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elephant and bird mural
from murals, ohenry posted in art and design by prof_improbable
Near the industrial section of North Minneapolis, between the river and the freeway, there is this mural of an elephant and a bird by OHenry. That's all I know about it, but its pretty sweet.
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from star wars, a new hope posted in movies by prof_improbable
Across the dry salt lake bed of Chott el Jerid is where Hungarian explorer Count Almásy (Ralph Fiennes) set up camp in the 1996 Oscar winner for Best Picture, The English Patient.
view full location details...ibm watson laboratory
from computers, programming languages posted in technology by prof_improbable
In 1954, John Backus (and a team of developers) invented the Fortran programming language at the IBM Watson Laboratory on the Columbia University campus. Fortran was the first high level programming language, and it's still used in scientific and industrial applications today.
view full location details...randy savage car wreck
from macho man randy savage posted in pro wrestling by prof_improbable
On the morning of May 20, 2011, former professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage was driving his Jeep Cherokee near his home in Seminole, FL when he had a heart attack and lost control of the vehicle, crashing into an oak tree in front of Bay Pines Evangelical Lutheran Church.
He was brought to Largo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead from "atherosclerotic heart disease." Savage was 58 years old.
view full location details...salisbury cathedral
from magna carta, jay-z posted in history by prof_improbable
Boasting the tallest cathedral spire in the United Kingdom (23m/404 ft), the Salisbury Cathedral was completed from 1220 to 1258.
In addition, the cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock (circa 1386) and has the best surviving of the four original copies of the Magna Carta.
The Magna Carta (written in 1215) was one of the first documents where individuals, i.e. feudal barons, asserted their rights against divine monarchy. The lineage of the document can be directly linked to the American Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, among other documents.
In other news, Jay-Z was inspired by the lines in the Magna Carta for his new album MC/HG: "To no one will we sell, to no one will we deny or delay, right or justice."
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