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I know I'm human. And if you were all these things, then you'd just attack me right now, so some of you are still human. This thing doesn't want to show itself, it wants to hide inside an imitation. It'll fight if it has to, but it's vulnerable out in the open. If it takes us over, then it has no more enemies, nobody left to kill it. And then it's won.
Watched a few bits and pieces of random eps on youtube today, US version was obviously a bit scripted but still pretty funny.Now watching this episode of Kitchen Nightmares
lol at the manager of the Mixing Bowl taking half the tips for himself, what a f***head.
Menu - Fine Italian 'Dinning' 
I wonder if any restaurant actually turned it around for any decent amount of time afterwards, pretty sure every one closed like a year or 2 max afterwards.
I guess only the absolute worst and most desperate places would have been willing to be on there.
I wonder if any restaurant actually turned it around for any decent amount of time afterwards, pretty sure every one closed like a year or 2 max afterwards.
I guess only the absolute worst and most desperate places would have been willing to be on there.
On this day…. Monday 18th Smarch
978 Edward the Martyr, the teenage King of England, is murdered, possibly arranged by his stepmother Queen Ælfthryth
I'd say giving him that name was the first clue. 
1662 First public bus service begins in Paris
1870 Il Guarany premieres at La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy, 1st Brazilian opera successful outside Brazil
I'd say giving him that name was the first clue.
1662 First public bus service begins in Paris
1870 Il Guarany premieres at La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy, 1st Brazilian opera successful outside Brazil
1881 Barnum & Bailey Circus, travelling as "The Greatest Show on Earth", debuts at Madison Square Garden in New York City following the merger of two existing circus groups
1900 Ajax soccer club forms in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(33 Eredivisie titles, 18 KNVB Cups, 4 Champions League)
1900 Japan uses its influence over Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a naval station at Korean Port of Masampo, the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war
1902 Arnold Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht" premieres in Vienna
1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast.
1900 Ajax soccer club forms in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
(33 Eredivisie titles, 18 KNVB Cups, 4 Champions League)
1900 Japan uses its influence over Korea to deny Russia's efforts to obtain a naval station at Korean Port of Masampo, the lead up to the Russo-Japanese war
1902 Arnold Schoenberg's "Verklärte Nacht" premieres in Vienna
1909 Einar Dessau of Denmark makes 1st ham broadcast.
1913 King George I of Greece is assassinated in the recently liberated city of Thessaloniki 
1922 British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to six years imprisonment for disobedience
1924 Silent film classic "The Thief of Bagdad" is released, based on One Thousand and One Nights, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Raoul Walsh
1929 Russian premiere of silent film "The New Babylon" premieres in Leningrad, written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg with a score by Dmitri Shostakovich
1942 Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox
1942 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9102, initiating the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
1945 US Army Air Force completes largest bombing raid on Berlin: 1200+ bombers drop 3,000 tons of explosives. 
1945 US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kyushu, Japan
1948 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
1952 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)
1922 British magistrates in India sentence Mahatma Gandhi to six years imprisonment for disobedience
1924 Silent film classic "The Thief of Bagdad" is released, based on One Thousand and One Nights, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Raoul Walsh
1929 Russian premiere of silent film "The New Babylon" premieres in Leningrad, written and directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg with a score by Dmitri Shostakovich
1942 Jackie Robinson & Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox
1942 US President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9102, initiating the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
1945 US Army Air Force completes largest bombing raid on Berlin: 1200+ bombers drop 3,000 tons of explosives.
1945 US Task Force 58 attacks targets on Kyushu, Japan
1948 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting
1952 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)
Also on this day....
1962 Algerian War ends after 7½ yrs (est. 250,000 deaths)
1965 Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination
1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to 'walk' in space (12 mins) 
1972 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
1977 The Clash release their first recording "White Riot"
1980 BigFooty legend born
1962 Algerian War ends after 7½ yrs (est. 250,000 deaths)
1965 Rolling Stones fined £5 each for public urination
1965 Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov becomes the first person to 'walk' in space (12 mins)
1972 China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
1977 The Clash release their first recording "White Riot"
1980 BigFooty legend born
1990 1st free elections in East Germany, Conservatives beat Communists 
(5-0 on penalties)
1992 American pop singer Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1992 Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
1994 Zsa Zsa (Gabor) files for bankruptcy
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1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
2012 Superleague Greece football match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to Athens' Olympic Stadium
2014 Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine. 
