CAROLINA NATURALLY: Dec 15, 2017

Friday, December 15, 2017

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Today in History

1256		Mongol forces under the command of Hulagu Khan enter and destroy the Hashshashin stronghold at Alamut Castle (in present-day Iran) as part of their offensive on Islamic southwest Asia.
1862		Nathan Bedford Forrest crosses the Tennessee River at Clifton with 2,500 men to raid the communications around Vicksburg, Mississippi.
1862		In New Orleans, Louisiana, Union Major General Benjamin F. Butler turns his command over to Nathaniel Banks. The citizens of New Orleans hold farewell parties for Butler, “The Beast” – but only after he leaves.
1864		The Battle at Nashville begins.
1890		As U.S. Army soldiers attempt to arrest Sitting Bull at his cabin in Standing Rock, South Dakota, shooting breaks out and Lt. Bullhead shoots the great Sioux leader.
1903		The British parliament places a 15-year ban on whale hunting in Norway.
1920		China wins a place on the League Council; Austria is admitted.
1924		The Soviet Union warns the United States against repeated entry of ships into Soviet territorial waters.
1938		Washington sends its fourth note to Berlin demanding amnesty for Jews.
1944		The battle for Luzon begins.
1946		Vietnam leader Ho Chi Minh sends a note to the new French Premier, Leon Blum, asking for peace talks.
1961		Adolf Eichmann, the former German Gestapo official accused of a major role in the Nazi murder of 6 million Jews, is sentenced by a Jerusalem court to be hanged.
1965		The United States drops 12 tons of bombs on an industrial center near Haiphong Harbor, North Vietnam.
1967		President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the meat bill in the presence of Upton Sinclair, the author of the controversial book The Jungle.
1972		The Commonwealth of Australia orders equal pay for women.
1973		The American Psychiatric Association votes to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders.
1976		The oil tanker MV Argo Merchant causes one of the worst marine oil spills in history when it runs aground near Nantucket, Massachusetts.
1978		US President Jimmy Carter announces the United States will recognize the People’s Republic of China and will sever all relations with Taiwan.
1981		In what is often called the first modern suicide bombing, a suicide car bomb kills 61 people at the Iraqi embassy in Beirut, Lebanon; Iraq’s ambassador to Lebanon is among the casualties.
1993		The Downing Street Declaration, issued jointly by the UK and the Republic of Ireland, affirms the UK would transfer Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland only if a majority of Northern Ireland’s people approved.
2001		The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after an 11-year, $27 million project to fortify it without eliminating its famed lean.
2005		The F-22 Raptor Stealth fighter enters active service with the US Air Force.

Coca-Cola Invented Xmas As We Know It

How Coca-Cola Invented Xmas As We Know It

Naked man causes multiple drivers to crash on busy highway

Truck driver Tariq Hussein captured extraordinary video of a naked man riding atop a flatbed truck on a Washington, DC highway Tuesday.
Some drivers crashed while swerving to avoid the naked man, near Frying Pan Road on Route 28 in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Authorities said the man was involved in a car crash and then assaulted the driver of the other vehicle, NBC Washington reported. The man then stripped off his clothes and hopped off the flatbed truck.

Naked man causes multiple drivers to crash while swerving to avoid him on busy highway

Porn Is Making Religious Men More Tolerant of Women

Is Porn Making Religious Men More Tolerant of Women?

A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism

Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism

We Saved Net Neutrality Once—We Can Do It Again

We Saved Net Neutrality Once—We Can Do It Again

Why 'Feminism' Is the Word of the Year

Why 'Feminism' Is the Word of the Year

An anthropologist explains why we love holiday rituals and traditions

The mere thought of holiday traditions brings smiles to most people’s faces and elicits feelings of sweet anticipation and nostalgia. We can almost smell those candles, taste those special meals, hear those familiar songs in our minds.

New archaeological findings show that Vikings 'imported' from the Celts

Archaeologists were expecting to find beer or other brewing materials, but they found something more valuable.

Ancient Egyptian mummy diagnosed with cancer of the leg

An imaging scan of a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy revealed a diagnosis doctors had been trying to pinpoint for more than a decade: cancer. Doctors recently subjected the mummified body of a man nicknamed “Hen” to a full computed tomography scan at the Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, New York, according to technology information site Boy Genius Report.
“He had a tumor on his fibula, which is one of the two bones of the lower leg,” Dr. Mark Levinsohn of Crouse Hospital said in a syracuse.com video. "It had all the characteristics of a malignant tumor and one that’s somewhat rare. So, here we have a rare circumstance and a rare tumor and that evoked our interest a lot.”

Global Crisis That's Creating 21.5 Million Refugees Each Year

The Global Crisis That's Creating 21.5 Million Refugees Each Year

Canada will sell legal pot for $7.77 a gram

As Canada gears up to legalize marijuana in July of next year, Ottawa agreed to sell weed at $7.77 a gram—$10 in Canadian dollars—which will only add to the country's deficit.
The Canadian government announced that provinces will receive 75 percent of the tax revenues to help cover the costs of setting the system up.

Canada will sell legal pot for $7.77 a gram

Marijuana-infused wine is coming to legal weed states

You like wine. You like weed. But how do you feel about weed wine?
As perplexing as that might sound, it’s actually something adults living in legal marijuana states will be able to sip on. Rebel Coast Winery, a California company, is set to launch marijuana-infused wine in January, according to a Paste magazine report released on Wednesday.

How Healthy Is Your State?

How Healthy Is Your State? The Disparities Are Stark

The U.S. Is No Country for Older Men and Women

The Crisis Ahead: The U.S. Is No Country for Older Men and Women

Charter Schools Are Making School Segregation Worse

Charter Schools Are Making School Segregation Worse—And Their Supporters Need to Own Up to That

8-year-old girl allegedly inspired by Ashawnty Davis’s suicide kills self

She was supposed to celebrate her ninth birthday next week but she chose to end her life instead. An 8-year-old girl from New Jersey died by suicide Sunday in her Vailsburg home a week before her birthday. It is believed that the news of a 10-year-old Colorado girl, Ashawnty Davis who died after hanging herself because of being bullied at school provoked Imani McCray to kill herself the same way.

8-year-old girl allegedly inspired by Ashawnty Davis’s suicide kills self