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One freezing cold morning in March of 1816, a little girl from Massachusetts named Mary Sawyer headed out to tend the family farm with her father.

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 One freezing cold morning in March of 1816, a little girl from Massachusetts named Mary Sawyer headed out to tend the family farm with her father.  On her way, she found a lamb that had been abandoned by its mother and was near death. Her father grudgingly allowed her to take it in out of the cold and do her best to nurse it back to health.  Miraculously, the lamb began to recover after just one night of Mary swaddling it in old clothes and nursing it from a bottle. Once the lamb regained enough strength to walk, it started following Mary everywhere, even to school. One morning, Mary reported to class and tucked her new friend under her desk, covered with a blanket. But, while she was reciting at the front of the class, the lamb started making noise with its hooves, then revealed itself — to the delight of all the kids. One visiting boy named John Roulstone was so taken by the incident that the very next day, he rode to the schoolhouse on horseback and handed Mary ...

British officials who knelt before Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada Oume in 1975, claimed that he tricked them into kneeling before him.

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 British officials who knelt before Uganda's then President Idi Amin Dada Oume in 1975, claimed that he tricked them into kneeling before him. They were pledging allegiance to the country, while receiving citizenship papers. They also carried him around. During the four years that he has ruled the East African nation of Uganda, General Idi ("Big Daddy") Amin Dada has earned a worldwide reputation as a loudmouthed buffoon.  In fact, Big Daddy is a murderous and perhaps mentally unbalanced bully whose reign of terror, according to one study by the International Commission of Jurists, has led to the deaths of anywhere from 25,000 to 250,000 Ugandans (out of a population of 11 million).  One of Amin's ugliest characteristics is his tendency to use human beings as political pawns, as in the case of a British author named Denis Cecil Hills, who is scheduled to be executed by a Ugandan firing squad this week. Three months ago, Amin announced that Hills, 61, a resident...

"At first light they attacked… [swinging] their swords and battle-axes without mercy until they stood ankle-deep in blood. Few of the victims escaped with their lives."

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 "At first light they attacked… [swinging] their swords and battle-axes without mercy until they stood ankle-deep in blood. Few of the victims escaped with their lives." For more than 300 years starting in the 10th century, the Eastern Roman Empire's secret weapon was the bloodthirsty Varangian Guard.  Mercenaries hired to act as the bodyguards, secret police, and personal army of the emperor, the Varangian Guard was made up of the most savage and uncontrollable Viking warriors who were shipped east by their overlords in Scandinavia.  One Byzantine chronicler characterized them as "frightening both in appearance and in equipment," adding that "they attacked with reckless rage and neither cared about losing blood nor their wounds."  And throughout their reign, the Varangian Guard insisted on using their own Viking axes in battle, leading to their most common nickname: "axe-bearing barbarians." 

Meet the Uganda Head of the Special elite Forces comandoes, Brig. General Charity Bainababo smart?

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Meet the Uganda Head of the Special elite Forces comandoes, Brig. General Charity Bainababo smart? Under her command structure Uganda's UPDF pacified SOMALIA and defeated Al shabab. Today, Mogadishu is more calm and peaceful than New York. She is also fighting in Congo to eliminate al Qaeda backed ADF rebels. Did you know that: After the United States Army, the Uganda army is the second Army with the most number of military bases outside her own country in the whole world She is commander of Police Presidential Guard(PPG). She was two weeks ago promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General and appointed Deputy Commander of Special Forces Command but still remains commander of PPG.

T-72B3 Main Battle Tank

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  T-72B3 Main Battle Tank The T-72B3 is a recent Russian upgrade of the ageing T-72B tanks. It can be seen as a low-cost alternative to the T-72B2 Rogatka upgrade to keep older T-72B tanks operational. Refurbished and upgraded T-72B3 tanks are fitted with new engine, new gunners sight, new fire control system and have some other improvements. Now this MBT has a limited hunter-killer engagement capability. First upgraded T-72B3 tanks were delivered to the Russian Army in 2013. By 2020 a total of 558 tanks were upgraded to the T-72B3 standard.    During 2014 and 2015 the T-72B3 tanks saw combat during a military conflict in Ukraine. At least a couple of these tanks were destroyer or captured by Ukrainian armed forces. At least one captured tank was pressed into Ukrainian service and used against its former owners. In 2017 the T-72B3 also saw action in Syria.    Protection of the upgraded tank was slightly improved. The T-72B3 is fitted with bu...

