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Great Danes, Whiskey, and Classified Missions – Things You Never Knew About the Titanic
A week ago the extent of my knowledge about the Titanic was minimal at best. Everything I knew I learned from the James Cameron movie, and the only thing that really stuck with me was that there was definitely room for two on that floating door. A few days ago I had the opportunity to visit Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition in Orlando, Florida and I was able to hear the real story. Below is a list of 15 of the most fascinating, little known facts that I learned that day.
Kristen NazzaroPublished 3 years ago in FYIThe Cursed Film
The distributor asked me how I wanted the funds to be forwarded. I wanted a check. Not only did I want a check I wanted to walk into their offices in New York, meet with someone, anyone, the janitor, and be handed a live check and have my hand shaken. Then I’d walk down to the nearest bank branch and deposit that thing. I wanted to watch the teller’s eyes try not to bug as he or she punched in the numbers; three, two, four, four, three, zero, nine, point, eight six.
Michael Z. AtrataPublished 3 years ago in CriminalThe 5 Electric Cars With The Longest Range
Imagine a car which has zero emissions, government subsidies of £3,500 off the purchase price, and is tax-free. Oh, and it requires less maintenance, has lower running costs, AND creates nearly no noise.
Alexander BelseyPublished 3 years ago in WheelIncredible Technological Predictions Made by Bill Gates 25 Years Ago
Bill Gates has shared his thoughts about the future of technologies in his famous book, published 25 years ago — “The Road Ahead.”
Victoria KurichenkoPublished 3 years ago in 01Transform Your World
"Smile" You say, ask, call, command! Beg...Cry... If you're a parent of multiple kids, you know exactly what I am talking about. 100 photos and not one of them has everyone looking at the camera.
Chelsea Olivia Phoenix HartPublished 3 years ago in Photography5 more outstanding Little Black Book Vocal Challenge stories that top my list!
Who will win the top prize in the most exciting Vocal Challenge yet? The Little Black Book Challenge sponsored by Moleskine is the most exciting yet! It has the largest amount of submissions (10,500+ at the time of writing this article!)
Bobby Fischer: How the king's gambit played out
Not since the intense rivalry between the Americans and Soviets during the Cold War has chess enjoyed such prominence in popular culture.
Steve HarrisonPublished 3 years ago in FYIMy Girls
My girls are Iron Earth-born. Blazing trails of fire and glass. Trebuchets who, with one shot, a single look will leave smoke where you stand.
The Love Contract
“Sit up straight,” my mother said, fixing my collar. “This is important.” Though I’m 23, she had always spoken to me as though I was 12. I went to city college, worked at the bar on the weekends, and at the time, still lived at home with her. When I told her my idea to be a teacher, she scoffed, saying I ought to dream bigger—pharmacist, engineer, computer whatever, like the rest of the Viets who went away for college. She even recommended that I learn how to do nails—it’s good money.
David TranPublished 3 years ago in MarriageSir
I cannot be certain, but I suspect the first time I saw To Sir, With Love was on a Sunday afternoon when we were often allowed to watch the 3:00 movie on TV. My Mum tells me I was 5 years old at the time and enamored from the get-go. Much of it went over my head of course, but something stuck. Since then, I must have seen the film 50 times, most likely more, I own it on DVD, and when Sir joins the graduation dance with his class it still gets me emotional every single time. To me, this is Sidney Poitier, a Sir in his own right, both the character and the man; quietly dominating a narrative, laying the seeds of change one film at a time, and inspiring others to do the same.
sarah roselliniPublished 3 years ago in EducationThe Surly Bonds that Bind Us
Present Day Southampton College, South Meeting Room To the untrained eye, the man walking across the small stage carried an air of quiescent unworthiness rather than one of significance. As he walked people turned to stare, wondering and whispering quietly as they tried to remember where they had seen him before. Yet not only were the attendees ignorant as to his identity they were equally unaware of why exactly they had been invited (bribed really given the free booze) to the event in the first place.