2018 African American Stephon Clark shot 20 times by police in his grandmother's backyard in Sacramento, California during vandalism investigation
2018 First fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car hitting a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona
2018 Vladimir Putin is elected to a new six-year term as Russian President with 76% of the vote, his fourth term
2021 US Senate confirms William Joseph Burns as new CIA Director. (“Excellent!”)
(5-0 on penalties)
1992 American pop singer Donna Summer gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
1992 Zimbabwe beat England by 9 runs in World Cup at Albury
1994 Zsa Zsa (Gabor) files for bankruptcy
Chicago1 1995 Michael Jordan announces he is ending his 17 month NBA retirement
2012 Superleague Greece football match between Olympiacos and Panathinaikos is abandoned after fans set fire to Athens' Olympic Stadium
2014 Russia formally annexes Crimea, previously part of Ukraine.
2018 African American Stephon Clark shot 20 times by police in his grandmother's backyard in Sacramento, California during vandalism investigation
2018 First fatal accident involving an Uber self-driving car hitting a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona
2018 Vladimir Putin is elected to a new six-year term as Russian President with 76% of the vote, his fourth term
2021 US Senate confirms William Joseph Burns as new CIA Director. (“Excellent!”)
Birthdays....
1888 Joseph Csaky, Hungarian-French sculptor (Cubism) (d. 1971) 
1926 Peter Graves, American actor (Mission Impossible, Flying High, Stalag 17) 
1932 F. W. de Klerk, South African President (1989-94) and winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2021). No prize for guessing what his initials stood for.
1934 Pavle Despalj, Croatian composer & conductor (Zagreb; Miami; Tokyo), born in Blato, Korčula
1938 Shashi Kapoor [Balbir Raj Kapoor], prominent Indian Bollywood actor (Deewar, The Deceivers, Shalimar, Heat & Dust), born in Calcutta, British India (d. 2017) 
1941 Wilson Pickett, American R&B singer ("In The Midnight Hour"; "Funky Broadway"), born in Prattville, Alabama (d. 2006)
1944 Dick Smith, Australian Adventurer and Businessman
1926 Peter Graves, American actor (Mission Impossible, Flying High, Stalag 17)
1932 F. W. de Klerk, South African President (1989-94) and winner of the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela, born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 2021). No prize for guessing what his initials stood for.
1934 Pavle Despalj, Croatian composer & conductor (Zagreb; Miami; Tokyo), born in Blato, Korčula
1938 Shashi Kapoor [Balbir Raj Kapoor], prominent Indian Bollywood actor (Deewar, The Deceivers, Shalimar, Heat & Dust), born in Calcutta, British India (d. 2017)
1941 Wilson Pickett, American R&B singer ("In The Midnight Hour"; "Funky Broadway"), born in Prattville, Alabama (d. 2006)
1944 Dick Smith, Australian Adventurer and Businessman
1945 Hiroh Kikai, Japanese photographer (Asakusa Portraits), born in Daigo, Japan (d. 2020)
1956 Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish alpine skier (2 Olympic gold 1980)
1959 Irene Cara [Escalera], American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Fame"; "Flashdance...What A Feeling"), and actress (Fame; D.C. Cab)
1959 Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
1963 Vanessa Williams, 1963 American singer, actress and 1st African American Miss America (1983)
1970 Queen Latifah, American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning rapper ("Ladies First"; "Unity"), actress (Chicago; Bessie: Beauty Shop), and TV personality (The Queen Latifah Show)
1978 Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player 
1979 Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5 - "This Love"; "Moves Like Jagger")
1980 Shell Happy birthday mate!
1981 Jang Na-ra, Korean K-pop singer ("Sweet Dream") and actress (You Are My Destiny)
1956 Ingemar Stenmark, Swedish alpine skier (2 Olympic gold 1980)
1959 Irene Cara [Escalera], American Grammy and Academy Award-winning singer-songwriter ("Fame"; "Flashdance...What A Feeling"), and actress (Fame; D.C. Cab)
1959 Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
1963 Vanessa Williams, 1963 American singer, actress and 1st African American Miss America (1983)
1970 Queen Latifah, American Grammy and Emmy Award-winning rapper ("Ladies First"; "Unity"), actress (Chicago; Bessie: Beauty Shop), and TV personality (The Queen Latifah Show)
1978 Yoshie Takeshita, Japanese volleyball player
1979 Adam Levine, American singer (Maroon 5 - "This Love"; "Moves Like Jagger")
1980 Shell Happy birthday mate!
1981 Jang Na-ra, Korean K-pop singer ("Sweet Dream") and actress (You Are My Destiny)
Deaths....
235 Marcus Aurelius Alexander, Syrian emperor of Rome (222-235), murdered
1314 Jacques de Molay, French last Grand Master of The Knights Templar, dies burned at the stake aged 70 or 71. Executioners were commended for a job well done (too soon?)
