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i don't want to be right, i want to be happy!

in 1936, the olympic summer games were held in germany, and adolf hitler wanted it to be a great showcase of german-or aryan-racial superiority. but jesse owens, an african american track and field star, stole the show, setting records and winning four gold medals.

he was the most important military leader in japan after 1931 and led japan during world war 2.

known for their service on the western frontier, buffalo soldiers were segregated regiments of african american soldiers in the u.s. army. historians disagree on the origin of their nickname, with some suggesting it was given by native americans who compared their hair to that of buffaloes, while others suggest it reflected their fierce fighting skills. several generations of buffalo soldiers fought bravely for the united states across nearly 200 engagements from 1866 to 1951. they were the only african american soldiers to fight in cuba during the spanish american war, earning five medals of honor among them. image

people refer to the 1830s as the period of "jacksonian democracy," but these terms refer more to the spirit of reform that swept jackson into office than to any democratic reforms that he created, jackson's own ideas of democracy were limited. he was, for example, a slave owner, and he designed the indian removal policy. the american people embraced him in large part because he was a self-made man who, like many of them, had settled in the frontier west.

what would you never turn down right now?

he's signed the deal that clearly makes philadelphia the east favorite. the sixers were already a big contender after jaylen brown, and lebron of course picked them for a shot at the title. 4-5 teams were chasing a 41-year-old guy, the nba waited on lebron just to set the schedule. and the money he signed for is pocket change that won't hurt the budget. he might be the best price-to-performance player in the league.

spain won the world cup despite yamal. i wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't even make the 2030 squad.

it's the world's largest sports apparel and footwear brand, founded in the usa in 1964 by phil knight and bill bowerman. it's recognized globally by its "just do it" slogan and its "swoosh" logo. it sponsors athletes in many sports, football, basketball, and running chief among them, and produces both performance and lifestyle products.

it's an eating regimen that's one of the most effective methods for losing weight and getting in shape.

a female leader who defends her country's rights to the very end, who never bends or bows, and who speaks to despotic, populist leaders like donald trump in the language they deserve.

the english commentator put it perfectly. "it is not the last dance, it is just another tango!"

apparently fox is turning on a "star cam" feature for this match. throughout the game one of the cameras will focus solely on messi, and anyone who wants to can watch the match from that camera.

steer clear of men who've never been loved and don't know how to be loved. because the moment you start loving them is the moment you reach the relationship's finish line.

in greek mythology, the lord and god of mount olympus and the gods living there and consequently of all mortals. the youngest son of cronus and rhea. zeus took his father cronus's place by overthrowing him.

according to this legend, cronus, who was told that he would be brought down from his throne by one of his children, panics (since he himself came to that position by overthrowing his father uranus, he knows full well how things work) and swallows his children one by one (hestia, demeter, hera, hades, and poseidon), but his wife rhea (also his sister) and his mother gaia deceive cronus by placing a stone inside the clothes of the still-infant zeus, and zeus is saved. afterward rhea takes her baby to crete, and there in a cave zeus is looked after by the sacred goat amaltheia. after zeus grows up he goes to his father and gets him to bring his siblings back out (according to one story, zeus has his father drink a potion given to him by metis, who helps him, and gets him to vomit up his siblings). later zeus starts a rebellion against his father and the titans under his leadership, and defeating them, sends them into exile.

after zeus takes control, he and his siblings divide up the universe; zeus takes the skies, poseidon the seas, and hades the underworld (the world of the dead). but zeus is forced to defend his newly established divine kingdom against gaia's other children (the giants, typhon, and the twins named the aloadae). after defeating them too and banishing them alongside his father, it's finally time for ruling and womanizing.

according to legend, zeus's first love is the goddess metis. but his grandmother gaia tells zeus that metis will bear him a daughter and that this girl's son will overthrow zeus. hearing this, zeus swallows metis, and thus, since he himself will also be the mother of the child to be born, he thinks the prophecy won't come to pass. but his wife and at the same time sister hera, hearing this, gets very angry at this relationship of his and at his being about to have a child without a woman's help, and she somehow impregnates herself on her own. and this child, named hephaestus, when the time comes, splits open zeus's forehead, and out from inside comes athena, armed from head to toe.

zeus has a whole bunch of other children besides this. his children from his wife: ares, hephaestus, hebe, and eileithyia; his children from the other goddesses he got up to business with: apollo, artemis, and aphrodite, the three horae (goddesses of the seasons) and the three moirae (the fates or destinies), the nine muses; and also his children from the humans he, unable to restrain himself, raped or deceived: the twins castor and polydeuces, clytemnestra and helen of troy, perseus, heracles, minos, rhadamanthys, sarpedon, and dionysus.