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Today in History

558
The dome of the cult of St. Sophia in Constantinople collapses. Its immediate rebuilding is ordered by Justinian.
1274
The Second Council of Lyons opens in France to regulate the election of the pope.
1429
Joan of Arc breaks the English siege of Orleans.
1525
The German peasants’ revolt is crushed by the ruling class and church.
1763
Indian chief Pontiac begins his attack on a British fort in present-day Detroit, Michigan.
1800
Congress divides the Northwest Territory into two parts. The western part will becomes the Indiana Territory and the eastern section remains the Northwest Territory.
1824
Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony” premieres in Vienna.
1847
The American Medical Association is formed in Philadelphia.
1862
Confederate troops strike Union troops at the Battle of Eltham’s Landing in Virginia.
1864
The Battle of the Wilderness ends with heavy losses to both sides.
1877
Indian chief Sitting Bull enters Canada with a trail of Indians after the Battle of Little Bighorn.
1915
The German submarine U-20 torpedoes the passenger ship Lusitiania, sinking her in 21 minutes with 1,978 people on board.
1937
The German Condor Legion arrives in Spain to assist Fransico Franco’s forces.
1942
In the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japanese and American navies attack each other with carrier-launched warplanes. It is the first time in the history of naval warfare where two fleets fought without seeing each other.Two crucial battles in 1942 marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
1943
The last major German strongholds in North Africa–Tunis and Bizerte–fall to Allied forces.
1945
Germany signs an unconditional surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe.
1952
In Korea, Communist POWs at Koje-do riot against their American captors.
1954
French troops surrender to the Vietminh at Dien Bien Phu.
1958
Howard Johnson sets an aircraft altitude record in F-104.
1960
Leonid Brezhnev becomes president of the Soviet Union.

Fake news, echo chambers and filter bubbles

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What the Piltdown Man hoax from 1912 can teach science today

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Metrosexual, hipster, spornosexual

Metrosexual, hipster, spornosexual: why do we keep redefining men?

Scientific Study Reminds Us of the Deep Truth About One-Night Stands

Newly discovered 1959 Nixon letter

In the letter to a woman in North Carolina, Nixon wrote: "I could not accept Hitler’s idea of a master race. I cannot accept the equally false principle of an inferior race.”

‘You’re dead to me’

A story about a high school senior from Lake Village, Arkansas is going viral after her father launched into a racist, misogynist meltdown when he saw photos of her at prom with a black teen.

Cloudflare Helps Serve up Hate on the Internet That Fuels Real-Life Killings

Family Crime Wave Grows

Family Crime Wave Grows As Dumbass Trump In Laws Caught Selling US Visas To Wealthy Chinese Investors
Dumbass Trump's son in law's sister Nicole Kushner gave a presentation in China explaining how wealthy investors could immigrate to the US by investing $500,000 in a Kushner real estate project in New Jersey.…

Texas police officer charged with murder

Texas police officer charged with murder for killing unarmed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards
A suburban Dallas police officer was charged with murder on Friday for shooting a rifle into a car of unarmed teenagers driving away from him, killing a 15-year-old boy, a lawyer for the child's family said, after the incident sparked national outrage.…

This Problem Isn't Going Away

A New Global Warming Threat

A New Global Warming Threat: Future Pandemics Await Us in Melting Polar Ice
Pathogens can survive centuries and 1918 influenza is just one of many pandemics that previously killed millions lurking below the melting ice…

Big Pharma Is Making Huge Profits From Torturing and Killing Horses

Forensic scientists caught a deer munching on a human carcass for the first time ever

Washed up killer whale is most polluted animal on earth

A dead killer whale that washed up on the shore of a Scottish island last January was the most polluted animal ever seen on Earth, according to a newly released report. The whale had the highest levels of polychlorinated biphenals, or PBCs, ever recorded in an animal, according to the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme.
An analysis of the orca, who scientists named Lulu, revealed that her blubber had concentrations of PBC 100 time higher than the threshold for marine mammals. And despite being at least 20 years old, the whales ovaries showed she had never reproduced, likely the result of such a toxic concentration of pollutants in her body.

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