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Cincydawg

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Re: OT - Weird History
« Reply #1680 on: April 10, 2023, 05:40:16 PM »


This image presents the territorial expansion and main battles and expansion directions of Genghis Khan and his descendants in the 13th century. The map also shows the location of the main conquered cities, empires, and peoples.
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« Reply #1681 on: April 10, 2023, 05:53:40 PM »
Rocky Marciano hits the heaybag with his thunderous right hand. Marciano although he stood at all of five feet eleven inches and had the shortest reach of all past heavyweight champions at only 68 inches ‘the Brockton blockbuster’ sure could pack a punch. His trainer Charley Goldman said of Marciano years later how he and Al Weill would invite ‘green kids’ down to assess their chances of making it,he said “I’ll eat my derby hat if I ever saw anyone cruder than Rocky. He was so awkward that we stood there and laughed. He didn’t stand right. He didn’t throw a punch right. He didn’t block right. He didn’t do anything right. Then he hit Chancey with a roundhouse right which nearly put a hole in the guy’s head, and I told Weill that maybe I could do something with him.” Goldman explained to his assistant, Angelo Dundee, that although Marciano lacked height and finesse, he had great punching power. Dundee said, "Charley taught the technique that if you are short, you make yourself smaller. Charley let him bend his knees to a deep knee squat. He was able to punch from that position, come straight up from the bag and hit a heck of a shot ... It was just bang-bang-bang-bang-BANG and get him outta there."

Rocky Marciano may of been considered awkward with no finesse,height or reach yet he’s the only heavyweight champion to retire as unbeaten champion not bowing down to the pull of coming back once retired. He fought 49 professional bouts winning all 49 scoring 43 of those by way of knockout. The short stumpy arms,thick legs and slow feet were compensated by a well greased engine of that to rival any champion in history,a heart of a lion and a determination unrivalled…… the little guy stands as tall as a giant amongst his heavyweight contemporaries….49-0 undefeated….43 knockouts….. the numbers do not lie. The man could whack!



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« Reply #1682 on: April 11, 2023, 08:14:48 AM »
The forefather of the modern-day park ranger, Harry Yount, Yellowstone’s first gamekeeper, was stationed at Tower-Roosevelt Junction through the Lamar Valley in 1880 to help stop the illegal slaughter of animals.
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« Reply #1683 on: April 11, 2023, 10:09:12 AM »
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« Reply #1684 on: April 11, 2023, 12:07:52 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 10, 2023, 05:40:16 PM


This image presents the territorial expansion and main battles and expansion directions of Genghis Khan and his descendants in the 13th century. The map also shows the location of the main conquered cities, empires, and peoples.

https://youtu.be/l1_bp8YKUPU
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« Reply #1685 on: April 12, 2023, 09:39:02 AM »
The construction of the Eisenhower Tunnel! This year we continue to celebrate 50 years of the Eisenhower Tunnel, which opened to traffic in 1973.
Tunnel planning and construction spanned four decades, starting in 1932. The geology of the tunnel was a challenge for construction, and one of the project's resident engineers even described it saying, "We have two kinds of rock: bad and very bad."
The issues with the geology of the tunnel ended up adding a considerable amount of time to the construction timeline. Over the five year period of construction of the Eisenhower bore, 6,000 people worked a total of approximately 4.9 million hours.
Construction of the tunnel was monumental for the time, and is still considered an impressive engineering feat by today's standards. Thanks to the hard work and dedication from everyone involved, Colorado now boasts the highest tunnel in the US Interstate system!



I've driven US 6 up over the pass where you can look down and see the Interstate disappearing into the tunnel.  
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« Reply #1686 on: April 12, 2023, 01:54:05 PM »
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« Reply #1687 on: April 13, 2023, 10:22:57 PM »
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (1919)
Named for the enclosed park where it took place, the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre occurred in India on April 13, 1919, when British troops under the command of General Reginald Dyer opened fire without warning on a crowd of roughly 10,000 Indians protesting the arrest of two Indian National Congress leaders. At least 379 demonstrators were killed and another 1,200 were wounded during the barrage, which is said to have lasted 10 minutes. 
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« Reply #1688 on: April 13, 2023, 10:45:27 PM »
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY: 

Butch Cassidy (1866)
Born Robert LeRoy Parker, Butch Cassidy was a notorious outlaw who began robbing trains and cattle rustling in the mid-1880s. By 1900, he had partnered with Harry Longabaugh—the "Sundance Kid," whose nickname was derived from the name of a town where he had once been imprisoned. They became the foremost members of the Wild Bunch, a notorious group of bank and train robbers. The two evaded US authorities by escaping to South America, where they continued their criminal pursuits.
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« Reply #1689 on: April 14, 2023, 08:43:07 AM »
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY: 
Frank Serpico (1936)
Serpico is a retired New York City police officer who is most famous for being the first officer in US history to testify about widespread police corruption. Just months before he testified in 1971, he was shot in the face during a drug bust under suspicious circumstances, leading some to believe that corrupt officers had set him up. Shortly thereafter, Serpico, a film based on his life and starring Al Pacino, was released.
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« Reply #1690 on: April 14, 2023, 09:18:55 AM »
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« Reply #1691 on: April 15, 2023, 12:09:03 PM »
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« Reply #1692 on: April 15, 2023, 10:02:13 PM »
Some 111 years ago, the Titanic sank into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean.
Tragedy struck during the British luxury passenger liner's maiden voyage. Four days into the ship's journey from Southampton, England, to New York City, the Titanic collided with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland on the night of April 14, 1912.
The 882.5-foot-long ship disappeared beneath the ocean in the early hours of April 15, 1912, at about 2:20 a.m.

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« Reply #1693 on: April 15, 2023, 11:48:30 PM »
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