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Here are some of photos from the WWII Battle of Normandy and its aftermath (D-Day June 6 to the end August 1944) from PhotosNormandie, a collaborative collection of over 3,000 creative commons licensed — and they’re all available to you online through the project’s Flickr stream. The project is dedicated to bringing together all of the images from that time period that are in the public domain in one place where they can be properly captioned and attributed in metadata.
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The first Nazi concentration camps were hastily erected in Germany in February 1933 immediately after Hitler became Chancellor and his NSDAP was given control over the police through Reich Interior Minister Wilhelm Frick and Prussian Acting Interior Minister Hermann Göring. Used to hold and torture political opponents and union organizers, the camps held around 45,000 prisoners by 1933 and were greatly expanded after the Reichstag fire of that year.
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Visitors to the historic downtown of South Dakota’s Rapid City are in for something of a surprise. Turn a corner and you come face to face with a life size bronze statue of the USA’s first ever President, George Washington (above, who was in office from 1789 – 1797). Turn another and you come across his successor, George Adams. In fact there is a statue of each US President in the city (bar the current incumbent). As well as being a remarkable tribute to the leaders of America, it's a great way to memorize the presidents. Take a look at each, in order of his time as POTUS.
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The top 10 public enemies range from infamous gangsters to serious criminals and worse. Read about the world's most dangerous public enemies.
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"Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." --Leonardo da Vinci
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Elevators have a simple task: take passengers from one floor to another safely. But it doesn't mean that they have to be boring.
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Latest news and comment on North Korea from guardian.co.uk
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20 vintage railway images and photos from the glory days of train travel, featuring locomotives and grand railway architecture
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Waxwings are a family (Bombycillidae) of passerine birds characterized by their soft, silky plummage. Some of the wing feathers have unique red tips where the shafts extend beyond the barbs;... |
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Much to our amusement, politicians sometimes get tongue-tied. See our list of 9 political slips of the tongue by presidents and other leaders.
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Red barns are a common sight in rural parts of the country, but have you ever wondered why they\'re painted red? Learn about the purpose of red barns.
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The Crane Hotel in Harlingen, the Netherlands, is actually a converted industrial crane located on the town's peer. Visitors can actually operate the crane during their stay
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Every year in Catalonia, Spain, there are festivals in which people come together to build colorful -- and ridiculously tall -- human towers that are s
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Who won the race for colour? The earliest natural colour film in the world is viewed for the first time.
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Wе as a people love little fluffy pets. It does not matter whether it's a rabbit, a puppy, a kitten, or baby horse, fluff is in. But still one is born a freak, a creature that is supposed to be cute but he ended up bald. Just those pets, some people are attracted to them, and they grow them deliberately. Below are some of the crazy hairless animals found within a domestic setting.
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