Ismail Haniyeh

• Following a mass stabbing in Southport, far-right protesters riot across the United Kingdom.
• The United States, Russia, and their respective allies agree to a prisoner exchange of 26 people.
• Ismail Haniyeh (pictured), the political leader of Hamas, is assassinated in Tehran, Iran.
• Landslides in Wayanad, India, kill more than 350 people.

August 5: Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day in Croatia (1995)

Henry I of England

• 1100 – Henry I (pictured) was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
• 1716 – Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their attempt to capture the Habsburgs-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite having double the number of soldiers.
• 1816 – Sir John Barrow, secretary at the Admiralty, rejected a proposal to use Francis Ronalds's electrical telegraph, deeming it "wholly unnecessary".
• 1888 – Bertha Benz made the first long-distance automobile trip, driving 106 km (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen.
• 1949 – An earthquake registering 6.4 M_s struck near Ambato, Ecuador, killing 5,050 people.
• 1984 – A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident in Bangladeshi history.
• 2012 – An American white supremacist carried out a mass shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people and wounding four others.

Cannonball

• ... that the Cannonball (pictured), a commuter train on the Long Island Rail Road, was once operated exclusively with parlor cars?
• ... that Piper Kelly secured her position as a competitor in speed climbing at the 2024 Olympics by reaching the final race at the 2023 Pan American Games, before winning the race?
• ... that a Bangladeshi government agency collected ৳6.5 billion (equivalent to US$150 million in 2023) from corruption suspects, but a court ruled it was illegal?
• ... that after Jamal Valizadeh was tortured in Iran, hid for six months, and escaped, he qualified to compete in the Olympics as a member of the Refugee Olympic Team?
• ... that the electoral victory of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress in 2018 led to DR Congo's first peaceful transition of power since its independence from Belgium in 1960?
• ... that in May 1983 British public health physician Spence Galbraith suggested withdrawing blood products made from blood donated in the U.S. after 1978?
• ... that Jack White released his sixth studio album unannounced by including unmarked vinyl copies of it with purchases made at Third Man Records stores?
• ... that Aniya Holder secured a spot at the 2024 Summer Olympics by winning a speed climbing competition, for which she had started training without even knowing that it was an Olympics qualifier?
• ... that the only known solution to the Erdős–Moser equation is 1 + 2 = 3?

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  Mars can be seen next to Earth.
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  At first I thought it was aurora borealis, but it's actually our Sun brimming with solar activity.
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  Mars moonbase movie-set for Phobos in upcoming Doom film. Gotcha! It's the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.
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  Hubble deep starfield 10,000 galaxies.
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  James Webb deep starfield.
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  Neptune wide field with galaxies.
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  Sombrero galaxy.
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  And here we always thought a black hole was an invisible orb floating in space that would vacuum us into another dimension or wormhole us to another galaxy. Thanks Hollywood...
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  Eye of God.
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  Infrared Eye of God.
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  Pillars of creation, but I like to call it the claw of destiny...
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  Flying Bat and Squid nebulae.
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  Click the image to enlarge, then use keyboard arrows to switch back and forth between this image and the next one to turn the lights "off and on". The resulting details and effect are amazing. You're welcome. Enjoy...
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  Still frame from upcoming Star Trek film depicting disruptor fire from Klingon warbird to Federation outpost. The bunker glows red-hot just before it explodes. Gotcha again! You're so gullible! It's actually lasers from Starfire Optical Range.
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  ISS as it appeared from Discovery (2005)
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  ISS as it appeared from Atlantis (2011)
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  Untethered EVA from Challenger using hand operated nitrogen jets.
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  Kittinger and Baumgartner's world record Space Jumps.
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  Crookes radiometer with vanes sealed in partial vacuum that react to a light source.
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  The filament (normally protected in a vacuum of inert gas) has been exposed to oxygenated air by a breach in the bulb allowing it to burn up when turned on.
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  The knight's chessboard tour
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  3 suns of Tatooine as seen in the new Star Wars TV series. Fooled ya again! Tatooine has only 2 suns. This is an atmospheric optical illusion.
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  Now I know why they call them "hooters". Look at that "owl face". lol
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  A predecessor from the late 40's to this popular photo style. Thanks copycats. Copy culture evolves...
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  This is here to remind me I found out art is more interesting than I thought when I happened to notice the author had painted her since early youth, and it was a somewhat common practice to do so. Seeing the development of these ladies portrayed by these artists reminds me of popular age progression videos. The evolution of copy culture is here...
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  Put Googly eyes on anything to make it come alive!
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  IDK why, but this reminds me of vampire flicks. Life imitates art, and copy culture is born...
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  The double-neck guitar been around much longer than we thought...
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  So, Kim Kardashian copied the 1800's? Thanks public domain. Copy culture evolves...
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  Titanic grand staircase.
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  But, that bulb horn and handbrake tho...
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  Outdoor street urinals (1865).
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  Legend has it a chess champion noticed the distraught mortal is only one move away from winning in spite of the smirky devil holding many more pieces.
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  Just because I'm a fan of anything related to Hannibal Lecter.
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  The file name translates to Swamp-Smiley in English.
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  Hand painting circa early 2000's on entrance to primitive communal public toilets. This penis shaped figure and other overtly sexual depictions of female genitalia were frequently displayed in this manner during the period. It was a barbaric and hedonistic age so it is believed the paintings may be representations or symbols of the many gods they worshipped which might have included phallic and fertility god worship. It is also believed the privacy features built into the public lavatory may have been included so patrons could also use the time as a private place of reflection or prayer to these gods as they paid tribute to them with their devotional paintings in a sacred ritual known as the Bathroom Graffiti.((cetacean needed))

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