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Charles Baker was a notable American inventor born into slavery on August 3, 1859, in Savannah, Missouri.  After losing his mother, Betsy Mackay, when he was just three months old, Baker was raised by his owner's wife, Sallie Mackay, and his father, Abraham Baker. He was the youngest of five children, including Susie, Peter, Annie, and Ellen, who were all freed following the Civil War. Baker later pursued education at Franklin College and worked as an assistant to his father, an express agent. This exposure to mechanical work with wagons and linchpins sparked Baker's interest in mechanical sciences. Baker dedicated over two decades to developing his invention: a friction heater. He experimented with various friction methods, including rubbing bricks together and using different metals. After twenty-three years, his invention took shape as a device featuring two metal cylinders, one inside the other, with a wooden spinning core in the center that generated friction. In 1904, Bak

MEN STOP DATING A LIABILITY! 1. A girl who doesn't have transport fare to visit someone that she claims she love. (liability) 2.  A lady who can't get you birthday or valentine gift but expect you to bring down the world for her during hers. (liability) 3. Someone who can't comfortably call you on the phone for 5 minutes. Always flashing, complaining and requesting for data and airtime...(liability) 4. I wonder how some Men cope with ladies that think a relationship is an occupation where she's supposed to be paid and taken care of?? (S*x is not a benefit to only men, such a girl is a (liability). 5. Stop dating a liability no matter how beautiful she is.  Beauty is a bonus, focus on her content! Date a lady who can add something meaningful to your life. Things like: financial intelligence, emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence. 6. Date someone who's capable of managing multiplying whatever she has and the ones you give to her, your soul will be at peace! N

Mongols were the first nation to build an army of soldiers, rather than an army of feudal warriors and mercenaries.  Mongol soldiers fought as well disciplined formations and did not seek individual glory. They had no superfluous customs (like inviting enemy champions to single duels) or religious rituals to perform before a battle.  Their equipment was modest yet effective, they were not burdened by heavy armor, they did not decorate their weapons with gilding or gemstones or wear elaborate helmets like some European knights did.  Indeed their soldiers had a surprisingly modern look: In old paintings (and modern illustrations) they look like how you expect an early 20th century cavalryman would look: A simple overall coat, a sabre, riding boots, a water bottle, an helmet or felt hat. Nothing more.

Albert Dyer - a paedophile murderer. 32 year old Albert Dyer was employed as a school crossing guard in Inglewood, Los Angeles, California. He was convicted of the murders of three young girls who were pupils at the Centinela Elementary school which he worked at. On Saturday 24th of June 1937, 7 year old Madeline Everett, her 9 year old sister Melba and their friend, 8 year old Jeanette Stephens went to Centinela Park near their homes in Inglewood.  They did not return for their evening meal and their parents reported them missing, sparking a state-wide alarm.  The police were assisted by a large number of volunteers, including Dyer, in searching for the girls.  Sadly their bodies were discovered on Monday the 26th of June in a deep gully in a remote section of Baldwin Hills, by some Boy Scouts who had volunteered in the search. Dyer was described by those who knew him as “simpleminded,” “a nut, but good-hearted” and “goofy, but harmless”.  He apparently had told other volunteers not t

Sky burial   ("bird-scattered") is a funeral practice in which a human corpse is placed on a mountaintop to decompose while exposed to the elements or to be eaten by scavenging animals, especially carrion birds like vultures and corvids. Comparable excarnation practices are part of Zoroastrian burial rites where deceased are exposed to the elements and scavenger birds on stone structures called Dakhma. Sky burials are endemic to Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Inner Mongolia, as well as in Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, and parts of India such as Sikkim and Zanskar.  The locations of preparation and sky burial are understood in the Vajrayana Buddhist traditions as charnel grounds. Few such places remain operational today, as the Chinese Communist Party initially banned the practice completely during the Cultural Revolution as feudal superstition, and continues to restrict the practice due to its allegations of decimation of vulture populations. The majority of Tibetan people and ma

