“The first true internal combustion engine was undoubtedly the cannon,”Popular Science declared in October 1904, citing the work of Christiaan Huygens in the 1680s, before plotting a history of the engine through the gas engines of the 1860s.
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Well, the Olympics have turned up. What a night this was in the Maracaña, as Brazil’s long-nursed dreams of a first Olympic football gold medal were stretched thin, wrung out a little more and then finally delivered via Neymar’s winning kick in the decisive penalty shootout.
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Brazil were held to a goalless draw by 10-man South Africa on the opening day of the men’s Olympic football tournament in Brasilia.
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According to Reuters, up to 15 people were shot at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum (OEZ) shopping mall. Police sealed off the surrounding area, shutting down subways and other public transportation and telling people to stay indoors.
Continue reading 10 Dead, Including Gunman, in “Shooting Rampage” at Munich Shopping Mall
A court in Germany has sentenced a man to four years and three months in prison for posing as a plastic surgeon and performing procedures on dozens of patients.
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