“Legs” Diamond

Although Jack “Legs” Diamond was a relatively low-level petty crook, he has become one of the most well-known 1920s Mafia figures in US history.

American Chinese Food

Much of the food we find today in “Chinese restaurants” is not in fact Chinese at all—it was born in the USA.

My local Chinese food place in Florida

Wild Florida: Dung Beetles

A story of sand and shit.

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Rainbow Scarab, found in the Red River Hog enclosure at the Zoo Tampa

When the USSR “Invaded” Iran

In 1982, during the insurgent war in Afghanistan, the Soviet Army carried out a well-planned attack on a target in southern Afghanistan, in their largest airborne operation up to that time, and destroyed it. There was just one problem—it was the wrong target.

Soviet forces in Afghanistan                                                photo from Wikipedia