Iran seems to be having a hissy fit!

Clearly, the Israelis killed the right people in Lebanon!

Their firework display was amusing, the Israeli response could be devastating!

#OTD in 1204, the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade breach the walls of Constantinople and enter the city.

They completely overcome the defenders and occupy the city the following day.

Away wins count double!

I seldom re-Tweet, but this is just BRILLIANT!!

Absolutely love it!!

Today is the Feast day of St. Zeno of Verona, the patron of anglers and fishermen.

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'My pulse will be quickenin'
With each drop of strychnine
We feed to a pigeon
It just takes a smidgin
To poison a pigeon in the park
We'll murder them amid laughter and merriment
Except for the few we take home to experiment'

Tom Lehrer, born #OTD in 1928.

Don't you just hate people who use big words just to make themselves look perspicacious?

I know I do 😀

#OTD 1926, Irish woman Violet Gibson stepped out of a crowd in Rome and shot Italy's leader, Benito Mussolini.

The bullet grazed his nose, flesh wound, then her gun jammed.

Deported to England, she was committed to a mental asylum, dying there in 1956.

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A 30 year dispute between India and Bangladesh for control of New Moore Island in the Bay of Bengal was resolved in 2010 - when the island sank!

#OTD in 1894, the birth of Dorothy Richards aka, the ‘Beaver Woman’ (d. 1985).

She spent 50 years studying beavers in the Adirondack foothills of New York.

April 7 is celebrated annually as International Beaver Day - no, not that sort of beaver!! 😬😬

#OTD in 1829, the death of Niels Henrik Abel, aged 26.

A Norwegian mathematician who made pioneering contributions in a variety of fields.

His biggest achievement was demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals, the first complete proof.

The first mention of a greengage tree in English Literature was in 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy' by Laurence Sterne.

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#OTD 1588, the birth of Thomas Hobbes.

In 'Leviathan', he outlined his social contract theory, advocating for a strong central authority to prevent humanity's natural chaos.

He called for a strong sovereign power, akin to a Leviathan, to maintain order amidst self-interest.

#HappyBirthday to #NATO

75 years old today.

Proud to have played a small part in it for 20 years!

#RIP

JAMES KIRBY
JOHN CHAPMAN
JAMES HENDERSON

all ex- British Army.

Killed in #Gaza

Poorly paid Aid workers, for World Central Kitchen, they were not mercenaries.

Who funds the 'World Centre Kitchen' in Gaza and why do they need to employ former British Army Mercenaries?

World Central Kitchen?

An #NGO

Who are they?

Who funds them?

Why do they employ ex-British Army as mercenaries?

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So, how terrible that an NGO in Gaza, the World Central Kitchen, who no-one has never heard of, and whose funding is quite vague, lost three British ex-servicemen (one ex-SBS).

I was at a loss for words, until I found one that fitted - Mercenaries!

#OTD in 1908, the birth of Frank 'Buddy' Ebsen, an American actor and dancer, whose career spanned seven decades.

His most famous role was Jed Clampett in the TV sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971).

Also in the detective drama Barnaby Jones (1973–1980).

d. 6 July 2003.

In the late 19th century, two ships, the HMS Deutschland and the USS Coast of Maine (1889), both sank in accidents on 1st April.

The odd coincidence is that both ships' names are anagrams of 'red sun waned'.