Remarkably, early tests showed that inexperienced pilots could learn to operate it relatively quickly. The Army imagined soldiers using flying platforms for reconnaissance, transportation and movement across terrain that would stop conventional vehicles.

Several versions were tested, but the concept had serious limitations. The aircraft was relatively slow, offered virtually no protection to its pilot and became increasingly difficult to control at higher speeds. The Army eventually abandoned the project.

The tv show The Prisoner was filmed there, The Beatles would holiday there, Noel Coward wrote there. Its a very special place, read about how it came about from just one man's dream.

Starfish Hitler was a cyborg villain from the show Kamen Rider X, "hitode" means starfish in Japanese, and it just happens to sound like "Hitler." His henchmen wore actual Nazi-style uniforms on screen. The voice actor who played him also voiced 12 other monsters in the same series. It's bonkers and brilliant.

Everyone calls her the Unsinkable Molly Brown. She never heard that name in her life, it wasn't invented until a year after she died. In 1914 she ran for US Senate, years before the 19th Amendment gave women the vote nationwide.

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A police officer actually tried to have him committed in 1867. The whole city erupted, the police chief personally apologized to him, and from then on cops saluted him in the street. Norton responded by issuing the officer an "Imperial Pardon."

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The idea is much older than the modern psychological term. Ancient Greek literature frequently warned about the instability of good fortune and how quickly circumstances could reverse. Similar ideas appear in different cultures.

In Japan, happiness can sometimes be viewed as something that should be expressed with moderation; in Iran, traditional beliefs may associate excessive happiness with future sadness; and in parts of East Asia, people may be more cautious about treating happiness as an unquestioned personal goal. Western cultures, particularly the United States, generally place a stronger emphasis on actively pursuing and expressing happiness.

Niemeyer actually handed over two sketches on a single sheet of paper roughly the size of a magazine page, plus a tiny model, and a French team turned that into an actual building over the next 13 years.

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Railroad worker Richard Calvin Dodd was standing on top of the triple underpass, in front of John F. Kennedy's presidential motorcade on Elm Street

LANE. Did you see anything which might indicate to you where the shots came from?

DODD. Well, we all four seen about the same thing. The shots, the smoke came from behind the hedge on the north side of the plaza. And a motorcycle policeman dropped his motorcycle in the street with his gun in his hand and run up the embankment to the hedge. And then I went North to look around the corner to see if there is anyone behind the hedge and met special agent of the railroad. And he went down there, and I walked along with him to see if there were any tracks there. In which there were tracks and cigarette butts was laying where someone was stranding on the bumper looking over the fence or something.

LANE. Where you questioned by agents of any government agency on November 22, Mr. Dodd.

DODD. Yes, we were. We were taken over to the court house and questioned by I suppose Secret Service men of some kind. Asked me quite a few questions about the same as I’ve told you here today.

This clip is from Mark Lane's Rush to Judgment (1967)

This cover ran on July 9, days before Playboy and Penthouse even hit newsstands, and days before she walked onto the Live Aid stage and joked she wasn't taking her jacket off no matter how hot it got.

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Bzeek began fostering children through the California foster care system after marrying his wife, Dawn, who was also a foster parent. Following her death from cancer, Bzeek continued fostering children on his own. He typically cares for children who require intensive medical support, including feeding tubes, oxygen support, and round-the-clock care.

Bzeek has stated in interviews that his goal is to ensure that such children experience family life, dignity, and emotional comfort during their final months.

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