1936 Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (1910-15, 1917-20, 1924, 1928-32, 1933), dies of a stroke at 71
1958 Sigve Lie, Norwegian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1948, 52), dies at 51
1964 Norbert Wiener, American mathematician who founded cybernetics, dies of a heart attack at 69 
1965 Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45
1977 Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered
1980 Ludwig Guttmann, German-British neurologist, founder of the Stoke Mandeville Games (now the Paralympics), dies at 80
1983 Umberto II of Italy, the last king of Italy (reigned for 24 days in 1946), dies in exile at 78
1989 Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician (Theory of Probability) and geophysicist, dies at 97.
Last words: “What are the odds of dying today?”
2001 John Phillips, American singer & guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming), dies at 65
2002 Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor, dies at 58
2004 Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (McCain Foods Limited), dies of kidney failure at 76
2009 Natasha Richardson, English actress (Gothic, The Handmaid's Tale), dies of a traumatic brain injury at 45.
2012 Jalal Zolfonun, Iranian composer (Gol-e Sadbarg), setar (Persian lute) player, and teacher, dies of a heart attack at 74
2017 Chuck Berry, American rock n' roll guitarist and singer-songwriter ("Roll Over Beethoven"; "Sweet Little Sixteen"), dies at 90
2021 Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher and anthroposophist, dies at 89
2023 Dot Wilkinson, American pro bowler and softball player, dies at 101 
by Joaquin Phoenix
1314 Jacques de Molay, French last Grand Master of The Knights Templar, dies burned at the stake aged 70 or 71. Executioners were commended for a job well done (too soon?)
1936 Eleftherios Venizelos, Prime Minister of Greece (1910-15, 1917-20, 1924, 1928-32, 1933), dies of a stroke at 71
1958 Sigve Lie, Norwegian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1948, 52), dies at 51
1964 Norbert Wiener, American mathematician who founded cybernetics, dies of a heart attack at 69
1965 Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45
1977 Marien Ngouabi, president of Congo-Brazzaville, murdered
no known alibi for Joaquin Phoenix
1980 Ludwig Guttmann, German-British neurologist, founder of the Stoke Mandeville Games (now the Paralympics), dies at 80
1983 Umberto II of Italy, the last king of Italy (reigned for 24 days in 1946), dies in exile at 78
1989 Harold Jeffreys, English mathematician (Theory of Probability) and geophysicist, dies at 97.
Last words: “What are the odds of dying today?”
2001 John Phillips, American singer & guitarist (Mama & Papas-California Dreaming), dies at 65
2002 Gösta Winbergh, Swedish tenor, dies at 58
2004 Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (McCain Foods Limited), dies of kidney failure at 76
2009 Natasha Richardson, English actress (Gothic, The Handmaid's Tale), dies of a traumatic brain injury at 45.
2012 Jalal Zolfonun, Iranian composer (Gol-e Sadbarg), setar (Persian lute) player, and teacher, dies of a heart attack at 74
2017 Chuck Berry, American rock n' roll guitarist and singer-songwriter ("Roll Over Beethoven"; "Sweet Little Sixteen"), dies at 90
2021 Jerzy Prokopiuk, Polish philosopher and anthroposophist, dies at 89
2023 Dot Wilkinson, American pro bowler and softball player, dies at 101
Weddings & Divorces
1869 US Abolitionist Harriet Tubman marries civil war veteran Nelson Davis in Auburn NY
1991 Apple computer head Steve Jobs (36) weds American businesswoman Laurene Powell (27) in a Buddhist ceremony at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, California
There are other ways to get a head j….. nevermind.
1993 American actor Eddie Murphy (31) weds Nicole Mitchell; divorce in 2006
2012 "Twilight" actor Peter Facinelli (38) divorces "Beverly Hills 90210" actress Jennie Garth (39) after 11 years of marriage
1991 Apple computer head Steve Jobs (36) weds American businesswoman Laurene Powell (27) in a Buddhist ceremony at the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park, California
There are other ways to get a head j….. nevermind.
1993 American actor Eddie Murphy (31) weds Nicole Mitchell; divorce in 2006
2012 "Twilight" actor Peter Facinelli (38) divorces "Beverly Hills 90210" actress Jennie Garth (39) after 11 years of marriage
I know lots of people with March birthdays around my own so tend to remember them. Also May because there's quite a few of them in the family.Ah nuts, I missed your birthday. Belated birthday wishes Kram
Hope the next 356 days are even better than the previous 9.
Anyone from June onwards though yeah I won't even remember what month it is haha.
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It's my birthday today everyone has to be nice to me
Not a Macca's man and no doubt a poor choice of a calorie hit but that is pretty tempting.
Happy birthday 746!
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What did you get me
