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"One need only look at a woman's shape to discover that she is not intended for either too much mental or too much physical work."
"Women are directly adapted to act as the nurses and educators of our early childhood, for the simple reason that they themselves are childish, foolish, and short-sighted - in a word, are big children all their lives, something intermediate between the child and the man..."
"Moreover, she is intellectually short-sighted, for although her intuitive understanding quickly perceives what is near to her, on the other hand her circle of vision is limited and does not embrace anything that is remote... this is why they have greater inclination for extravagance, which sometimes borders on madness."
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A young man impersonated a police officer with an authentic-looking uniform and car and then set up his own fake police station where he kept records of possible crimes and interrogated “suspects” who were handcuffed to a chair.
Christine Maggiore was an activist with HIV who said it didn’t cause AIDS. She convinced thousands of people not to test for AIDS and to have unprotected sex. When she got pregnant she didn’t use medication to prevent the risk of transmission; her daughter died at age 3. Maggiore died of AIDS.
Cockroaches grown in space became quicker and stronger than their terrestrial counterparts.
Benjamin Franklin designed one of the first American coins, and instead of saying “In God We Trust,” it said “Mind Your Business.”
Three of Nigeria’s wealthiest pastors spent more than $60 million on private jets between March 2009 and March 2011.
A Prince Edward Island resident has sent out over 4,800 bottled messages into the Atlantic and has received more than 3,100 responses. He typically receives 150 Christmas cards from the people he’s contacted by bottle each year.
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1642 - Abel Tasman's expedition sails around Farewell Spit and into Golden Bay, first sighting local Māori
1719 - Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"
1948 - Indonesia begins its 2nd political election
1958 - Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day)
1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1985 - UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"
1888 - Gladys Cooper, Lewisham England, actress (My Fair Lady)
1905 - Richard Sturzenegger, composer
1915 - Dario Mangiarotti, Italy, fencing, gold, 2 silver (Olympic-1948, 52)
1943 - Bobby Keyes, rocker
1950 - Martha Johnson, Toronto Canada, rocker (M+M)
1969 - Marco Coleman, NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins, San Diego Chargers)
1737 - Antonio Stradivari, renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at 93
1911 - Alberto Randegger, composer, dies at 79
1973 - Giulio Cesare Brero, composer, dies at 64
1991 - June Storey, actress (South of the Border), dies of cancer at 73
1994 - Heinz Bernard Lowenstein, actor/director, dies at 71
2008 - Mark Felt, the infamous Deep Throat, American FBI official and whistle blower during the Watergate Scandal (b. 1932)
