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Bedtime With Facebook

By Anonymous Author on June 17, 2019 February 4

A Brief History On February 4, 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched “TheFacebook”, originally located at thefacebook.com. For many Americans, part of their bedtime ritual is to check Facebook for any new messages from friends and family prior to going to bed, but what was your bedtime ritual when you were a child? Perhaps some milk and cookies, brush your teeth and then climb into bed, and wait for your mum or dad to come up to read you a bedtime story? That could still be the case or similar for a lot of children, but for many others it is not.…

10 Great Fathers (Father’s Day Special)

By Major Dan on June 16, 2019 June 16, Lists

A Brief History On June 16, 2019, Americans celebrate the annual day devoted to giving dad across the country neckties and coffee cups, maybe even T-shirts, usually with some sort of “World’s Greatest Dad” themed logo emblazoned on the gift. Today we take the opportunity to recognize 10 Great Fathers, both real and fictional. In this case, we are not defining “Great” as particularly good or wonderful, but more along the lines of “famous.” Question for Students (and others): Who else would you put on this list? Please let us know in the comments section below this article. Digging Deeper…

June 19, 2019: Your Chance to Preview Annabelle Comes Home

By Dr. Zar on June 14, 2019 Cinema & TV, June 19, The Paranormal

A Brief History Supernatural horror film fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Annabelle Comes Home on Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 7:00 PM at Cinemark At Valley View & XD in Valley View, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://wbtickets.com/ and enter code: CLEHHANNA672. The pass is valid for up to two seats. Seating is first-come, first-served and is not guaranteed. Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper In Annabelle Comes Home, determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine…

June 14, 2019: Men in Black: International Movie Review, New Stars and Eye Candy!

By Major Dan on June 14, 2019 Cinema & TV, June 14

A Brief History On June 14, 2019, the 4th movie in the Men in Black film series will be released across the United States, and luckily, we had the chance to preview the film ahead of time. We expected a lot from the new movie, since we loved the previous editions, especially the chemistry between Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith. We were not disappointed! The new stars worked great together, and the special effects and aliens were everything we had expected and more. Digging Deeper Starring Chris Hemsworth as Agent H, the uber agent of the MIB team…

June 13, 1944: Tiger Tank Proves Too Much for British Armour

By Major Dan on June 13, 2019 June 13, Military

A Brief History On June 13, 1944, during the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank ace Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann proved what could be accomplished by proper use of a superior weapon system when he directed his Tiger I tank against British armor (armour for you Brits), destroying an amazing 2 anti-tank guns, 15 armored personnel carriers, and 14 tanks! Only a week after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, the battle was an attempt by the British to break out of the Normandy beachhead and advance on the city of Caen. Digging Deeper A member of the dreaded SS (Schutzstaffel), Wittmann…