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This retired firefighter was invited to the graduation of a girl he saved 17 years ago from her crib during a house fire
Firefighter who rescued baby girl attends her graduation 17 years later
WENATCHEE, Wash. — There was a happy reunion this weekend between a graduating high school senior and the firefighter who saved her as a baby. Back in 199...
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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath have officially ended their careers — they performed together for the last time in their original lineup. The 76-year-old Ozzy appeared on stage seated on a throne due to progressing Parkinson's disease and other health issues.
While working in a hazelnut field in Turkey, a farmer was suddenly attacked by a lion that had escaped from the zoo. After the shock, the farmer managed to fight back—first punching the lion, then forcing the wild animal to flee by choking it. He was later taken to the hospital for treatment.
Kır, describing the moment of the incident, said:
"Around 5:00 in the morning, I heard a whispering sound. When I lifted the blanket over me, the lion pounced on me. We struggled, we wrestled, and I shouted, ‘Isn’t there anyone?’ While it was biting my calves and neck, I managed landed some punches then to grab its neck and squeezed. It ran off a bit after that. They’re building a zoo in a place without even a children’s park. There’s no security, nothing. I will press charges against each and every one of those responsible. If I hadn’t been a bit strong, I wouldn’t be here right now. If I hadn’t defended myself, I would’ve been gone. Who’s going to answer for this? You don’t build a zoo next to a highway. I will file a complaint against all of them.”
Thomas Midgley Jr. - invented both leaded gasoline and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
Midgley contracted polio in 1940 and was left disabled; in 1944, he was found strangled to death by a device he devised to allow him to get out of bed unassisted. It is often reported that he had been accidentally killed by his own invention, but his death was declared by the coroner to be a suicide.
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The 1949 Radio Hat, a wearable AM radio powered by vacuum tubes and built into a pith helmet. A real, working gadget worn by people before Walkmans or AirPods were even imagined.
The story of the Radio Hat through vintage photographs, 1949 - Rare Historical Photos
In 1949, Victor Hoeflich held a press conference to introduce the "Man from Mars, Radio Hat". Hoeflich knew a picture would tell the story so he had several teenagers modeling the radio hats for the reporters and photographers.
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A waitress, Tonda Dickerson was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her coworkers for a share, then sued by the man who gave her the ticket, then kidnapped by her ex-husband whom she shot in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.
Alabama waitress receives $10 million lottery ticket as a tip — but it turned her life upside down
As soon as she won the lottery everyone from her colleagues to the customer and even her ex-husband claimed their share.
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Jonathan Kuniholm, a U.S. Marine and engineer who lost his arm in an IED blast during the Iraq War, helped create open source bionic arms, and made the designs free for the world
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Blanche Monnier was found in 1901 after being locked in a dark room by her mother for 25 year, because she fell in love with the wrong man.
Louise Monnier was arrested, became ill shortly afterwards and died 15 days later, after seeing an angry mob gather in front of her house. Marcel Monnier appeared in court and was initially convicted, but later was acquitted on appeal; he was deemed mentally incapacitated, and, although the judges criticised his choices, they found that a "duty to rescue" did not exist in the penal code at that time with sufficient rule to convict him. Marcel Monnier died in June 1913 at the age of 65 in Migné.
After she was released from the room, Monnier continued to have mental health problems. She was diagnosed with various disorders, including anorexia nervosa,[c] schizophrenia, exhibitionism, and coprophilia. This soon led to her admission to a psychiatric hospital in Blois, where she died on 13 October 1913, in apparent obscurity.
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The last known image of Andrew Gosden exiting King's Cross station before he disappeared without a trace on 14 September 2007. Andrew would have turned 32 today.
A photo of Mehran Karimi Nasseri who ended up living at Charles de Gaulle Airport for 18 years when his travel documentation when missing. Belgium and France offered him residence but he refused. His story later inspired The Tom Hanks film The Terminal (2004)
The last photo taken by the Italian motorcyclist killed in a bear attack on the Transfăgărășan road in Romania
Bear kills man in Romanian mountains - BBC News
The man was dragged down a steep ravine, and despite wearing a helmet and protective clothing, his injuries were "extremely severe", officials say.
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Before and after photos of the Guadalupe River in which the river rose over 23 feet in just 2 hours overnight on the morning of July 4th.