CAROLINA NATURALLY: Jul 11, 2016

Monday, July 11, 2016

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Today in History

1302		An army of French knights, led by the Count of Artois, is routed by Flemish pikemen.
1346		Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Holy Roman Emperor in Germany.
1533		Henry VIII is excommunicated from the catholic church by pope Clement VII.
1708		The French are defeated at Oudenarde, Malplaquet, in the Netherlands by the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy.
1786		Morocco agrees to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000.
1799		An Anglo-Turkish armada bombards Napoleon Bonaparte‘s troops in Alexandria to no avail.
1804		Alexander Hamilton is mortally wounded by Aaron Burr in a duel.
1862		Lincoln appoints General Henry Halleck as general in chief of the Federal army.
1942		In the RAF’s longest bombing raid of World War II, 44 British Lancaster bombers attack the Polish port of Danzig.
1972		American forces break the 95-day siege at An Loc in Vietnam.
1975		Archaeologists unearth an army of 8,000 life-size clay figures created more than 2,000 years ago for the Emperor Qin Shi Huangd.
1995		Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.

The Biggest Explosion In History Is Still A Mystery

On June 30, 1908, a massive explosion ripped through the sky over the Tunguska region of Siberia, flattening trees nearly 31 miles around. The blast is thought to have been produced by a comet or asteroid hurtling through Earth's atmosphere, resulting in an explosion equal to 185 Hiroshima bombs as pressure and heat rapidly increased.
But, with no impact crater and little evidence of such an object ever found, scientists remain perplexed as to what truly caused the event in which 'the sky was split in two' - and a new study has failed to reach a conclusion.

Beware Bogus Treatments for Summer Miseries

Beware Bogus Treatments for Summer Miseries (and What Really Works Instead)

The 50 Best Foods in Every Major American City

Whether you eat out all the time or your only go out on special occasions, life is too short for bad food. That's why we're loving this great Thrillist list that features most of the major cities in the US, each with their own link to the 50 best things to eat in that city. I can't vouch for all of their recommendations, but the ones listed for San Diego are pretty dead on.

6 Types of Seaweed Loaded with Health Benefits

6 Types of Seaweed Loaded with Health Benefits

Plus, how to make it taste delicious.

8 Weird Signs You’re Way Too Stressed Out

8 Weird Signs You’re Way Too Stressed Out

Your achy jaw, itchy skin, or strange dreams may be symptoms of a stress overload

Why You Feel Like You’re Falling When You’re Going to Sleep

Why You Feel Like You’re Falling When You’re Going to Sleep

A sleep doctor explains the strange sensation

6 Times in Life When It Can Feel Like You're Losing Your Virginity All Over Again

6 Times in Life When It Can Feel Like You're Losing Your Virginity All Over Again

Yep, you get a do-over!

Philadelphia Catholic Cult Absurdly Tells Remarried Couples Not to Have Sex

Philadelphia Catholic Cult Absurdly Tells Remarried Couples Not to Have Sex

6 more women accuse Fox head Roger Ailes of sexual harassment

6 more women accuse Fox head Roger Ailes of sexual harassment — including one who was 16 at the time

“You know if you want to play with the big boys, you have to lay with the big boys.”

Bahamas issues advisory to citizens visiting US

‘Avoid crowds’ due to cops shooting ‘young black males’

"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has taken a note of the recent tensions in some American cities over shootings of young black males by police officers."
“Do not be confrontational and cooperate.”

Thousands sent to jail because of faulty $2 drug test

Thousands sent to jail because of faulty $2 drug test — but police won’t stop using it

Tens of thousands of people every year are sent to jail based on the results of a $2 roadside drug test. And widespread evidence shows that these tests routinely produce false positives.

Matador gored to death live on Spanish television during controversial bullfight

Matador gored to death live on Spanish television during controversial bullfight

Spaniards were faced with a horrifying sight on Saturday when a famous bullfighter, Víctor Barrio, was gored in the chest and killed live on television Saturday.

How to Fish with Fire

For hundreds of years, fishermen in Taiwan have used fire to catch sardines. When a fisherman holds a firey stick over the water, sardines leap out to chase it. That's when other fishermen sweep in with nets to catch them.
It used to be a common practice, but now there are only about 3 boats left that still use fire fishing. They operate at nighttime from May to July. On a good night, a crew can get 3-4 tons of sardines, which will sell for about $4,500. Reuters reports:

"My daily earnings are unstable, but for a living I need to sail," Jian Kun, a 60-year-old boat owner, tells Reuters of the fire fishermen's plight.
The government provides a subsidy to the fishermen to encourage them to continue fire fishing and also filed the technique to the Department of Cultural Affairs for registration as a cultural asset in 2014.
And the annual Jinshan Sulphuric Fire Fishing festival was started in 2013 to help promote the practice, while photography tours have been set up to generate interest and boost finances.
The method of lighting the fire has been updated to include the use of calcium carbide, but the boats are old, with little to ease the physical toll on the fishermen who average around 60 years old.

Cocaine Bear attracts visitors to business

A bear connected to one of Kentucky’s greatest conspiracies on display in Lexington. Cocaine Bear spent years on the road but now he’s mounted on the back of a pick-up truck and in the Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall. Whit Hyler, the co-owner of Kentucky for Kentucky, says that they only had to pay for shipping to get the bear to Kentucky from the Nevada Desert.
People are coming from all over the world to see the famous Cocaine Bear. The bear’s story dates back to 1985, when Andrew Thornton, a true Kentucky Blue Blood, turned drug smuggler parachuted to his death over Tennessee with cocaine strapped to his body. A black bear ate 40 kg (75 pounds) of cocaine that Thornton dropped in Georgia’s Chattahoochee Forest.
The bear overdosed and died from the estimated $15 million worth of cocaine. Cocaine Bear was then stuffed and sold to Waylon Jennings, who didn’t even know the Cocaine Bear’s story; he was just a collector of such items. Jennings sent the bear as a gift to his friend in Nevada. When that friend died, “Pablo EskoBear,” as he is now known, was then sold to a pawn shop.

Hyler located the bear and the pawn shop gave it to him. “They just wanted to get rid of it. They were over it,” said Hyler. Kentucky for Kentucky is working on giving Pablo EskoBear his own section where there will be Cocaine Bear gear. You can see Cocaine Bear at the Kentucky for Kentucky Fun Mall from 10:00am to 6:00pm, Monday-Friday.
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