in business – or at least that is what he claimed. He forgot his lines all the time and invented new scenes and dialogue on the spot. He loved dramatic death scenes and would repeat them – or any other scenes he happened to take a fancy to – three to four times over.

Coates claimed that he wanted to improve the classics. At the end of his first appearance as Romeo he came back in with a crowbar and tried to pry open Capulet’s tomb. In another of his antics he made the actress playing Juliet so embarrassed that she clung to a pillar and refused to leave the stage. Eventually no actress would agree to play the part with him.

The audience usually answered with angered catcalls and embarrassed jeering – and loads of laughter. His fellow actors would try to make him leave the stage. If Coates thought the audience was getting out of hand, he turned to them and answered in kind.

Coates went on with his antics. Once, when he dropped a diamond buckle when he was going to exit the stage, he crawled around the stage looking for it. During his first performance of Romeo & Juliet, he pulled out his snuff box in the middle of a scene and offered some to the occupants of a box. Then, during Romeo’s death scene, Coates carefully placed his hat on the ground for a pillow and used his dirty handkerchief to dust the stage before lying on it. Finally, at the invitation of the audience, he acted out Romeo’s death twice—and was about to attempt a third before his Juliet came back to life and interrupted him. The amusement of the audience was enormous. There is some question as to whether Coates believed he was a great actor as he professed to, or if his performances weren’t brilliant parody.

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The 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army was a fighting unit composed of American soldiers of Japanese ancestry who fought in World War II, despite the fact that many of their families were subject to internment. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in Europe during World War II, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany. The 442nd Regiment was the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare. [x]

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omfg y’all. FRIENDSHIP COLLARS. 

HOLD THE PHONE, ORDERING IMMEDIATELY. 

(find them here.)

you can’t imagine how relieved I was to scroll past the first pic and see that it was, in fact, dogs that OP had in mind for these

They are even listed as the “most fearless animal in the world” in the Guinness Book of Records. [x]

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Churchill escaped from a POW camp. He was captured on 15 November 1899 by General Louis Botha, a Boer commander.

Here is his wanted poster.

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When Samuel remarried, his second wife Elizabeth was given an enslaved woman named Surry.

He reportedly insisted that “A slave can not live in my house; if she comes she must be free. During the time he was writing emancipation papers to set her free, Adams cared for Surry as if she was a member of his household.

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what would you say to your 10 year old self

shut up ur like 10

I can’t believe this isn’t real.

“so articulate,” “that’s not a compliment.” soooo true lol

HE SPRAYED HER WITH A WATER BOTTLE I WANT TO SCREAM

Bitch I’m tryin to help you😭

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