🇫🇷 Dec 2, 1804: In Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned Napoleon I, the first Frenchman to hold the noscript of emperor in a thousand years. Pope Pius VII handed Napoleon the crown that the 35-year-old conqueror of Europe placed on his own head. (painting by Jacques-Louis David, 1807)
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This is sick
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Operation of the air vortex gun
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Rare photo of the world’s first Dodge Ram.
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Pit stop then and now
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View from the Hubble telescope of IC 1623, an interacting system of galaxies.
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This is how rowers train.
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Relaxing by the white cliffs of Dover, 1920s. Vintage colour photo
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Countries with Four Seasons and Resorts Hotels
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-81° F/-63 C weather in Russia
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Nurses landing on Normandy Beach 1944
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Number of executions by U.S. state since 1976
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🇳🇱 Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) acompanied by his helper Zwarte Piet visit children in Zwolle, the Netherlands. 1955
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RaceMouse: compact mouse + touchpad + presenter in one body

There are two modes: Desktop Mode and Free Mode. In the first one, RaceMouse acts as an ordinary mouse with gesture support. With Free Mode, you can hold the gadget in your hand and use it as a TV remote control or a presentation tool.
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