Prometheus WojtisniewskiePublished 3 years ago in ServeThe Enlightened Woman
Over the last year, I've been upgrading some high school courses in order to bolster my university applications (29 year old, going to post-secondary for the first time here! Woohoo!). One of the courses I'm taking is World History, which has been extremely insightful considering the global events that have transpired since March 2020. Recently, I had the opportunity to select a topic of my choice for an essay. There was a list of suggestions I could pick from, or I could present an idea of my own. On the list I saw two intriguing topics right next to each-other:
Samantha KaszasPublished 3 years ago in VivaMovies That Could Help You Get Through Your Hangovers
It’s a Saturday afternoon. You have rummaged through the vodka bottles in your apartment the night before. The drinking games, shot glasses, and beer cans are stacked in the center of the living room. There’s enough evidence to suggest that the residents of this home have a hangover. In the case of hangovers, you’re looking for comfort, low-lit rooms, resolution from your headache, and your aching body wants to lie around for days on end. So what’s the best friend to a hungover twenty-something year old? That’s right; movies!
Bella LeonPublished 3 years ago in GeeksNature is a Million Questions
It was a Tuesday morning early in June; the sun warm and bright promising a lovely afternoon. I was checking the oil in our tour bus when I felt my sleeve being pulled gently. I turned to see an elderly lady – obviously a tourist here for a visit. “Hello” I said acknowledging her contact.
Doug CaldwellPublished 3 years ago in Petlife5 stories I think *could* be Little Black Book Challenge Winners!
Have you been reading through the entries to the Little Black Book Challenge, wondering who is going to win? For me, this is a bit of a challenge. I want to see if I can pick who might win the top places of the LBB Challenge. In my 9–5, I work in non-fiction editing ... so I would like to think I might be able to pick out some of the best submissions (but time will tell!).
The Girl Power Tattoo
I don't look like a girl with tattoos. I mean, it's not like there's a type but if there was it wouldn't be me. When I was a kid I never liked the idea of them. When I was a teenager some of my friends (with the permission of their cool parents) got them. Still, the thought of putting something eternal on my body was never appealing to me.
Martyna DearingPublished 3 years ago in VivaWhy marketers are losers in the world of competitions
Vocal founder Jeremy Frommer’s celebratory story about growing the creative community to more than 20,000 Vocal+ members made much of the Challenges that have helped motivate them to keep writing, as well as attracting sponsors to pick up the tab for ever-more-lucrative prizes.
Jon McKnightPublished 3 years ago in JournalInfinity Evermore
Planted in eternity, with you, that’s where I will be. Planted in the bosom of forever, a realm where my love for you, Ambrosia, thrives like a rose bush in bloom in the garden of Eden, watered by the rivers of life. When my eyes held your being for the first time, it was divinity incarnate. I gazed not upon a person, but an imaginative experience in the flesh that left my mouth unable to speak, and my lungs unable to breathe. I hid from you, receded from the view of your almond brown eyes out of fear that your unapologetic womanhood and sensuality would crush my meekness. Love can be funny that way sometimes, its magnetic attraction is irresistible as it heaves at our heart strings guiding us to fulfillment in itself. Yet once we arrive, it seems to abandon us.
Corey MimsPublished 3 years ago in Poets‘WandaVision’ Series Review — A Risk That Pays Off
After an entire year without a new installment of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Phase Four kicks off with a brand new miniseries on Disney+. WandaVision is a superhero sitcom starring Elisabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany as Wanda Maximoff and Vision, two superheroes living a suburban life in Westview, when something sinister begins to unfold.
Jonathan SimPublished 3 years ago in GeeksDid You Know Michigan Won the UP in a War With Ohio?
That's right, friends, in 1835, the Michigan Territory went to war with the state of Ohio. One could make the argument that the hostility continues to this day, but the conflict was officially over in 1836.
Crysta CoburnPublished 3 years ago in FYI