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09/02/2025

Everyday tech that started as top secret inventions

09/02/2025

Jolly Marie (weighing 620 pound) win the "Big Girls" contest, she received $25 prize and a season ticket to luna park.

16 yr-old Leslie Arnold shows Nebraska police where he buried his parents in 1958. Arnold was sentenced to life in priso...
09/02/2025

16 yr-old Leslie Arnold shows Nebraska police where he buried his parents in 1958. Arnold was sentenced to life in prison but escaped after 10 years and vanished.

In September 1958, 16-year-old Leslie Arnold stunned Omaha, Nebraska, with a crime that seemed unimaginable. After a heated argument with his mother, Opal, over his girlfriend, Arnold snapped and shot her in the family home. Hours later, when his father, William, returned, Arnold killed him too. With a chilling calm, he buried both bodies in the backyard, then carried on as though nothing had happened. He attended school, hosted friends, and even took his girlfriend to a dance, all while his parents lay hidden beneath the soil.

When relatives began asking questions, Arnold’s story unraveled. Police confronted him, and he led them to the graves in the yard. Convicted of murder, he was sentenced to life in prison. But in 1967, after serving just nine years, Arnold escaped the Nebraska State Penitentiary with another inmate. While his partner was soon recaptured, Arnold disappeared without a trace. For decades, he was one of America’s most elusive fugitives.

Arnold built an entirely new life under a series of false identities. He married, fathered children, and lived quietly in Chicago and later in Australia, where neighbors described him as charming, reliable, and family-oriented. His double life might have remained a secret forever if not for advances in forensic technology and persistent investigators. After his death in 2010, DNA and fingerprint records finally confirmed that the man who had lived peacefully for decades abroad was in fact the teenage killer who vanished from Nebraska in 1967.

Today 2nd September back in 1945 at 9:04 AM Japan officially surrendered to the Allies aboard the US Naval armada, in To...
09/02/2025

Today 2nd September back in 1945 at 9:04 AM Japan officially surrendered to the Allies aboard the US Naval armada, in Tokyo Bay - thus officially ending World War II after 6 years & 1 day.

09/01/2025

10 historical events that almost ended the world

An 18-year-old Diana Spencer while working as nanny taking her charge for a walk, 1979.Working as a nanny in London, she...
09/01/2025

An 18-year-old Diana Spencer while working as nanny taking her charge for a walk, 1979.

Working as a nanny in London, she was responsible for looking after children, walking them through busy streets, playing in the park, and helping with daily routines. At the time, Diana lived with friends in a flat in Earl’s Court and earned about £1 an hour for her childcare work.

Just two years later, her world would transform. In 1981, Diana married Prince Charles, becoming Princess of Wales and stepping onto the world stage. The contrast between this image and her later life as one of the most photographed women on earth highlights how sudden her rise to global fame was.

Diana’s early work as a nanny and nursery assistant reflected a genuine love for children, something she carried into her later role as a royal. Her compassion and ease with young people would become one of her defining qualities, shaping her reputation as the “People’s Princess.”

Two girls shopping for their mothers on stilts in Sidcup, England. Stilt-walking was a popular pastime for children in t...
09/01/2025

Two girls shopping for their mothers on stilts in Sidcup, England. Stilt-walking was a popular pastime for children in the 1950s.

With her husband at war, Mom works on the car, ca. 1944. (Photo by LlFE Magazine)
09/01/2025

With her husband at war, Mom works on the car, ca. 1944. (Photo by LlFE Magazine)

08/31/2025

Inventions that are way older than you thought

08/31/2025

10 historical events that almost ended the world

Cheyenne woman, Oklahoma, c. 1890-1904.
08/31/2025

Cheyenne woman, Oklahoma, c. 1890-1904.

Wow, do these still exist?
08/31/2025

Wow, do these still exist?

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