The Death of Louis XVI The execution of Louis XVI "Gentlemen, I am innocent of everything of which I am accused. I wish that my blood may be able to cement the happiness of the French."   Last words of Louis XVI The National Convention declared Louis XVI guilty of high treason and on January 20, 1793, they condemned him to death.  The date of execution was set for January 21, 1793. Louis spent his last evening saying goodbye to Marie Antoinette, their children, and his faithful sister,  Princess Elisabeth .  According to the king's valet de chambre who was present, it was an agonizing, heart-rendering scene.  Marie Antoinette and Princess Elisabeth wailed.  The king's daughter, Madame Royale, fainted at her father's feet.  To make the parting easier, the king lied and promised his family he would visit with them the next morning.   The king retired to his room where he had a last meal and then fell into bed, exhuasted.  He woke shortly before five in the mo

Tufiakwa!!!Couple Caught On Camera Doing It Publicly In Broad Daylight (PHOTOS) A Unclad couple were caught having sex on a rooftop – before the brazen man took a bow for the camera. The amorous pair were filmed getting intimate in broad daylight on a city centre roof in the Argentinian capital city of Buenos Aires. Shocked eyewitnesses captured the moment on film as they looked on from neighbouring buildings. The carefree couple were seen having sex in a number of different positions, despite other people walking nearby. It was recorded by a number of office workers who later shared the footage on Twitter .

Before you call yourself a General overseer..Do you know that prophet Isaiah was cut into half, for the gospel we are enjoying today, Do you know that John the evangelist was thrown into a pot of boiling oil.. for this same gospel of salvation of mankind. Do you know that Peter was crucified head down..And that is how the early Christians died... Those people died without building the highest church auditorium or buying jets..but they win souls for Christ Jesus..Today many who make themselves Bishops and general overseers cannot move without escorts..no one wants to die for the sake of the gospel. I keep asking, are these people really called? So never you think that Your calling is a way to make money...Remember your calling is to win souls for God..not to make wealth...which many are more interested..

At 40, Franz Kafka (1883-1924), who never married and had no children, walked through the park in Berlin when he met a girl who was crying because she had lost her favourite doll.  She and Kafka searched for the doll unsuccessfully. Kafka told her to meet him there the next day and they would come back to look for her. The next day, when they had not yet found the doll, Kafka gave the girl a letter "written" by the doll saying "please don't cry. I took a trip to see the world. I will write to you about my adventures." Thus began a story which continued until the end of Kafka's life. During their meetings, Kafka read the letters of the doll carefully written with adventures and conversations that the girl found adorable. Finally, Kafka brought back the doll (he bought one) that had returned to Berlin. "It doesn't look like my doll at all," said the girl. Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote: "my travels have changed me.&q

This is what a king looks like in his last moments of life 🦁 The scene was captured by photographer Larry Pannell, who released this shocking photo in 2018 📸. "We found him lying in the grass, exhausted and unable to move. We were no more than a meter away from him as he died in the shade of a tree. Dropping my camera, we stared at each other, closing our eyes for what seemed like an era. I just wanted him to know that he wouldn't die alone as he struggld to breathe, his chest only gets hurt from time to time. Then one last tickle, his last breath, he was gone. The king was dead. Life is short. Power is ephemeral. Physical beauty is short-lived, I have seen it in lions. I have seen it in old people. Everyone who lives long enough will become weak and very vulnerable at some point. Therefore, let us be humble. Help the sick, the weak, the vulnerable and most importantly never forget that we will leave the stage one day. Credit: Larry Pannell.

When engineers were tasked with the routine laying of water pipes in Oxfordshire, England, they likely did not expect to find a nearly 3,000-year-old settlement, Iron Age and Roman-era tools — and dozens of Neolithic skeletons. According to CNN, the remains of 26 people were found at the site, many of which were likely victims of ritualistic human sacrifice. One of the victims had their skull placed by their feet. Another, a woman, had her feet cut off and her arms tied behind her back. Meanwhile, the tools unearthed ranged across a variety of historical periods but were certainly thousands of years old — before the Romans invaded Britain. According to The Telegraph, evidence of animal carcasses and household items such as knives, pottery, and a comb, were also found.

