... that South Korean actress Na O-mi's stage name was inspired by the song "I Dream of Naomi"?
... that while reviewers generally praised The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, one reviewer complained that the author was "so nice about his colleagues that it makes you long for a juicy academic vendetta"?
Hurricane Beryl, the earliest-recorded Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in a calendar year, leaves at least 15 people dead in the Caribbean, Venezuela, and the United States.
1405 – An expeditionary fleet led by Zheng He set sail for foreign regions of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages.
1846 – British soldier Frederick John White died after a flogging, leading to a campaign to end the practice in the British Army.
1864 – A riot broke out in Leicester, England, at the failed launching of a gas balloon(pictured).
The state coat of arms of the Soviet Union (Russian: Государственный герб СССР) was adopted in 1923 and was used until the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991. Although it technically is an emblem rather than a coat of arms, since it doesn't follow heraldical rules, in Russian it is called герб (transliteration: gerb), the word used for a traditional coat of arms.
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Communist47 is the coolest Russian ever. He is a lover of music, worshipping Pink Floyd, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors and Deep Purple.
Pink Floyd is the best though. ^_^
He is pretty cool. He has a big ego that constantly says "You da man."
Recently, I have applied for adminship, but after a close-call, I had lost.:(