Dictator Swagger:On This Day April 30, 1945 – Berlin, Germany: Nazi Fuhrer Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin Führerbunker with a gunshot to the head. He is joined in a suicide pact by wife of one day, Eva Braun, who simultaneously takes cyanide, which had been tested earlier on Hitler’s dog Blondi. Adolf Hitler…
Three men are facing the prospect of 15 years in jail after allegedly buying sex dolls depicting children. The men were arrested over two days in Grafton, NSW, and Turramurra in Sydney after Australian Border Force allegedly intercepted sex dolls being imported into the country in March and April. A 62-year-old was arrested in the…
Dictator Swagger:On This Day April 26, 1965 – Port Royal, Virginia: Citizen of the Union, acclaimed actor and Confederate advocate John Wilkes Booth is shot dead by Union officers 12 days after assassinating U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Booth had fatally wounded Lincoln at a theatre performance at the Ford Theatre. In the commotion that followed,…
A six-year-old Chinese girl had no choice but to visit a hospital in the city of Xi’an after she started to sound like a dolphin. The doctors discovered a toy whistle that she had accidentally swallowed whilst playing. It turns out when the girl breathed out she now made a squeaking sound, similar to that…
Canadian sportswear brand Lululemon have responded quickly to distance itself from a “Bat Fried Rice” t-shirt design that had sparked online anger after being posted onto Instagram. The t-shirt features a Chinese styled take-out box with bat wings and a pair of chopsticks with bat wings along with the words “No Thank You.” The design…
Dictator Swagger:On This Day April 19, 1993 – Waco, Texas: After a 51-day standoff with Texas law enforcement and federal agents, U.S. attorney general Janet Reno authorizes an assault on the compound of the Branch Davidians, which leaves 76 people dead, including Branch Davidian leader David Koresh and 25 children. The evolution of the Branch…
Who were the Branch Davidians? Who were the Branch Davidians? In short, the architects of the most significant siege in American history. A siege that ended with 76 deaths and one of the biggest controversies in modern American history. The Beginnings of the Branch Davidians It should not be forgotten that the US of A…
Virgin Boy Eggs, AKA Eggs Cured in piss are a delicacy from Donggang Zhejiang Province in China. If you are new to English, “delicacy” is a word used to justify weird food. Imagine a place if you will were where older men stand outside urinals waiting to offer money to pre-pubescent boys, and I’m sure…