Minotaur, Greek Minotauros (“Minos’s Bull”), in Greek mythology, a fabulous monster of Crete that had the body of a man and the head of a bull.

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Minotaur , Greek  Minotauros (“Minos’s Bull”) , in Greek mythology, a fabulous monster of Crete that had the body of a man and the head of a bull. It was the offspring of Pasiphae, the wife of Minos, and a snow-white bull sent to Minos by the god Poseidon for sacrifice. Minos, instead of sacrificing it, kept it alive; Poseidon as a punishment made Pasiphae fall in love with it. Her child by the bull was shut up in the Labyrinth created for Minos by Daedalus. A son of Minos, Androgeos, was later killed by the Athenians; to avenge his death, Minos demanded that seven Athenian youths and seven maidens should be sent every ninth year (or, according to another version, every year) to be devoured by the Minotaur. When the third time of sacrifice came, the Athenian hero These ups volunteered to go, and, with the help of Ariadne, daughter of Minos and Pasiphae, he killed the monster and ended the tribute.  Theseus escaped with Aria...

Meet Abino Akporode Collins from Nigeria who makes fascinating Art designs from spoons. Amazing talent!! πŸ‘❤️

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 Meet Abino Akporode Collins from Nigeria who makes fascinating Art designs from spoons. Amazing talent!! πŸ‘❤️ Abino Akporode Collins  The talented Africa Artist A beautiful young girl made up of paper and spoon The talented African in action A super Falcon made up of spoons The Eagle's Vision The eagle in action to catch it's prey. Waoh, the horseman of war The is man deserved honor

THE WOMAN WHO PAINTED FOR THE FUTURE

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 THE WOMAN WHO PAINTED FOR THE FUTURE In the summer of 1986, a Swedish farmer recovered his abandoned country house from the last tenant that rented it. In the basement next to the house, he found a huge wooden boxes covered with dust many years. When he opened them he was baffled.  There were 1200 paintings, some very large, with geometric figures of intense colors. He called a neighbor who is more learned or informed, but didn't even understand what they had just discovered. They assumed that the paintings formed a huge scenario.  They decided to call a friend who worked in a museum over and asked him if the paintings had a signature. "Yes - said the neighbor - the signature was Hilma Klint." Some art officials and officials arrived and took away the boxes. A few weeks later the Stockholm Art Museum has released an unusual discovery.   It was more than a thousand paintings, drawings and theoretical wise words, a totally abstract work, with pure geomet...

Thousands of Flamingos turn Lake Bogoria in Kenya πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ pink as they flock together in search of algae to eat and fill the air.

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 Thousands of Flamingos turn Lake Bogoria in Kenya πŸ‡°πŸ‡ͺ pink as they flock together in search of algae to eat and fill the air. Lake Bogoria in Kenya is one of the lesser celebrated of the Rift Valley lakes but it provides as much beauty and inspiration as any of the other dramatic lakes in the region. Such is the importance of Lake Bogoria that it has been declared a Ramsar Site and the Lake Bogoria National Reserve has been a protected area since the early 1970's. With a depth of about 10 meters the lake is relatively shallow and is approximately 34 km long by 3.5 km wide. Lake Bogoria is a saline, alkaline lake and lies just south of Lake Baringo. With it’s ideal conditions it is home to one of the world's largest populations of lesser flamingoes. Due to the lake’s alkalinity, blue green algae grows well, this in turn feeds the flamingoes. At times the number of flamingoes feeding in the lake may be as many as two million - creating a wonderful undulating blaze of p...