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Bud Anderson, who single-handedly shot down 16 German planes over Europe during World War II and became America’s last living triple ace, a fighter pilot with 15 or more "kills," has died at 102.


Bud Anderson, Last of World War II’s ‘Triple Ace’ Pilots, Dies at 102


May 24, 1968: a Soviet TU-16 Badger crashed while buzzing USS Essex (CVS-9) in the Norwegian Sea. After making a low pass of the carrier at 50 feet above the water, the Badger's wingtip hit a wave that sent the bomber into a cartwheel. None of the aircrew survived.



A translated copy of the documents recovered from the TU-16 is stored at the National Archives in Kew, London. (You have to visit in person to see/read them)


May 24, 1985: AOL was founded. A decade later, it was charging $20 a month for dial-up internet access. By 1999, it was worth 10 times more than Apple.




Morgan Spurlock, Born Nov. 7, 1970, in Parkersburg, West Virginia, a documentary filmmaker who captured his own psychological and physical symptoms from eating McDonald’s every day for a month in the Oscar-nominated 2004 feature “Super Size Me,” died Thursday in upstate New York due to complications of cancer. He was 53.




Kabosu, the Japanese dog behind the Doge meme, has ascended to heaven.




More tunnels beneath Sin City...



I heard a deal is in the works to turn the state of Wyoming into a giant solar & wind farm to power the city of lights...Las Vegas.


And burned out tunnels...





Over in the weird dept...



It's not, as some might expect, about people with autism and comparing them to sasquatch. It is a case study of "sasquatch behavior and psychology" based on his personal interactions with sasquatch, wherein he argues that sasquatch are all inherently autistic.

Or you can visit his Youtube channel where talks all about it.


Apparently, they actually commissioned someone who has either never seen Kate Middleton or painting skills to draw a portrait of her to convince us they haven’t disappeared her. How is any of this real and not a cheesy movie plot.


Tatler magazine


They’re even disappearing Kate’s favorite clothing brands.


The Vampire's Wife Announces Closure After A Decade In Business


Stick that in your green pipe and smoke it...


Changing Conditions May Affect Future Management of Contamination Deposited Abroad during U.S. Cold War Activities (PDF)



May 24, 1986: Van Halen released the single "Dreams". To promote the song and take advantage of the popularity of TOP GUN, Warner Bros quickly produced a video using stock footage of the Blue Angels. The video became a hit on MTV and a recruiting boon for the Navy.