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The Sex Crazy Nuns Who Shocked Medieval England. Top Story - August 2022.
Even after more than 800 years, it was an unsettling sight. In 2012, archaeologists excavating a church site in Oxford had found skeletons of nuns who died in disgrace after being accused of 'sexually immoral behaviour.
By Peeping_Soul3 years ago in FYI
Richard Sorge, King of Spies (2)
Sorge is in China After Sorge became a Soviet spy, he was mainly responsible for collecting intelligence and was sent to different countries to carry out missions, and set up a foreign spy network. After a series of successful missions, the Soviet spy chiefs of the time decided to send Sorge on a special mission to the East, to China.
By morrissey pepin3 years ago in FYI
The mystery of Saddam Hussein's vault
Saddam's wealth during his reign has been the subject of intense scrutiny by authorities around the world, even though the dictator has been dead for years. An investigation into the murder of an Iraqi-born British engineer and his family in the French Alps has revealed the tip of the iceberg of Saddam Hussein's secret vault, the Daily Mail reported.
By perla estrada3 years ago in FYI
Richard Sorge, the king of spies
He collected intelligence for the Soviet Union successively in European countries, China and Japan, and accomplished numerous outstanding tasks. The intelligence that "Japan will declare war on the United States" he obtained in Japan played a crucial role in saving the Soviet Union and even reversing the situation of World War II.
By morrissey pepin3 years ago in FYI
The riddle of the human face on the ground
In the early morning of Oct. 23, 2007, farmer Emenehil prepares breakfast for her family in the kitchen of Tabanez, a village near Guerrero in southern Mexico. Suddenly she was surprised to see a human face printed on the ground beneath her feet. It looked as if it had come out of the ground. Emmenehill was so startled that she got a broom and tried to sweep it away, but no matter what she did, she could not remove the clear outline of the face, especially the eyes, which seemed to widen more and more.
By perla estrada3 years ago in FYI
"Ghost Troops" in World War II
On June 6, 1944, Allied forces landed in Normandy, France, opening the second world war. A few days later, two Frenchmen riding bicycles through the cordon of Special Unit 23 of the United States Army Command were shocked to see four American soldiers lifting a Sherman tank weighing about 40 tons. "The French were kind of dumbfounded, obviously waiting for our side of the story," said Arthur Hillston, one of the American soldiers. "I told him, 'The American army is strong.'"
By morrissey pepin3 years ago in FYI
