yellowmamba

love movies and tv

[Eric Smith @Eric_L_Smith]

"It fires me up."

5 Takeaways to recap the 2026 NFL Draft, including a look at the #Chargers revamped offensive line room.

https://t.co/bWCEpOMrTx

[San Diego State Football @AztecFB]

The first win of the new era!

#AztecFAST🍢 x #BeTheA1pha🐺

[San Diego State Football @AztecFB]

.@TheHC_CoachLew notches his first W at @SDSU ‼️

#AztecFAST🍢 x #BeTheA1pha🐺

[yellowmamba @Billyk06]

@WOCampbell do you do appearances at conventions? Thanks!

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Doctors at a hospital in Texas informed George Pickering that his son was in a state of brain death. They explained that his son showed "no brain activity" and the decision had been made to remove life support.

Pickering, however, was unconvinced by their assessment and resorted to extreme measures by drawing a firearm. He demanded that the doctors continue their efforts to save his son's life, threatening to use the gun if they refused.

This situation escalated into a tense standoff lasting three hours, during which Pickering faced off against the police while the medical team performed additional tests on his son.

The hospital was secured under lockdown as police negotiators tried to reason with Pickering, who remained adamant. In a pivotal moment, Pickering's son, previously declared braindead, responded to his father's request to squeeze his hand, indicating cognitive presence. Following this revelation, Pickering peacefully surrendered to the authorities.

George Pickering II subsequently served a prison sentence of 11 months. Remarkably, his son experienced a complete recovery.

[yellowmamba @Billyk06]

@Cakes_Comics Would love the terminator 2 poster lol

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Ohio State's marching band always finds a creative way to trash Michigan.

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

The actor Michael Caine was already middle aged when he found out a rather dark secret about his family.

Every Sunday his mother would “go to church” or “visit a cousin” and she’d always insist on going alone. And it wasn’t until Caine was almost sixty himself that he discovered that his mother had an out-of-wedlock son.

The boy, Caine’s half-brother, had been born six years prior to the actor’s birth, when his mother had not yet married his father.

His secret older brother suffered an accident in early childhood after which he was institutionalized. He also suffered from epilepsy, causing further damage and resulting in him being labeled mentally ill, even though the poor young man was fully lucid and aware of his surroundings.

When his mother died in 1989, Michael Caine found out about his half-brother… he began to visit him, too.

And he was surprised to see that his brother had pictures of him as an actor, which his mother had given him — the brother he never knew about, knew about him, and was a devoted fan. David Burchell was his name. And Michael Caine did what he could for him, in his later years, trying to improve his conditions, his standards of living…

In 1991, David died and Michael Caine had his ashes buried with those of his mother.

He reportedly wasn’t upset about his mother’s secret, later saying he “fully understood it”, being a young unmarried mother with a little disabled boy, she had no choice. Still, it’s crazy to think about her keeping a secret of such magnitude for sixty-plus years.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Michael Jackson's shoes had a hidden heel that allowed him to lean.

[Lohith_Rebel @Rebelism_18]

@zerochills Perfect loop exists

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

A pilot named Dennis Fitch was fascinated by famous airline crashes, he studied the crash of Japan Flight 123 to see if he could have flown the doomed aircraft. Years later, Fitch was a passenger on a plane that, like Japan Flight 123, also lost hydraulic power. Fitch offered to assist the pilots. They miraculously managed to crash land, saving the lives of over a hundred passengers.

Landing a plane without hydraulic control is an almost impossible feat, requiring great skill and tremendous physical exertion. Throughout the ordeal, Fitch kept his good humor, joking with the captain (Haynes):

Fitch: "I'll tell you what, we'll have a beer when this is all done."
Haynes: "Well I don't drink, but I'll sure as hell have one."

In the end, the plane did crash. People died. It was horrible. But the very fact that anyone survived the crash at all is all due to one man. One man who came well prepared. Test pilots have since been unable to replicate a survivable landing under the same conditions.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

What did I just watch?

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

First look inside time capsule from 1795

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Commercials from our childhood that you probably forgot about

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

@historyinmemes In the 1640's the Dutch inhabitants of New Amsterdam built a 12' wall to keep the bad hombres out. In 1664 the British ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. It's now called New York. They took down the wall and built a street. It's called Wall Street

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Paul Lim made history by hitting the first-ever nine-dart finish at a World Championship during the 1990 BDO World Darts Championship.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

In 1975, the Chicago Blackhawks played a hockey game against various Sesame Street characters including Big Bird, Grover, Bert, and Ernie. Cookie Monster served as the Sesame team's goalie and at one point, consumed the puck.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

@historyinmemes Jackie Chan doing an early form of parkour.

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

In 1943, Paul Newman enlisted in the Navy, joining the V-12 program to become a pilot. But when he was discovered to be colorblind, he was sent to basic training where he became a rear-seat radioman and gunner for torpedo bombers.

In May 1945, his unit was assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Bunker Hill. But the pilot developed an earache and another crew was sent in their place.

A few days later kamikaze planes attacked Bunker Hill, killing almost 400 onboard. "When you miss something like that because your pilot happened to have an earache..wow!" Paul recalled. "You can't say God is looking after you because He gave your pilot an earache but put the 15 other guys in coffins!"

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Top 30 largest fast food chains in the USA