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Today in History

1356		In a landmark battle of the Hundred Years’ War, English Prince Edward defeats the French at Poitiers.
1544		Francis, the king of France, and Charles V of Austria sign a peace treaty in Crespy, France, ending a 20-year war.
1692		Giles Corey is pressed to death for standing mute and refusing to answer charges of witchcraft brought against him. He is the only person in America to have suffered this punishment.
1777		American forces under Gen. Horatio Gates meet British troops led by Gen. John Burgoyne at Saratoga Springs, NY.
1783		The first hot-air balloon is sent aloft in Versailles, France with animal passengers including a sheep, rooster and a duck.
1788		Charles de Barentin becomes lord chancellor of France.
1841		The first railway to span a frontier is completed between Strasbourg and Basel, in Europe.
1863		In Georgia, the two-day Battle of Chickamauga begins as Union troops under George Thomas clash with Confederates under Nathan Bedford Forrest.
1893		New Zealand becomes the first nation to grant women the right to vote.
1900		President Emile Loubet of France pardons Jewish army captain Alfred Dreyfus, twice court-martialed and wrongly convicted of spying for Germany.
1918		American troops of the Allied North Russia Expeditionary Force receive their baptism of fire near the town of Seltso against Soviet forces.
1948		Moscow announces it will withdrawal soldiers from Korea by the end of the year.
1955		Argentina’s President Juan Peron is overthrown by rebels.
1957		First underground nuclear test takes place in Nevada.
1970		First Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (originally called the Pilton Festival) is held near Pliton, Somerset, England.
1973		Carl XVI Gustaf invested as King of Sweden, following the death of his grandfather King Gustaf VI Adolf.
1982		The first documented emoticons, :-) and :-(, posted on Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System by Scott Fahlman.
1985		An earthquake kills thousands in Mexico City.
1985		Parents Music Resource Center formed by Tipper Gore (wife of then-Senator Al Gore) and other political wives lobby for Parental Advisory stickers on music packaging.
1991		German hikers near the Austria-Italy border discover the naturally preserved mummy of a man from about 3,300 BC; Europe’s oldest natural human mummy, he is dubbed Otzi the Iceman because his lower half was encased in ice.
2006		Military coup in Bangkok,  revokes Thailand’s constitution and establishes martial law.

7 Simple Ways To Say ‘I Love You' Every Day

7 Simple Ways To Say ‘I Love You' Every Day

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5 Foods to Eat If You Want to Live Longer

5 Foods to Eat If You Want to Live Longer

Find the fountain of youth in your grocery store

These Foods Might Actually Make Your Sweat Smell Better

These Foods Might Actually Make Your Sweat Smell Better

Bye, B.O.

The 16 Best Foods to Eat When You’re Seriously HANGRY

The 16 Best Foods to Eat When You’re Seriously HANGRY

Need. Food. NOW.

10 Bars at the End of the World

Wherever there are people is a good place to provide them with a place to meet and drink. Remember, one of the first things the Pilgrims did after landing at Plymouth was to  build a brewery. It’s the same with any other remote outpost. The southernmost bar in the world is at the Vernadsky Research Base on Galindez Island in Antarctica. It’s quite popular among the locals.

This tiny, one-room social area is located among the same research facilities where scientists first discovered the hole in the ozone layer. The bar was built by carpenters during the station's British stewardship, although they were supposed to use the wood to build a new pier for the complex. Instead they decided the base needed a place to drink.
The carpenters built the bar to recall the rustic pubs of their homeland with exposed wooden beams and aging photographs of Antarctica explorers. After the station’s purchase by the Ukraine in 1996, the bar became a firmly Ukrainian establishment where you can drink and cavort with researchers during the off hours. In addition to the standard libations, the bar also makes its own vodka using the surrounding glacial ice. The drink can be purchased for three dollars a glass or it is free with the donation of some womens’ undergarments to display behind the bar. Judging by the decor, there have been a number of free drinks. Essential drink: A glass of home-brewed vodka. (Your payment method is up to you.)

Other bars are located at Pitcairn Island, Tristan da Cunha, the Australian outback, and one in Nepal that I believe was once owned by Marion Ravenwood. Read about all ten extreme bars at Atlas Obscura.

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1 Out of Every 5 Corporate Bosses Is a Psychopath

New Study Says 1 Out of Every 5 Corporate Bosses Is a Psychopath

Narcissism Hurts Us All

How Narcissism Hurts Us All 

Here’s why you can’t dial a phone, read a book or escape a monster in your dreams

Here’s why you can’t dial a phone, read a book or escape a monster in your dreams

The content of a dream is strongly influenced by the fact that the brain is, at that moment, reactivating and processing new memories that were just formed in the previous day or days.

