This is a photo from fascist Italy with Mussolini's head on a billboard and 'si' across the background.

That is the most obvious villain imagery I have ever seen.

Note: please, keep this historical and not ideological, whoever you disliked that today or yesterday doesn't count.

Words cannot describe the hate I feel for Woodrow

As a finn, our country got it's modern day borders by being on the wrong side and having the craziest case of post nut clarity in 1943

The "Immovable Ladder" in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre can't be moved because of a 1757 agreement called the Status Quo, which requires the unanimous consent of the church's six Christian denominations for any changes to be made.

Since the denominations cannot agree on the ladder's fate, it has remained in the same place for centuries, becoming a symbol.

Context and full quote in both English and Icelandic below.

Interviewer: Má ekki orða það þannig að það eigi að kjósa þig af því að þú ert kona? / Can it be said that people should vote for you because you're a woman?

Vigdís: Nei. Það á ekki að kjósa mig því að ég er kona. Það á að kjósa mig af því að ég er maður. / No. People should not vote for me because I am a woman. People should vote for me because I am a man.

This may not make perfect sense in English, but, back in 1980, Iceland elected the world's first democratically elected female head of state when Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was elected president of Iceland and served from 1980 - 1996.

During her campaign, in a TV interview, the quote above was born. In English, man is male, but in Icelandic, man (maður) means human. I know it does in English too, but man also means a male. Not in Icelandic, because the word for a male is karlmaður (kvenmaður for woman).

But, like in English, when speaking of males, some people tend to shorten it and simply say maður.

This has become one of the most recognizable quotes in Icelandic history, being a huge catalyst for her winning the 1980 presidential election, and cementing her as one of the biggest baddasses we've ever been blessed with.

Especially since she was also a single mother with her opponents using that against her. Questioning how she could possibly work as a single mother while also leading a nation.

Not only did she prove her haters wrong, but she was so popular and successful, that many children during her presidency grew up believing that big, important jobs such as being the president, was a woman's job, and many boys wondering if a man could ever be president.

Iceland is known for being very progressive in terms of gender equality, and Vigdís is a huge part of that. Also all the women that went on strike in 1975 (90% of working women), crippling the countries production, proving women's worth.

What are some of your favorite quotes from your country?

Benedict Arnold here betrayed the US during the revolution. His name is synonymous with someone backstabbing you.

Between 1986 and 1988, Mexico’s state-owned agency CONASUPO imported thousands of tons of powdered milk contaminated with cesium-137 and strontium-90 from Ireland, stemming from the Chernobyl disaster. Despite the detection of radioactivity, some contaminated milk was distributed (especially in poor households) and consumed before being withdrawn, causing public panic and concerns about long-term health effects. The Mexican government implemented measures to conceal the scandal including locking up officials who spoke up.

For Korea there is the mysterious state of Jin (辰國 / 진국), which existed in Southern Korea approximately around the BCE 400s to 200s. The only fact we know about this state is that it existed and neighbored Gojoseon. Afterwards it's speculated that the state split into three separate confederacies, the Mahan, Byeonhan, and Jinhan, which fought amongst themselves until getting replaced and conquered by the Baekje, Gaya, and Silla Dynasties (thus leading up to Korea's Three Kingdoms Era).

Despite taking place right in the center of Southern Korea, there is little to no records left of what the state of Jin was like. We don't even know what system of government they had, so we can't even call them a kingdom or chiefdom or anything. Because of this, despite most likely being our direct ancestors, no one learns about them and their existence is sidelined even by historians.

Shown here is John Brown, who is famous for murdering numerous slave owners in the years leading up to the American Civil War. He famously believed that slavery could not end in America without violence, and boy was he correct.

In my opinion, it would be sending troops with live ammunition to fire upon the crowd in 1989. There was a lot better ways to resolve the riot, but they chose to call the troops in.

For me, it would most likely be Marshal Cândido Rondon, an army general and the greatest explorer of the Amazon rainforest in history. Indigenous person descendent of the Bororo, Terena, and Chané peoples, he was responsible for exploring the Amazon, creating maps, constructing telegraph lines, and making contact with previously isolated indigenous peoples; furthermore, he was a leading advocate for their rights, fighting for land recognition, the creation of reserves, and cultural preservation. His famous phrase—"die if necessary, but never kill"—encapsulates his philosophy and his impact on Brazilian history. He was widely recognized in his time, praised by former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt as "a man of incomparable courage and honor" and nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Albert Einstein.

mine would be not intervening in the Soviet Afghan war. as an American, the Soviets should have been allowed to win in hindsight. if the Soviets won, they would have forced Afghanistan to modernize. they would have forced it to secularize. and they would have destroyed the tribal way of life. it would have been brutal, I will not lie. but the result would be a corrupt but albeit somewhat modern state like the rest of central asia. which is still a massive improvement over whatever the Taliban have planned.

not to mention, this means no stronghold for Islamic fundamentalism. it's likely a Soviet victory would have stifled terrorism and religious fundamentalism in the middle east significantly. which in the long term would be good for literally everyone.

During the 1974 federal election, a Canadian Press photographer took these photos of Progressive Conservative leader Robert Stanfield fumbling around with a football. These hurt his image by making him look weak, and led to Pierre Trudeau's Liberals winning a majority government.

Please don't make this post a soapbox, thanks!

In Brazil, one of the most infamous cases is Suzane von Richthofen. She shocked the country and gained international media coverage when, at 18, she helped plan and execute the murder of her own parents in 2002.

What made the case even more sensational was her background. Suzane came from a wealthy and well-educated family, carrying the noble surname von Richthofen, which is historically linked to a famous German aristocratic lineage. Her father, Manfred von Richthofen, even claimed distant kinship to the legendary World War I pilot known as the “Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen).

What about your country ,is there a case that shocked the world like this?

Planned for the future just to become overtaken by technology.

Of course, opinions may vary from person to person and that's understandable.

To me, it's Lapu-Lapu. He is known as the first Filipino hero. He led his forces against a coalition of Spanish and recently converted native Catholics in the Battle of Mactan. Ferdinand Magellan, the Portuguese who led the first circumnavigation around the globe, died in Mactan. His voyage was then subsequently continued by Juan Sebastian Elcano who arrived in Spain on the ship, *Victoria* (ironic, almost poetic, isn't it?). Out of 270 sailors, only 18 men arrived back in Spain alive.

The Spanish would take another 40+ years to colonize the Philippines.