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Originally posted on History of Sorts: 1,500,000 children by Amelia Stein I like to visit the Limerick Gallery of Art from time to time. It is nice relaxing place. Today I noticed this picture which was taken by Amelia Stein a Dublin born photographer and artist. The picture is a memorial to the 1.5 million…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: December 28, 1732 — The first “Poor Richard’s Almanack” was published by Richard Saunders. He continued to publish new editions for 25 years, bringing him much economic success and popularity. The almanack sold as many as 10,000 copies a year. Below are some quotes and little nuggets of wisdom…
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The number of Jews murdered during the Holocaust is estimated at six million. I have often argued that this number is higher. I have no data to back this up, but if you read the testimony of Hans Levy, you can’t help but wonder. Did they include the number of suicides in that number of…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: The plan of the Nazis was to eradicate anyone who they deemed not worthy. This didn’t mean only killing but also ensuring that not one person, who the Nazis considered subhuman, would be born. On July 14,1933 the Nazi regime fulfilled the long-held dreams of eugenics proponents by enacting…
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These are just some of my favourite World War II movies, in no particular order. Tora Tora ToraThe photo above is a still from the 1970 movie Tora Tora Tora. The 1970 war epic received widespread praise from both critics and film fans for its detailed depiction of the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. Universally considered…
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Originally posted on I didn't have my glasses on….: remove glitter with play dough! — i have been told, more than once, but less than a million times that people in my presence inexplicably end up with glitter stuck to them or on their food or in unexpectedly odd places or see traces of it…
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Originally posted on Thrills, Spills, and just a dash of Romance: This wouldn’t be so apt if it didn’t bring back a raft of bad memories, those days I used to go to the races, and back all of the wrong horses. I had a knack, you see, of picking horses that fell over, or…
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Originally posted on History of Sorts: I have to be honest but “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” would not be one of my favourite Rock songs. However it is a classic Rock song nonetheless. A friend once asked me if I knew the song “In the Garden of Eden” . He had heard it in the 1986 film “Manhunter”…
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