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Who was Ted Baxter really modeled after?

How to Efficiently Dice a Bell Pepper

What It Feels Like to Die

Cow’s face was blurred by Google Street View

Get Permanent Marker Out Of Just About Anything

Behind The Scenes of Your Favorite Movies

A dozen and a half hilarious cake fails

August wasn’t hot because of global warming…

Things No One Tells You About Being On “Jeopardy!”

Catfish falls from sky & hits woman in face

Welcome to Casey, Ill.: A town of big things

These Major Restaurants Have Secret Menus For Dogs

The future of corporate cyberwar

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"...white hat hacker Ang Cui demonstrates hacks on “embedded devices”—objects that contain computing systems but that you wouldn’t necessarily think of as computers.

At his office in New York, Cui shows us how he can turn an office phone or printer into a bugging device using a piece of malware he calls “funtenna.” This exploit makes the equipment transmit data over radio frequencies so it can be picked up by an antenna—without the hacker ever having to go near the device."

For example, you email a resume to a company. When the resume is viewed on one of their computers, code in the resume rewrites the firmware on their printer, which then morphs company telephones into transmitters.

Bayer's $66 Billion Deal to Acquire Monsanto Could Reshape Global Agriculture

Bayer's $66 Billion Deal to Acquire Monsanto Could Reshape Global Agriculture

Man named Weed faces charges for marijuana offenses

Three men from Belleville, Ontario, Canada, have been charged following an investigation focusing on the illegal production of marijuana in unsuspecting farmers’ fields. Members of the Belleville Police Service Drug Unit, Emergency Response Team and members of the OPP Drug Enforcement Unit conducted a traffic stop in Thurlow on Tuesday and arrested two men. Following the traffic stop, police executed three Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrants at residences in Belleville and Thurlow. The investigation and searches revealed the accused had planted marijuana plants throughout fields in the Thurlow ward of Belleville, in Thomasburg and the Melrose area.
As a result of the search warrants and the vehicle stop, police seized a quantity of marijuana plants, cash, digital weigh scales and a Ford F-150 pick-up truck. Adam Rushlow, 39, has been charged with five counts of production of marijuana, possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking and possession of proceeds of crime.
Jeff Gray, 45, faces three counts of production of marijuana and one count of possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. And 34-year-old appropriately named Ian Weed has been charged with two counts of production of marijuana and possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. Gray and Weed were released on a promise to appear with a future court date and Rushlow was detained in custody pending a show cause hearing.

Police hunt thief who broke into YMCA before stealing fake money from toy cash register

Police in Palm Springs, California are asking for help identifying a hapless thief.
They say he broke into the Child Development Center at Indio YMCA last weekend and emptied a toy cash register of it's play money.
The incident was caught on surveillance video. The suspect kicked his way in through the duct work in the ceiling.

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He then dropped to the floor and went through a children's toy cash register, stealing the fake money inside, before making a daring escape out of the door

Teacher in trouble after allegedly asking student 'Why don’t you lick me where I fart?'

Jennifer Elizabeth Green-Johnson, who teaches English at Dunnville Secondary School in Ontario, Canada, is facing disciplinary action after allegedly saying to a student: “Why don’t you lick me where I fart?”
Ms Green-Johnson has been a frequent visitor before the Ontario College of Teachers and the Grand Erie District School Board's disciplinary committees. Most recently she was suspended for 30 days last January for professional misconduct.
Among the most recent allegations, that date to 2015, are that she slapped a student on head, called him an idiot and told him to “grow some balls.” Ms Green-Johnson allegedly called one student a “bloody pedophile”. She also reportedly told a female student she "looked like a frumpy old lady today."
In one earlier disciplinary action, she slammed her students as stupids, idiots, gay and a “bitch”. She has also repeatedly been disciplined by her school board with disciplinary letters and suspended with, and without, pay. Ms Green-Johnson is currently suspended without pay.

Motorist and girlfriend hospitalized after she bit his penis when deer jumped in front of their car

A pair of young lovers ended up in hospital after engaging in some sexual activity whilst driving through the Waldviertel in north west Austria and crashing their car. The woman, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was giving her partner oral sex on a quiet country road not far from Krems when a deer suddenly jumped in front of the car, causing the driver to suddenly brake.
His girlfriend was taken by surprise, and accidentally bit into his penis. The emergency services were surprised to get a call saying that an ambulance was needed because of a “penis bite after a car crash.”
The couple were taken to hospital and the man received some minor surgery. Surgeons told him that the wound was only superficial and that his bitten manhood should soon be back in full working order.

'Well-preserved' rare mammoth skull puzzles scientists

'Well-preserved' rare mammoth skull unearthed in Channel Islands puzzles scientists

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