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May 7, 1915: A German U-20 submarine torpedoed and sank the Cunard liner, RMS Lusitania, killing 1,197 people. As 128 Americans were on board, citizens of a neutral power, and the attack significantly shifted public opinion in the United States against Germany, contributing to the later American entry into the war.




May 7, 1945: the majority of the crew of HMCS Uganda indicated in a "poll" that they did not intend to continue participating in operations against Japan after the Canadian government announced that only volunteers would be deployed in the Pacific. The ship had to return to Canada.


The only Canadian ship to fight against the Japanese in the Second World War, HMCS Uganda also had the distinction of being the only ship to vote itself out of that war. Uganda arrived in Canada Aug. 10, 1945; the day Japan proposed a conditional surrender. The war ended three weeks later.


May 7, 1974: The last episode of the children’s show, Bagpuss, aired on BBC1. It was made by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate and had run for 13 episodes since 12 February 1974. The lead character was described as "a saggy, old cloth cat."





In 1989, PepsiCo technically possessed the world's sixth-largest naval fleet for a brief moment. In a strange deal, Russia sold to Pepsi, 17 submarines, a frigate, a cruiser, and a destroyer to maintain the flow of Pepsi soda into the country. However, the vessels were immediately sold for scrap to a Norwegian company. The Pepsi must flow.


How did Pepsi obtain the 6th Largest Naval Fleet in the World?


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May 7, 2010: Iron Man 2 was released... how Elon Musk’s cameo came to be:




Iron Man was published by Marvel Comics, co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 in 1963, and received his own title with Iron Man #1 in 1968.

Stan Lee said the character was based on Howard Hughes. But when Iron Man came to the big screen...


Robert Downey Jr. was seeking inspiration for his character and he found it in Musk. He wanted director Jon Favreau to meet with Musk.

Not only did their meeting lead to Musk’s cameo in Iron Man 2...…Justin Hammer’s evil weapons factory was also filmed at SpaceX. Musk was a good sport. He even put a life-size cutout of Iron Man at SpaceX headquarters.

He even used the Iron Man movies as inspiration for the SpaceX team. Here he is in 2013 discussing (vid clip) SpaceX technology inspired by the films.



The pair would later have some fun again on the set of The Mandalorian.




Checking in on the tiny tyrant to the north in TURDeau Landia...


Canada To Imprison Anyone Who Has EVER Posted ‘Hate Speech’ Online

"The Online Harms Act"


"The wisdom they claim we gain, is just all the wisdom we already had, but was oblivious to it, because we were too busy trying to change what we couldn't and refusing to change what we could, when we could."
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