re: Pictures from days gone by....

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These are parodies by the great Cris Shapan. You can see more of his work in this post (click Reply and images will appear).

But my favorite merits posting here:

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palm trees not indigenous to Florida

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Wrong. Coconut palms in Southeast Florida south of about Vero Beach occur naturally. There is virtually no winter in Palm Beach, Broward and Dade counties. I’ve personally observed over time coconuts wash up on the beach, germinate, sprout and grow into trees. Pretty cool when you think about it.

Somebody's grandma now

First U.S Female Bullfighter



Years Active: September 1951–-1962
Total Corridas (Bullfights) Fought: 300

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She was gored six times. The worst was in September 1954 in Ciudad Acuña, Del Rio’s Mexican sister city. According to newspaper accounts, she turned her back while performing a quite, or a pass, and the bull caught her in the thigh.

“The horn went right up my stomach,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “The bull carried me around the ring for a minute, impaled on his horns. They gave me the last rites there. The doctor said, ‘Carry her across the border and let her die in her own country.’” She then spent six months recovering in a hospital, never wavering on her return to the arena.

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September 7, 1954

Charles F. Richter