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In Chicago, seven well-dressed men were lined up against a wall and shot through their backs. What really happened at the St. Valentines Day Massacre, February 14, 1929.
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20 Things I’m Glad Life Taught Me. Take these to heart and you won’t have to learn from the school of hard knocks. My favorite is #16.
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How to make a French breakfast. Perfect for a Valentines breakfast in bed for two!
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How does a flame act in outer space? It will form tiny little floating flame balls. Sounds dangerous.
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What makes a great portrait? 19 professional photographers give their opinions.
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Things that have been eaten by trees. This includes a case where police can tell how long a car has been parked by the counting the rings in a tree trunk.
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Cookie Monster answers James Lipton’s version of the Proust Questionnaire on National Public Radio. COWABUNGA!
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Celebrate Valentines Day with our Candy Heart Matchup Quiz!
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PLEASE CORRECT PARENT POST
The St. Valentine’s Day massacre was in CHICAGO, NOT North Chicago. I also contacted mysterynet.com about their error.
North Chicago is a suburb in Lake County, Illinois, nor part of the actual city of Chicago where the massacre took place (in a garage at 2122 N Clark Street).
posted by David Yorke on 2-14-2008 at 3:34 am
I’ll make the correction here. There’s a lesson learned here … if you capitalize a direction, it makes a location into a proper name. Possibly the writer at Mysterynet wasn’t aware that North Chicago is an actual community.
posted by Miss Cellania on 2-14-2008 at 7:34 am
I cant see the pictures in the ‘eaten by trees’ link. Is it my computer, or anyone else having that trouble?
posted by Sarah on 2-14-2008 at 7:56 am
For some reason, that last tree picture really grossed me out. I don’t know why!
posted by bryn on 2-14-2008 at 8:03 am
Sarah, it took a long time to load for me the first time I saw it last night.
posted by Miss Cellania on 2-14-2008 at 8:05 am
Floating flame balls are dangerous, but they are NOTHING compared to my +10 Lightning Bolt!!!
LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!!
:D
posted by Moon on 2-14-2008 at 9:02 am
The Cookie Monster answers Proust questions was one of the best things I’ve seen in a while.
If there is a heaven, what would you like God to say at the pearly gates? “Kowabunga!”
posted by beth on 2-14-2008 at 2:00 pm
Sarah! the tree link just keeps erroring out for me too!
posted by sarakenobi on 2-15-2008 at 8:45 am