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Death of Adolf Hitler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Adolf_Hitler
photo: Front page of the US Armed Forces newspaper Stars and Stripes on 2 May 1945
Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, committed suicide via a gunshot to the head on 30 April 1945 in the Führerbunker in Berlin[a] after it became clear that Germany would lose the Battle of Berlin, which led to the [end of World War II in Europe](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_o
Shawinigan Handshake
1996 news report on the handshake
some people came my way... and I had to go, so if you're in my way....
Military Occupation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_occupation
Military occupation, also called belligerent occupation or simply occupation, is temporary hostile control exerted by a ruling power's military apparatus over a sovereign territory that is outside of the legal boundaries of that ruling power's own sovereign territory.[1][2][3][4] The controlled territory is called occupied territory, and the ruling power is called the occupant.[5] Occupation's intended temporary nature distinguishes it from [annexation](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annexati
Corporate statism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_statism
Corporate statism or state corporatism is a political culture and a form of corporatism the proponents of which claim or believe that corporate groups should form the basis of society and the state. By this principle, the state requires all citizens to belong to one of several officially designated interest groups (based generally on economic sector), which consequently have great control of their members. Such interest groups thus attain public s
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
The sinking of Rainbow Warrior, codenamed Opération Satanique,[1] was an act of French state terrorism.[2] Described as a "covert operation" by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence agency, the Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE), the terrorist attack was carried out on 10 July 1985. During the operation, two operatives (both French citizens) sank the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, Rainbow Warrior, at the Port of Auckland on her way to a protest against a planned French nuclear test in Moruroa. Fernando Pereira, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship.
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Gadgetbahn
Gadgetbahn is a neologism that refers to a public transport concept or implementation that is touted by its developers and supporters as futuristic or innovative, but in practice is less feasible or reliable, and more expensive than traditional modes such as buses, trams and trains.
Amezaiku
Amezaiku (飴細工) is Japanese candy craft artistry. An artist takes multi-colored mizuame and, using their hands and other tools such as tweezers and scissors, creates a sculpture. Amezaiku artists also paint their sculpted candy with edible dyes to give the finished work more character.