In a much-watched televised speech a day before Japan marked 70 years since its defeat in World War II on August 15, 1945, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed his “deepest remorse” and “sincere condolences” to Japan’s wartime victims, but—much to China’s disappointment—he didn’t give an original apology and added that future generations should not have to burdened by saying sorry.
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White crystals that combust when meeting water still scattered around Tianjin blast site

Pray for Tianjin (if that’s your thing). Just please don’t pray for rain.
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Just Peachy

I’m making a peach and blueberry deep dish pie tonight. With Stevia instead of sugar (for the diabetics of the world). I twisted an old recipe of my grandmother’s into something “healthier.”

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Terence Stamp Suffers Near-Fatal Injury on ‘Bitter Harvest’ Set
“I looked up and saw that this horse, which weighed half a ton, had lost its balance and was going to fall directly on me,” Stamp said about the accident.
20 Terrible Photos of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). Devastating fires broke out in the city that lasted for several days. As a result, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of San Francisco was destroyed.
The earthquake and resulting fire are remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California’s history.
This Is How Celebrities Took Their “Selfies” in the 1940s
They didn’t use a selfie stick, or even the word itself. When Gjon Mili invited celebrities to his studio in 1944 for a session in self-portraiture, the word “selfie” was 70 years from inclusion in the Oxford English Dictionary…
| Actress Geraldine Fitzgerald |
| Actor Van Johnson |
| Actor John Garfield |
| Actress Joyce Reynolds |
| Actor Robert Alda |
20 Terrible Photos of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake struck the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on April 18 with a moment magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). Devastating fires broke out in the city that lasted for several days. As a result, about 3,000 people died and over 80% of San Francisco was destroyed.
The earthquake and resulting fire are remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States. The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire remains the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California’s history.





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Woman drinking a soda on the beach, ca. 1920s
Why the former USSR has far fewer men than women
This region in Eastern Europe has been predominately female since at least WWII.
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