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Someone Actually Commissioned a Surfboard With a 24-Karat Gold Trim to Pair With Their Rolls-Royce |
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14-year-old boy uses legal quirk to run for Vermont governor - there is no age requirement to run for governor. Just a residence requirement - you must have lived in Vermont 4 years prior to the election. |
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You probably don't recognize this bridge because it was never built but it was one of the designs considered. Here is the winning design: https://s26.postimg.cc/c2wq7gae1/BBKR0w_U.jpg |
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In the early 1990s, a woman sued McDonald’s for serving her extra-hot coffee that gave her third-degree burns. Stella Liebeck initially asked for $20,000 to cover her medical expenses, but when McDonald’s countered with $800, she took it to trial. The jury awarded her $2.7 million (which is what grabbed the headlines), but the judge lowered the amount to $480,000 and they ended up settling for an undisclosed but smaller amount. |
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August 14, 1945. President Harry S. Truman announces the unconditional surrender of Imperial Japan, ending World War II. |
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August 14, 1935. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act into law in Washington. |
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August 14, 1936. A large crowd watches as attendants adjust a black hood over Rainey Bethea's head just before his public hanging in Owensboro, Kentucky. Bethea, who was convicted of raping a 70-year-old woman, was the last person killed in a public execution in the United States. |
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August 14, 2003: Biggest blackout in U.S. history People and motor traffic leave New York's Manhattan Island over the Brooklyn Bridge, as the city suffers a massive power outage. Fifty million people were affected, including residents of New York, Cleveland and Detroit, as well as Toronto and Ottawa, Canada. https://s26.postimg.cc/dls4byje1/tttt.jpg |
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https://s26.postimg.cc/m7dgwzt3d/image.jpg Japanese spider crabs can grow to absurdly large! Scientists believe adults can have a leg span of 13 ft (four meters) and weigh nearly 45 lbs. (20 kg), making it the largest living arthropod. |
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The Box Jellyfish is one of the most dangerous creatures in the ocean: their stings can be lethal to humans. Interestingly, sea turtles are immune to the jellyfish’s poison; in fact, they regularly snack on them. |
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https://s26.postimg.cc/wu7a2i8zd/image.jpg Probably the weirdest name of any animal: Sarcastic Fringehead. They grow to about 12 inches long. Very territorial and very aggressive. |
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