Sometimes we are confronted with facts that just seem impossible to believe. Gary Oldman is younger than Gary Numan! One 18-inch pizza is more pizza than two 12-inch pizzas! The Apollo 11 astronauts were unable to purchase life insurance, so, to provide for their families, they each signed hundreds of autographed photos for their survivors to sell! Sonny Bono was once elected to the US Congress! And, most incredible of all, the Allman Brothers' "Eat A Peach" album is 50 years old.
This is the week for Cherry Blossom lovers to go to Washington DC to see them in their full flower. With any luck, you'll see Lindsey Graham hanging around the reflecting pool.
On the other hand, yes, the flowers get all the attention, but sometimes the leaves are just as interesting, like the ones on this rose.
Those who read history know the story of the Maginot Line, a defensive wall of concrete, obstacles and weapons installations named for the French Minister of War André Maginot. It was supposed to keep Germany from invading France. It would have worked, had it not been for the ability of the clever Germans to sneak in through The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. This ballfield is not safe!
No scaffolds or hoists for these guys! House painters in Thailand get it done!
This 1950 Oldsmobile showroom is no longer needed to sell the non-existent Olds line, but if it's still standing, it's probably a Starbucks.
This week in 1963, the last inmates were moved out of Alcatraz prison off the California coast. They don't paint those rocks white, by the way; they are covered with pelican poop. The island is rightly named Yerba Buena Island, but was earlier known as "Isla de Alcatraces" (Island of Pelicans).
It would take a real Maverick to pile into one of these homemade campers and travel the country.
It seems like it was really important for early students of geometry to dress up in foppish finery.
Many people resisted getting a home computer for a long time, because they thought there would be a setup like this in their living room.
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