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Feel sorry for Amir having to play with this sack of shit.

Brexit has brought to light who I really am. A person I frankly didn't know existed. I thank England's many xenophobes. We must unite!

15th-Century Cannonballs Likely Used by Vlad the Impaler Discovered in Bulgaria © By Anonymous, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons 15th-Century Cannonballs Likely Used by Vlad the Impaler Discovered in Bulgaria Dracula was known for using his fangs and supernatural powers to dispatch his victims. But he apparently liked to have a few cannonballs by his side as well (just in case). No, there’s no secret passage from Bram Stoker’s novel involving a battle where the vampire count displays his firepower. Rather, according to the website Archaeology in Bulgaria, cannonballs were recently excavated from the Bulgarian town of Svishtov, the site of a military conquest made by the Romanian prince Vlad III. Known more popularly as “Vlad the Impaler,” he likely served as the inspiration behind Stoker's bloodthirsty antagonist. During his reign as one of most ruthless rulers in history, Vlad III frequently butted heads with the Ottoman Turks. The conflict came to a violent head in 1461, when Vlad and his army fought for control over Svishtov’s Zishtova Fortress. Now, as Gizmodo reports, archaeologists say they've uncovered a collection of centuries-old cannonballs that may have belonged to Vlad and were most likely linked to the event. The cannonballs themselves were shot from culverins, medieval cannons that fired missiles weighing up to 16 pounds, which were relatively light compared to later models. Lead archaeologist Nikolay Ovcharov of the National Institute and Museum of Archaeology in Sofia said that's what makes these artefacts particularly exciting. “We rejoice at those small cannonballs because they are from culverins," Ovcharov told Fox News. "These were the earliest cannons which were for the 15th century, up until the 16th century, [and] they weren’t in use after that.” That battle occurred as an attempt to reclaim the region from the occupying Turks. The region was occupied as far back as the Roman Empire and was abandoned after barbarian invasions. The Zishtova Fortress was built much later, and Vlad III made it his home—after he reclaimed it from his enemies. But just because Vlad may have had cannonballs at his disposal doesn't mean that some of the battle's victims weren't impaled. "[We] have a letter by Vlad Dracula to the king of Hungary in which he boasted that he had taken [the fort] after a fierce battle, and that about 410 Turks were killed during the siege," Ovcharov said. "Some of them were probably impaled, in his style." https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/15th-century-cannonballs-likely-used-by-vlad-the-impaler-discovered-in-bulgaria/ar-AACSWDK

Our son & grandson have just arrived, Lovely Jubilee from my son, a litre bottle of my favourite sherry......BUUUURRRRRPPPP and a Del Boy mug from our grandson

Happy belated birthday to our Egyptian prince. Happy current birthday to our brilliantly mad boss

Mubarak yaarrrr.

Happy Father's Day to all the dads on here!

Corbyn said we should wait for credible evidence and do more to ease tensions in the middle east. Tories have obviously lost their heads over it. You can bet your backside that if the US start a war with Iran that the Tories will 100% be behind that.

Right! its just so good, when you think what else could they possibly do, they release a 3rd installment and its just as good as the others! the antique shop fight was awesome. The choreography with the dogs is something I dont recall ever seeing before. Too good, I need to watch it again.

Had to be done, @Toinho. TF365 folklore now.

1 year since my daughter was born. Oh man what a fast year. Undoubtedly the best day of my life.

https://listverse.com/2012/03/02/top-10-worst-moments-in-human-history/

The good old days, when I was younger and a long-haired git, worked long hours but come Friday night, come home and get bathed or showered get a baby sitter to watch our young ones then me and the wife would head out to the pub or sit indoors when the kids were in bed and have a good bevvy, the photo below was me with my ex-army pal Bill, 2nd Para Regiment, many a good piss up with him, this was in Southend-on-Sea, Essex around 1980 odd's, I was pissed as a newt in the 2nd photo. ut.

Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama Joel K. Bourne, Jr. The schooner Clotilda—the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to America’s shores—has been discovered in a remote arm of Alabama’s Mobile River following an intensive yearlong search by marine archaeologists. "Descendants of the Clotilda survivors have dreamed of this discovery for generations," says Lisa Demetropoulos Jones, executive director of the Alabama Historical Commission (AHC) and the State Historic Preservation Officer. "We’re thrilled to announce that their dream has finally come true." The captives who arrived aboard Clotilda were the last of an estimated 389,000 Africans delivered into bondage in mainland America from the early 1600s to 1860. Thousands of vessels were involved in the transatlantic trade, but very few slave wrecks have ever been found. A mural of the Clotilda adorns a concrete embankment in Africatown, a community near Mobile founded by Africans illegally transported to Alabama aboard the slave ship. Some of their descendants still live in the neighborhood. "The discovery of the Clotilda sheds new light on a lost chapter of American history," says Fredrik Hiebert, archaeologist-in-residence at the National Geographic Society, which supported the search. "This finding is also a critical piece of the story of Africatown, which was built by the resilient descendants of America’s last slave ship." Rare firsthand accounts left by the slaveholders as well as their victims offer a one-of-a-kind window into the Atlantic slave trade, says Sylviane Diouf, a noted historian of the African diaspora. "It’s the best documented story of a slave voyage in the Western Hemisphere," says Diouf, whose 2007 book, Dreams of Africa in Alabama, chronicles the Clotilda’s saga. "The captives were sketched, interviewed, even filmed," she says, referring to some who lived into the 20th century. "The person who organized the trip talked about it. The captain of the ship wrote about it. So we have the story from several perspectives. I haven’t seen anything of that sort anywhere else." One hundred and nine African captives survived the brutal, six-week passage from West Africa to Alabama in Clotilda’s cramped hold. Originally built to transport cargo, not people, the schooner was unique in design and dimensions—a fact that helped archaeologists identify the wreck.