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» 10 Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions nmvsite. Questions Grow About Ansel Adams Discovery. Awesomely Inappropriate Newspaper Headlines - That's Awesome. There are fewer things in life that are better than the accidental double entendre...especially when it is obviously overlooked.
While I may be an advertising gal by day, I do have roots in the newspaper industry. Back in the day I had a brief stint at the Kansas City Star (long enough to know that's not what I wanted to do with my life), but during my brief stay the newspaper had what is arguably the most embarrassing goof since its inception in 1880. In July 1999 the paper ran a section called "Family Fun" during National Clown Week. Gods In Color: Painted Sculpture Of Classical Antiquity by COLOURlovers. A recent touring exhibition is turning a long held common belief on its head.
The common perception is that the great statues and buildings of ancient Greece and Rome were all pure unpainted stone or green tarnished bronze, but researchers have been arguing that this may not been what these classic monuments really looked like back in the era of their creation. That, in fact, these statue's were quite alive and vibrant, full of color. Researchers believe, particalurly Vinzenz Brinkmann who has been doing this research for the past 25 years, that artists used mineral and organic based colors and after centuries of deterioration any trace of pigment leftover when discovered, would have been taken off during any cleaning processes done before being put on display, washing the historical art clear of its true colors. Photo from Stiftung Archaeologie One of the greatest statues of Augustus, first emperor of Rome, has come down to us in marble.
Sources: archaeology.org, washingtonpost.com. More Awesomely Inappropriate Newspaper Headlines - That's Awesome. Funniest Last Words, Deathbed Witticisms. Steven Wright once said that he wished the first word he spoke was "quote. " Then, right before he died he could say, "Unquote. " While that would be the greatest last word ever uttered, we have to be realistic here and admit no one could be that cool, lest the universe implode. Nonetheless, here are some valiant efforts worth remembering, last words such as: Attack on Mers-el-Kébir. The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir, part of Operation Catapult and also known as the Battle of Mers-el-Kébir, was a British Navy bombardment of the French Navy at its base at Mers-el-Kébir on the coast of what was then French Algeria on 3 July 1940.
A British naval task force attacked the French fleet, after giving them a warning that they would do so. The French fleet was at anchor and had not been expecting an assault from the United Kingdom, up until that time. The attack resulted in the deaths of 1,297 French servicemen, the sinking of a battleship and the damaging of five other ships. France and the United Kingdom were not at war but France had surrendered to Germany, and the UK feared the French fleet would end up as a part of the German Navy, a fate that would greatly increase the Kriegsmarine's size and combat ability. In response to the British attack at Mers-el-Kébir and another at Dakar, the French mounted air raids on Gibraltar. Background[edit] Prelude[edit] Ultimatum[edit] Batteries and Rumors Fuel New Talk of Cheating in Cycling - NYTi. Word myths: debunking linguistic ... Friends of Irony - Ironic Photos. Nasa warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devas. Beachcomber stumbles upon historical shipwreck.
Ray Midgett finds shipwreck while on his regular beachcombing route He and other beachcombers had found numerous coins and other items from the wreck Winter storms uncovered the wreck, but historians feared it would be re-covered Midgett lobbies a state senator to get wreck removed so it could be studied and preserved Corolla, North Carolina (CNN) -- Ray Midgett hunts the Corolla beaches on the Outer Banks of North Carolina almost every day.
"Beachcombing, or metal detecting, or relic hunting is in my blood," said Midgett, a retired government worker who hits the sand between October and April. GRUBER ASSIST. Tour de France bikes to be scanned for motors - UCI.