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Worst French Military Disaster of Each Decade 1930s-1960s (part 4)
Click for part 3 Saar Offensive, 1939 The 1930s truly was the calm before the storm. France and Britain, with the exertions of the ‘War to End All Wars’ behind them though still fresh in the memory, and their empires pretty much pacified, were enjoying a peaceful decade they did not want to end. The…
4 Weird Friendships between Wild Animals
Here are four instances of interspecies friendships without human involvement, including pictures and footage of them hanging out Fox and Otter First up on November 2025, security cameras in Lincoln, England, recorded a most unusual sight. A Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) was seen with a Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) roaming around Brayford Pool and the…
The Nice Tsunami, 1979
Actually a rather nasty incident, when a landfill being used to build the Nice Airport collapsed, triggering two large waves which delivered death and destruction to the French Riviera The area around Nice in the South of France is the Mediterranean playground of celebrities, billionaires, and European royalty which boasts miles of white-sand beaches, sparkling…
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