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Everyone knows the photo above. It’s the flag planting at Iwo Jima by US soldiers. But did you know that it wasn’t the first planted that day? It was definitely the best photo taken. It’s practically orchestrated and staged. It’s that good compositionally. But Louis Charles Charlo, an American Indian was part of the first planting earlier that day and is pretty much written out of it’s history. How can that be? Ira Hayes, another American Indian was part of the photo above but why not give credits to Charlo? Well, today is November 7th, I doubt it has a huge significance, but why not, it’s Louis Charles Charlo Day. (Indian Country Today – Louis Charlo)
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Lisa Ling on Our America on 10/9c. This one is about PTSD. Yeah, F*** football. Lisa Ling does good work, and her having a show on TV like this makes sense. (O – Our America)
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32 ranked Kei Nishikori beats 1 ranked Novak Djokovic. Yes that’s news from the Swiss Indoor. Djokovic doesn’t lose often. (ESPN – Nishikori)
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Is this new? For some reason it sounds like something familiar. However, the first sentence says it all. According to researchers at Tokyo Medical University, if you don’t sleep enough, you’re twice as likely to suffer depression. (Reuters – Depression)
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Where would this Muntjac Deer come from? It’s running around in Cesar Chavez Park in Berkeley. People are worried that it’ll be attacked by a dog. It’s one of the smallest deer and it’s originally from Asia and is a super exotic pet. Find this little critter and owner: put a collar on it! (Berkeleyside – Munjtac Deer)
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