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The Reimann family (believed to be the second-wealthiest in Germany with a $37 billion fortune) just confirmed its past support for the Nazi regime following a report alleging as much in one of Germany’s most popular papers. This is the family behind JAB Holdings. And even if you don’t know JAB, you know JAB. It’s sunk about $60 billion into acquiring brands that dominate many Americans’ morning routines—from Peet’s and Keurig Green Mountain coffee to Panera Bread and Einstein Bros. Bagels. Now-deceased members of the Reimann family used Russian civilians and French POWs as forced labor for their businesses and private villas during the Third Reich, and they con…

The TI Class of supertankers are currently the four largest ships in the world (by displacement, deadweight tonnage ≈ cargo mass, and gross tonnage, a formula value based on internal volume, not mass). The class comprises the ships TI Africa, TI Asia, TI Europe and TI Oceania, where the "TI" refers to the VLCC Tanker Pool operator Tankers International L.L.C. The class were the first ULCCs (ultra-large crude carriers) to be built in 25 years.[2] Compared to the TI Class, the Maersk Triple E class container ships are longer and have a higher cargo volume, including above deck containers. The previous largest ship, the supertanker Seawise Giant, was scrapped in 2010.

Side note: This is the way the original Pledge of Allegiance was done. Someone might find an example photo and add it below....

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"When two protons graze each other, their squished electromagnetic fields intersect. These fields skip the classical “amplify” etiquette that applies at low energies and instead follow the rules outlined by quantum electrodynamics. Through these new laws, the two fields can merge and become the “E” in E=mc². “If you read the equation E=mc² from right to left, you’ll see that a small amount of mass produces a huge amount of energy because of the c² constant, which is the speed of light squared,” says Alessandro Tricoli, a researcher at Brookhaven National Laboratory—the US headquarters for the ATLAS experiment, which receives funding from DOE’s Office of Science. “But…

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‘This is our first opportunity to really take a close-up look at the king of our solar system,’ says a leading investigator An artist's conception of Juno - who has three Lego "passengers" on board - approaching Jupiter's swirling gaseous clouds Nasa/JPL-Caltech Juno, the spacecraft on a mission to Jupiter, orbited closer to the giant planet than any man-made object before it, in a record-breaking approach on Saturday. The Nasa creation, which was launched five years ago, made the close approach to Jupiter by soaring around 2,600 miles above the planet. As it cruised by at a speed of 130,000 mph, Juno was expected to capture astonishing i…

There are museums devoted to pretty much everything: bad art, instant ramen, hair. Now there is a museum in southern England devoted to excrement. The National Poo Museum, which opened in March at the Isle of Wight Zoo in Sandown, was created by a small group of artists from a collective calledEccleston George. The group, which usually makes interactive exhibits for schools and zoos, was looking for a new project that could generate a trickle of income for its artists. The idea for the museum originated when a member, Daniel Roberts, was walking on a country path in Sweden and happened upon some mysterious animal droppings. “Everyone stopped in their tracks to w…

This one was only 10km in depth.

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This makes me feel old..... Were commercials REALLY that cheesy back then?

Armada Medal, bearing the inscription Flavit Jehovah et Dissipati Sunt. Jehovah blew with His winds, and they were scattered is a famous phrase on the aftermath of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, when the Spanish fleet was broken up by a storm, which was also called the Protestant Wind. The phrase seems to have had its origin in an inscription on one of the many commemorative medals struck to celebrate the occasion. source

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Social networking is completely out of control these days. But do the things we do online make sense in real life? Follow me as as I test social media activity on unsuspecting New Yorkers! I partnered with Relationship Science and their new app MINE by RelSc

A Chicago TV reporter has committed the crime of aging in public, so one of her viewers helpfully warned her that she could lose her job to a younger, thinner woman. Marcella Raymond has been at WGN for 18 years and recently received ananonymous letter, in which a concern-troll points out ("with great respect") that she has "gained too much weight," which "makes people look older than they actually are" and "interferes with [her] real message when reporting." The writer goes on to say that the note was sent purely out of concern for Raymond's continued employment. "It's hard enough to keep jobs in TV; why make it more difficult on yourself?" Raymond went on air …

"The notion of mass "increasing" with velocity is an outdated one. Under current definitions of "mass", mass doesn't increase at all with velocity; instead, it is an intrinsic property of the object in question, which is the same in all reference frames. ... If you're inside your rocket ship traveling at 99.99% of the speed of light relative to Earth, you wouldn't be able to tell you were moving at all without looking out the windows (or at your instruments, etc.) Specifically, you would not somehow have more trouble moving because of your increased inertia, and you would not see time slow down for yourself. It's only observers on Earth who would see your time slow d…

(Haʹzor) [Courtyard; Settlement]. In just a few more minutes into this video you will see Archaeologist Eric Cline mention the ruins and invaders of Hazor including Joshua The chief city of northern Canaan at the time of Israel’s conquest under Joshua. (Jos 11:10) Hazor has been identified with Tell el-Qedah (Tel Hazor) located about 11 km (7 mi) SSE of the suggested site of Kedesh. According to archaeologist Yigael Yadin, under whose direction excavations were carried out at the site from 1955 to 1958 and 1968 to 1969, the Hazor of Joshua’s time covered an area of approximately 60 ha (150 acres) and could have accommodated from 25,000 to 30,000 inhabi…

The latest bedroom trend doesn’t have to do with a certain position or technique — and it’s not sexy at all. The disturbing, nonconsensual trend is called “stealthing” and its rise is documented in a report by the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. Lead author Alexandra Brodsky argues that “stealthing,” when a man secretly removes his condom in the middle of sex, is a form of sexual assault and should be treated as such. Even more troubling is the online community Brodsky uncovered, where men encourage other men to “stealth” their partners. These perpetrators — both gay and straight — believe it’s a man’s right to “spread one’s seed.” Continue reading

Conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer said Friday on the Fox News Channel that he believes Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) will most likely be tapped by Donald Trump to run on the Republican ticket as vice president. Krauthammer used $100 in “casino chips” to illustrate to the Fox audience the odds of various individuals scoring the VP nomination. Image source: Screen grab The syndicated columnist placed a $25 bet on Corker, saying the Tennessee senator has “a bit of gravitas” and “spoke well” of Trump’s speech at AIPAC. Corker is also scheduled to meet with Trump Monday. Former Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) earned $20 in chips, as did Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Krauthammer…

Today in news that shouldn’t be news: Young girls who play with stick-thin Barbies are more critical of their bodies than girls who play with bigger dolls. For a study published in the journal Body Image, researchers randomly assigned 112 girls ages 6 to 8 to four groups: playing with thin Barbie dolls or full-figured dolls modeled after the Hairspray character Tracy Turnblad; Barbie and Tracy were either in swimsuits or “modest” outfits. Researchers asked the girls how they felt about their bodies before and after playing with the dolls. They repeated the experiment with another 112 girls and less-known dolls, one called Stardoll and another modeled after Mimi …