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On This Day in History - April 16, 1945

April 16, 1945 OTD World War II: Battle of Berlin, begins. The Soviet Army begins its Berlin campaign with spectacular display of artillery, 8,983 Soviet artillery pieces, up to 270 guns every kilometer, hurling a stockpile of seven million shells (1.2 million on the first day alone) at the... read more

Truth about you

You are something special Amongst this tiny blue spec Hurling through space You're here and you can bring so much love I believe in you (edited)

On This Day in History - April 16, 1945

April 16, 1945 #OTD World War II: Battle of Berlin, begins. The Soviet Army begins its Berlin campaign with spectacular display of artillery, 8,983 Soviet artillery pieces, up to 270 guns every kilometer, hurling a stockpile of seven million shells (1.2 million on the first day alone) at the... read more

On This Day in History - August 13, 1962

August 13, 1962 #OTD Cold War: On the first anniversary of the creation of the Berlin Wall, three minutes of silence were supposed to be observed at noon in West Berlin. Instead, angry crowds began hurling stones across the border at police in East Berlin, who responded by firing a water cannon... read more

Remembering the heat

The sun beat down like it was set on frying him alive, cooking the skin on the back of his neck, his shoulders, his arms. Every step he took stirred up the hard, cracked dirt underfoot, and his boots left little clouds of dust in the air that hung just long enough to sting his eyes. It was bad... read more

Sweet is the key of kindness

The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people. Every... read more