Quoted: he act itself occurred at the intersection[b] of Phan Dinh Phung Boulevard and Le Van Duyet Street.[18] Thích Quảng Đức emerged from the car along with two other monks. One placed a cushion on the road while the second opened the trunk and took out a five-gallon gasoline can. As the marchers formed a circle around him, Thích Quảng Đức calmly seated himself in the traditional Buddhist meditative lotus position on the cushion. His colleague emptied the contents of the gasoline container over Thích Quảng Đức's head. Thích Quảng Đức rotated a string of wooden prayer beads and recited the words "Nam Mô A Di Đà Phật" ("homage to Amitabha Buddha") before striking a match and dropping it on himself. Flames consumed his robes and flesh, and black oily smoke emanated from his burning body.[18][20]

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Quoted: Its happened before... Carl contemplates that the "submission to ethnic, religious or national identifications" and the rejection of scientific values will l...

Whoa, this is a biggie.

Quoted: Humans may have been walking around what is now central Mexico 40,000 years ago

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"pseudoarchaeology"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendera_light

Quoted: In the temple of Hathor at Dendera, several dozens of kilometers north of Luxor, there are reliefs interpreted by some "experts" as lamps.

Quoted: A new study, employing sophisticated modeling techniques, confirms the prevailing Out of Africa model but also comes up with some surprises, including evidence that the Americas' first human inhabitants arrived in multiple waves.

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Video of a bunch of Chinese running and riding horses towards a nuclear explosion firing guns. Incredible video.

Quoted: This pure-fission U-235 implosion fission device named "596" was China's first nuclear test. The device weighed 1550 kg. No plutonium was available at this t...

Here's the PDF http://users.telenet.be/sterf/texts/other/HitMan-Manual_for_Independent_Contractors.pdf

Quoted: Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors. The book portrays itself as a how-to manual on starting a career as a hit man, fulfilling contracts.

Quoted: Barger would later claim that Meredith fired a shot which struck a Hells Angels member with what he described as "just a flesh wound."

Quoted: In December 2003 , the Washoe County Sheriff's Department raided the Hell's Angel clubhouse Headquarters, just off North McCarran Boulevard.

Fun fact: washoe county sheriff's department is the one 'featured' in Reno 911

What a lovely country we live in.

Quoted: While not standard procedure, ATF agents had their blood type written on their arms or neck after leaving the staging area and before the raid because it was recommended by the military.

Quoted: The tactical team was headed by Richard Rogers, who had previously been criticized for his actions at the Ruby Ridge incident.

Quoted: Music (heavily distorted) and disturbing sounds were played at high volume.

Anyone know what the 'disturbing sounds' were?

Quoted: Nothing remains of the buildings today, as the entire site was bulldozed by the ATF two weeks after the end of the siege.