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]

You would think it would be cheaper to use the existing CO2 scrubbers, the ones that grow when you put a seed in some dirt...

Quoted: The prototype, being built at a laboratory in Tucson, Arizona, by a company called Global Research Technologies, will cost about £100,000 and take about two years to construct.

Fantastic article. The short answer is: empower women and reduce consumption.

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This is amazing. Three guys made an entire WWII omaha beach scene only using themselves as actors. Very cool

Quoted: How 3 graphic designers created D-Day on a shoe string budget for the TIMEWATCH program "Bloody Omaha"...Due to the youtube interest in our little 'making of...

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A Japanese interviewer asks Americans about their opinions of Japan, the Hiroshima Bombing, etc. in 1967. Some of the interviewee's make you proud of our country, and others not so much.

Quoted: 構成・寺山修司

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Quoted: This is an awesome video showing the strategic map of the civil war, week by week. It's an amazing and vivid example of divide and conquer (isolate and crush?).

Quoted: Four years ago on May 1, President Bush landed on the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln and delivered a speech in front of a giant "Mission Accomplished" banner. Despite profound questions and the increasing violence in Baghdad, many in the press confirmed the White House's claim that the war was won. How did they get it so wrong? How did the evidence disputing the existence of weapons of mass destruction and the link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11 continue to go largely unreported?

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Quoted: okay, this was really funny but also REALLY frustrating to watch ...

Quoted: As Onoda was departing to begin his mission, his division commander told him, "You are absolutely forbidden to die by your own hand. It may take three years, it may take five, but whatever happens, we'll come back for you. Until then, so long as you have one soldier, you are to continue to lead him. You may have to live on coconuts. If that's the case, live on coconuts! Under no circumstances are you to give up your life voluntarily." It turns out that Onoda was exceptionally good at following orders, and it would be 29 years before he finally laid down his arms and surrendered.