In Uganda their way of life is different and their ethics of marriage is not comparable as to other culture. In Uganda if you want to marry a lady after everyone is seated they will ask your elder sister to go and have a test of the person who wants to get married to her younger sister to see how the man does in bed and to still confirm it the person manhood is working perfectly before he will be allowed to do the marital right. My culture has started another thing which am yet to define.  I witness a tradition marriage ceremony were everyone is seated all the items bought by the mother in-law was brought out including bed and they supposed husband and wife was ask to go and sleep on it together in public 🙄. I was not there and i didn't hear any story of our parents getting married this way back then in 70s, 80s not to talk of my age now to have witness it, else just for this late 20s where are we going to? Such life is portray publicly even in the presence of parents. No wonder b

William Griffith - hanged for attempted murder Only two hangings took place at Beaumaris Gaol on Anglesey. The first was that of William Griffith, at 10.00 a.m. on the 15th of September 1830.  The new gaol had opened the year before. Griffith had been separated from his wife, Mary, but on the night of the 2nd of April 1830, he went to the house in Newborough where she resided with her daughter. He became violent and his daughter ran out to summon a neighbour’s help. When she returned to the house Griffith had left but his wife was found with her head beneath the fire grate covered with the hot coals. He had also tried to strangle her and force a stick down her throat. She was very severely burned and injured, but amazingly still alive.  She made a recovery. After his trial, at the Anglesey Great Sessions, where he was found guilty, he was taken to the new prison at Beaumaris. Here his wife visited him. Other visitors were the Rev. H.D. Owen the Gaol’s Chaplain and the Rev. Mr Hughes of

It’s been more than 50 years since the Vietnam War ended. But for the combat nurses who served there, the details remain as sharp in their minds as the needles they used to help patients heal. Like the tropical heat that greeted Marsha Four when she arrived in July 1969 at the 18th Surgical Hospital at Camp Evans north of Huế. “It was so hot, I felt like I had water pouring out of every pore in my body, including my fingernails,” she said. Or the warning of lurking danger that Grace Moore got after she arrived in May 1968 at the 12th Evacuation Hospital in Cu Chi. “They put us in Army-green school buses that had chicken wire in the windows,” she said. “It was hot, and I reached up to put the windows down, and the driver hollered: ‘Don’t put those windows down! If we have incoming, the chicken wire will protect you from shrapnel!’ We were like, ‘OK, didn’t think about that!’ ” Or the rare moments of humor. “They had these bugs; they called them nurse-eaters. They were like crickets — hu

U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor Recipient Stanley Christianson:  On September 29, 1950 at Hill 132 Seoul Korea, Pfc. Christianson was manning one of the several listening posts when the enemy massed a large attack. Pfc. Christianson quickly sent another marine to alert the rest of the platoon as his position was in danger of being overrun.   Without orders, he remained in his position and, with full knowledge that he would have slight chance of escape, fired relentlessly at oncoming hostile troops attacking furiously with rifles, automatic weapons, and incendiary grenades. Before his position was overrun and he was killed in a hail of fire Pfc. Christainson killed at least seven enemy combatants and wounded many more.   Pfc. Christianson, by his superb courage, valiant fighting spirit, and devotion to duty, was responsible for allowing the rest of the platoon time to man positions, build up a stronger defense on that flank, and repel the attack with 41 of the enemy killed, many more w

The Battalion Aid Station Forward was a gathering place for medics.  The old hands finished out their time in the field there and the line medics came for supplies and socializing. In this photo, our Battalion Surgeon, CPT Joel Rosenthal was standing at the far left.  Reclining in front of him was SFC Alvin Watt, our NCOIC. Immediately beyond him is John Madigan, who arrived around the same time that I did. Standing on the far right front was Marvin Clarke, another one of the medics and a good friend. Barely visible in the back are Bill McCaulla (L) and Dave Senkovich (R).  I have blanked on the name of the most identifiable guy, sitting in the middle, but I believe that he took Senkovich's place as the battalion 91Charlie (equivalent to an LVN). Within weeks after this photo was taken SFC Watt and John Madigan were on a resupply track that hit a mine. Both suffered massive injuries.

Joe Hare, New Guy - early '67 Every rifle company and rifle platoon had some guys who were respected for their experience and/or accomplishments.  They became the squad leaders and held together the fabric of the platoon as the membership changed. Platoon leaders and platoon sergeants came and went, as did the medics. The riflemen stayed together until they were hurt or went home. The best of them passed on their knowledge to the new guys, both to prepare them for leadership and to keep them alive in the meantime. In 3rd Platoon, Joe Hare was one of those leaders. Joe was a veteran of Operation Junction City, Billings and the bloody Battle of Xom Bo II, plus numerous operations, battles and firefights that followed. By the end of '67, he had added Operation Shenandoah II, with the battles of Ong Thanh and Loc Ninh to his record. In this photo, Joe was clearly a New Guy. The nice unfaded green color of the camouflage cover on his helmet, jungle fatigues, and gear attests to that

