http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoyah

List of last living war veterans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_last_living_war_veterans

some interesting ones here, like the revolutionary war veterans who lived old enough to witness civil war and the indian war veteran who was still alive when man set foot on the moon

Approximately 850 American World War II veterans die every day.[2]


cool link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_room

If you want an example of how ****ed up humans can be then read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_m...Soviet_actions

(The Polish plane crash last week that killed the president and others was coming back from a memorial service for this event.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wobbly_hedgehog_syndrome

Wow, there are only 3 WWI veterans left alive today. 2 are from the UK, and a lone American, Frank Buckles, who is 109 years old. Buckles also served in WWII and was taken hostage by Japan. Sick life. He served in WWI illegally as a 16 year old who lied about being 18. So crazy that some of these guys remain living in 2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Peigneur

Nearly crapped my pants when I found out about this.

Interesting. On a related note, list of last occurences.

Some of them are veterans, but more specific like "January 10 [2009] - Bill Stone, last surviving veteran to have served in the British Armed Forces in both world wars, dies at age 108." They also have animals and technology.

2006 A History of Violence is the last major Hollywood film to be released on VHS. lol crazy.

2006?!?!

January 27 - Last telegram sent by Western Union.[51]

BTW a great film.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marijuana

[ ] killed time
[ ] expanded mind

The most baller dog ever:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergeant_Stubby

must suck to be below a pit bull in the chain of command.

Owsley Stanley -

-First large scale producer of pure LSD in the early 60's

-Estimated 5 million hits (of 100 micrograms each) of 99.9% pure LSD were thought to have been produced by him.

-Was also a sound engineer and worked with The Grateful Dead as soundman and financier. He also designed the lightning bolt skull logo.

-The iconic "Dancing Bears" also first appeared on the reverse cover of this album, painted by Thomas as an inside reference to Stanley; dubbed "Bear" as a young teen when he sprouted body hair before the rest of his friends, he had studied ballet in his early 20s and displayed a distinctive style of dancing while tripping on LSD at shows—becoming what his friends called "The Dancing Bear".

-The Jimi Hendrix cover version of the Beatles song "Day Tripper", from a 1967 BBC session first released on CD in 1987, features Jimi Hendrix clearly shouting out, "Oh Owsley, can you hear me now?" during the climactic guitar solo.

Buckles didn't serve in WWII; he was captured as a civilian. Also, he lied that he was 21 years old when he enlisted.

Hi Frank Buckles!

What a badass.

It was thought that Bader's success as a fighter pilot was partly due to having no legs; pilots pulling high "G" in combat turns often "blacked out" as the flow of blood from the brain drained to other parts of the body; usually the legs. As Bader had no legs he could remain conscious that much longer and thus had an advantage over more able-bodied opponents.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce

Wow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._dogs#War_dogs

The war dog got me wondering if there were others, and it seems there were quite a few.

Tibetan Sky Burial

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_burial

NSFW (or anywhere really): Pictures of the Ritual
http://mbvtravel.com/burials-in-tibe...ensitive-souls

holy crap

Yeah, I didn't expect that. Ppl do some crazy ****