Dark History

2022-05-27 10:00:03 Timothy Francis Leary was an American writer, psychologist, and psychedelic drug research campaigner and software developer, United States, 1970.

In 1970 Timothy Leary was convicted of a total of 38 years for drug possession. In determining his place of confinement, Leary had to pass various psychological aptitude tests, many of which were composed by himself, including the Leary Test, so he easily created the image of a man best suited for garden-variety work. Because of this, he was placed in a low-security prison and sent to clean and improve the grounds, which he took advantage of when he escaped that same year. Then he escaped to Algeria.

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2022-05-26 20:00:04 Dentist Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov and his colleagues, Turkmenistan, 1980s.

Future "Leader of the Nation", "Color of the Nation", "Merciful Arkadag", "Many Honored President", "Glorious Son of His People", "Savior", "Honorary Elder of the Nation", "People's Horse Breeder of Turkmenistan", "Honored Architect of Turkmenistan" and even DJ.

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2022-05-26 17:01:39 Jacqueline Kennedy watches Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as president, 1963.

Her costume is stained with blood, as Jacqueline Kennedy had witnessed the assassination of her husband John F. Kennedy hours before.

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2022-05-26 13:00:48 Reality of 2022: everyone has a friend who has raised $20,000 on NFT.

Let's sort out how all of them do it. So:

1. Find a hype and booming collection — say this one.
2. Get a free NFT — it takes 3 clicks.
3. AT ONCE put it up for sale at a bold price.

If the collection is really growing (and this one is), your NFT will be bought within 48 hours.

Voila. No thanks. Link to the collection: @TONGuys_NFT Open / Comment

2022-05-26 10:00:04 A check for the purchase of Alaska, worth $7.2 million, sent in the name of Edward Andreevich Stekel to the Russian Embassy in the United States in 1867.

Russian America needed constant financial support from St. Petersburg, but Russia itself needed money after the Crimean War. In addition, Alaska was vulnerable - it could be seized by Britain or the United States, poachers kept appearing in the coastal waters, and strained relations with the Indians threatened the lives of Russians. All this led Russia to consider selling Alaska before it was lost.

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2022-05-25 20:00:05 Children of Japan, Germany and Italy celebrate the signing of the Triple Pact, Tokyo, 1940.

Under this pact, Japan recognized and respected the leadership of Germany and Italy in establishing a new order in Europe. And Germany and Italy recognized and respected Japan's leadership in establishing a new order in Greater East Asia. Later, Hitler sent a message to Stalin, inviting him to participate in the sharing of the "British inheritance" in Iran and India.

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2022-05-25 10:00:04 "Beer King" Freddy Heineken after his release, Amsterdam, 1983.

In 1983, hereditary beer magnate Freddy Heineken and his chauffeur Abe Doderer were grabbed and pushed into a minivan right outside the company's headquarters in Amsterdam. They were taken to an abandoned hangar and placed in specially prepared soundproof rooms behind a false wall. The ransom demanded was a record 35 million guilders (the equivalent of 16 million euros today). The imprisonment lasted 20 days until the ransom in bags weighing about 100 kilos was handed to the criminals. But eventually all members of the gang managed to be arrested. They were sentenced to terms of 8 to 12 years. Two films were made about the story of this kidnapping. In the 2011 film, the role of Heineken was played by Rutger Hauer, and in 2014 - by Anthony Hopkins.

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2022-05-24 20:00:04 The first cryopreservation, USA, 1967.

The first person to undergo cryopreservation was James Bedford, who died on January 12, 1967 at the age of 73. James had long suffered from incurable kidney cancer with metastases to his lungs. The University of California psychology professor became the first volunteer on the planet to accept an offer to have his body cryonized for free. Bedford was frozen a few hours after his physical death. To be revived in the future, when medicine learned how to cure cancer. In 1991, he was moved from a sealed capsule to a new cryostat. At the same time, tests were done. They confirmed that all this time the necessary temperature was maintained, the body's condition had not changed, and there were no signs of decomposition. Science coped well with the task to preserve the body of the first cryopatient without changes. Now the professor's body is stored in one of the leading American cryofirms Alcor.

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2022-05-24 13:03:03 That’s Fucked Up - this is the channel and content that you don't want to unsubscribe from! Open / Comment

2022-05-24 10:00:04 Crater left by the Sedan underground nuclear explosion, Nevada, 1960.

Largest man-made crater in the United States. The explosion was conducted as part of Operation Lemex, a program to study the use of nuclear weapons for mining, sinkholes, and other peaceful purposes.

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