U.S. Army Medal of Honor Recipient Gilbert Collier:   On July 19, 1953, Sgt. Collier was point man and assistant leader of a combat patrol committed to make contact with the enemy. As the patrol moved forward through the darkness, he and his commanding officer slipped and fell from a steep, 60-foot cliff and were injured.  Incapacitated by a badly sprained ankle which prevented immediate movement, the officer ordered the patrol to return to the safety of friendly lines. Although suffering from a painful back injury, Sgt. Collier elected to remain with his leader, and before daylight they managed to crawl back up and over the mountainous terrain to the opposite valley, where they concealed themselves in the brush until nightfall, then edged toward their company positions.  Shortly after leaving the daylight retreat they were ambushed and, in the ensuing firefight, Sgt. Collier killed two hostile soldiers, received painful wounds, and was separated from his companion. Then, ammunition ex

Lest We Forget... The fighting Irish Lion Lt. Colonel Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne DSO and 3 Bars, 1 SAS Regiment, was a courageous and brilliant special forces soldier, and one of the most outstanding leaders of the Second World War. From the Royal Ulster Rifles, he volunteered for the Commandos and saw action in Syria, before joining David Stirling’s fledgling unit Special Air Service Brigade. Paddy Mayne’s achievements from Troop Commander to Commanding Officer of 1 SAS Regiment reads like something from a Boy’s Own comic. In North Africa the raids he led on Axis airfields destroyed over one hundred aircraft on the ground. In Sicily and Italy, he and his men were first into the fray destroying coastal defences and artillery positions in advance of the main assaults. In France, they operated ruthlessly behind enemy lines, and in Germany they were at the tip of the spear that led the armoured charge into the Nazi heartland. For his leadership, courage and complete disregard for danger Lt. Col.

Special Air Services mastermind Lieutenant ‘Jock’ Lewes was a dedicated professional soldier who excelled as a special forces officer. As the co-founder of the Special Air Service, he played a vital role in establishing the unit’s ethos and high standards of training and discipline. Lewes was raised in Australia, where he enjoyed a rugged outdoor lifestyle, playing a range of sports and excelling particularly at rowing. While at university, Lewes spent some of his holidays in Germany. For a time, he was impressed by the Nazi regime. Its dynamic and disciplined image appealed to his austere character. All this changed in November 1938 when the vicious pogrom against the Jews, known as 'Kristallnacht', revealed to Lewes the true nature of the Nazis. He became, instead, their implacable foe. Keen to develop his interest in international affairs, Lewes’s first job was with the British Council, where he helped to organise its lecture programme. But this proved short-lived. War broke

US Special Forces soldier-turned aid worker runs through gunfire in Mosul to save a child from ISIS during daring rescue by former US soldier David Eubank in Mosul.  The special operator-turned aid worker snatches a young girl from the line of fire, 'I thought, "If I die doing this, my wife and kids would understand",' he says.  That moment the retired US Special Forces operator-turned aid worker rescues a young girl from the line of fire in Mosul has been caught on video (Video can be seen below in the comments).  David Eubank, 56, pulled off the daring rescue in the embattled northern Iraq city, where allied forces have been on a grinding offensive to re-take the city from ISIS for the past eight months. Eubank says he came across a group of civilians who had been gunned down by an ISIS sniper, and saw a toddler and a girl of five moving among the bodies. A video shows him running to save the girl as two other members of the self-styled aid group - the Free Burma Ra

Decision for war . In the immediate aftermath of the assassination on 28 June of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (the heir to the Habsburg throne) in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, the British newspapers denounced the Serbian nationalist assassin, Gavrilo Princip, and were generally sympathetic to the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. The newspapers blamed the Kingdom of Serbia for the crime, with rhetoric against "fanatics", "dangerous forces" and "reckless agitators". These responses were broadly shared across the political spectrum, with Liberal and Conservative papers expressing their shock and dismay. But by 27 July, press opinion had turned against Austria-Hungary. The national press divided along party lines, with Conservative papers stressing the obligation to support France, while Liberal papers insisted Britain had no such commitment and should remain neutral. As Germany and Russia became the central players in the crisis (respectively backing Austria