In 2018, 13-year-old Jaequan Faulkner started a small business selling $2 hot dogs with $1 sodas and chips from a stand in front of his house in Minnesota.
But his small business was in jeopardy after someone reported him to the Minneapolis Health Department.
Impressed by the young man’s drive, health inspectors decided to teach the young entrepreneur about proper food handling to assist him in getting his hot dog stand up to code.
The teen’s stand passed inspection, and it was the inspectors themselves who paid the $87 fee for his “short-term food permit."
Queen Genepil (1905-1938) was the last queen of Mongolia and the wife of the last Mongol Khan. Following her husband's demise, she faced arrest and subsequent execution in 1938, as part of the systematic Stalinist campaign to eradicate Mongolian culture and any remnants of the old regime.
A significant portion of the population met their end during this period, including almost all the shamans and Buddhist lamas of Mongolia. Estimates suggest that between 20,000 and 35,000 "enemies of the revolution" met the same fate, accounting for 3 to 5 percent of Mongolia's total population at the time.
Genepil's daughter, Tserenkhand, who miraculously survived the Great Purge, recalled her mother's abrupt disappearance during her childhood, stating, "They took her away at night. She didn't wake us, only left a piece of sugar on our pillows. I still vividly remember the joy of discovering that rare delicacy in the morning."