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Elon Musk, owner of Tesla electric cars and SpaceX, makers of launch vehicles and spacecraft, has long nurtured the desire to see humanity colonise Mars. As one of his websites puts it, The Road to Making Humanity Multiplanetary. To some it’s a noble cause and to others a waste of money. Personally, I’m not in…
Treasonist: Someone who betrays his country by committing treason. Throughout history there have been many instances of men and women who commit acts of treason against the country of their birth or their adoptive country. In the fledgling United States of America trouble was brewing when a new tax was introduced. Two simple men from…
On the 6th of June 2002, a mid-air explosion occurred in an area between Cyprus, Crete, and Libya. The explosion released energy comparable to a small nuclear weapon. It became known as the Eastern Mediterranean Event and at the time, set alarm bells ringing around the world. The event was during the 2001-2002 India and…
A post on Twitter about not remembering a song/artist’s name has prompted me to remembering the times I’ve had music or songs I dislike going through my head, and not being able to get rid of them, sometimes for days. I’m usually pretty good at remembering songs/tunes/artists, I even get some right in quizzes, but…
August 2023 saw the 60th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery in the UK. The robbery took place on the 8th August 1963 and involved a gang holding up a Royal Mail train on a journey from Glasgow to London. The train was carrying sacks of paper money collected at various stations on route. At…
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