MixPix57

Billionaire, master warrior, genius, crimefighter.

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

Wow 🤯 amazing story!!

[Barnaby Breaks History 🇺🇸 @BarnabyHistory]

🇺🇸 Peter Conover Hains is the only U.S. soldier known to have served on active duty in both the Civil War and World War I.

He graduated West Point in June 1861. His classmates included George Custer and Alonzo Cushing.

As a 21-year-old first lieutenant he commanded a detached 30-pounder Parrott at First Bull Run. The gun, listed with Battery G, 1st U.S. Artillery for the battle, weighed about 6,000 pounds and needed a ten-horse team. Around 6 a.m. he ordered the first Union land artillery shot of the fight.

He transferred to the engineers and became chief engineer of the XIII Corps during the Vicksburg Campaign. His earthworks and approaches helped Grant close the ring around the city. He was brevetted three times.

Hains stayed in the Regular Army after the war. For the next forty years he built lighthouses, helped select the Panama Canal route, and designed the Tidal Basin in Washington so the Potomac would stop flooding the capital.

He retired as a brigadier general in 1904. Congress made him a major general on the retired list in 1916.

When America entered the war he volunteered again. In September 1917, at age 77, the Army recalled him as chief engineer of the Norfolk Harbor and River District.

He was the oldest officer on active duty in the U.S. Army during World War I.

A younger man got to go to France because the old engineer took the stateside job.

Hains retired a second time in 1918 and died at Walter Reed in 1921.

56 years between the first gun at Bull Run and a World War I uniform.

[ESPN @espn]

The Brewers won by 22, the largest shutout in team history 🤯

It's tied for the largest shutout since 1900 🔥

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

Hell yeah! Go get it brother!!

[Brandon Jennings @Tuff__Crowd]

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[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

When Will Ferrell and Jeff Goldblum went live with SNL's "Space: The Infinite Frontier with Harry Caray" sketch, the first part was scripted and on cue cards for both actors, but halfway through, Ferrell started improv'ing insane questions and you can see Goldblum holding on for dear life answering them 😂 I forget how good this era of SNL really was

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

Wtf?! 🤯🤯🤯

[Nuga @NugaonX]

Brandon Jennings reveals that his agent never informed him that the Bucks had offered him a $40 million over 4 years contract

"That's the reason why I left my agent. Milwaukee had offered me $40 million for four years, and my agent didn't tell me."

"The GM at the time, John Hammond, told my Under Armour rep, 'Can you believe this kid didn't take $40 million for four years?' I had no idea that they had offered me that."

"My agent came back like, 'I don't think 40 for four is it. We should go for the max.' So my mom and him were pushing for the max behind my back."

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

Wow…sad to hear the news but love this reaction from Sammy. Hopefully Dave sees this. Would be amazing to see the both of them together!

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

In an 1806 duel, Andrew Jackson (the 7th American president) knew he couldn't outdraw master marksman Charles Dickinson. His survival strategy was brutal: he deliberately let Dickinson shoot him first.

Under the rules of dueling, once a man fired, he was required to stand motionless on his mark and await his opponent's return fire. If Jackson rushed his shot to beat Dickinson, he might miss. By absorbing the bullet, Jackson bought himself the time to aim with absolute precision.

Dickinson fired. A cloud of dust puffed from Jackson’s coat as the bullet struck him squarely in the chest. But Jackson did not fall. He simply raised his left hand to his chest, stood perfectly still, and leveled his pistol.

Jackson survived the immediate impact because of a wardrobe trick and his gaunt physique. Standing 6-foot-1 and weighing only about 145 pounds, Jackson wore a loose, oversized dark blue frock coat. When he took his mark, he turned sideways in a bladed stance. Dickinson aimed exactly where a man's heart should be based on the drape of the coat. The bullet hit the precise spot Dickinson intended, but Jackson's actual heart was an inch or two away. The ball shattered two ribs and lodged deep in his chest cavity.

Despite the massive trauma, Jackson masked his pain through sheer willpower and spite. He despised Dickinson—who had publicly insulted his wife—and was determined not to give the marksman the satisfaction of knowing he had landed a successful shot before dying. Jackson later said, 'I should have hit him, if he had shot me through the brain.'

Jackson pulled his trigger, but the pistol stopped at half-cock. He calmly pulled the hammer all the way back, took aim again, and shot Dickinson in the abdomen. Dickinson fell and bled to death hours later.

Jackson casually walked away from the dueling ground with his surgeon, hiding his wound until they were out of sight of Dickinson's seconds. It was only when the surgeon noticed blood sloshing inside Jackson's left boot that he realized the future president had been hit. The bullet was too close to the heart to be safely removed, and Jackson carried it inside his chest for the remaining 39 years of his life.

#drthehistories

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

Oh. My. Gosh….it cannot be overstated how important this is!!! Being able to watch my team without having to deal with a terrible app and double dipping into my wallet! Way to go #Bucks thank you

[Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks]

Bringing Bucks games back to free television for a full season.

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

@churchjamsnow Come on man…that’s too hard. Their first 2 and their last 2 are absolutely amazing. But for the sake of following the rules have to go with: Self titled, Drawing Black Lines and Truthless Heroes.

[katsu @katsuxbt]

Giannis says he showed up EARLY to work out with Kobe, and the Black Mamba made him pay for it

“Working out with Kobe, I showed up before him. I love that I did it, but it was a mistake”

“Kobe came and said, ‘What are we gonna do?’ I said, ‘Whatever you tell me to do.’ He said, ‘Go right, make 25.’ I usually make four or five. I said, ‘Yeah… make 25.’ I made 25. ‘Okay, go left, 25.’ Then, ‘Go right, two dribbles’”

“We worked out for two hours, intense, and I’m thinking, I shouldn’t have shot before this, I’m tired, I wanted to show him my best version”

“But here’s what players won’t do today: they won’t be vulnerable. They won’t show weakness, or show appreciation to somebody better. If you always think you’re the best, you can never learn”

“I had my notebook, I asked a lot of questions, he answered every single one, and never made me feel like we were running out of time. It was one of the best experience in my career”

[Bobby BP Portis @BPortistime]

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[Milwaukee Bucks @Bucks]

You came to Milwaukee 13 years ago as a kid from Sepolia with an impossible dream. Over the past 13 years we have witnessed you grow into one of the greatest players the game has ever seen, the greatest Buck of all time, and the driving force behind an era of Bucks basketball that will be remembered forever.

From the moment you arrived, you embraced Milwaukee as your home. You embraced the team, the community, and everyone who believed in you. Your connection with Bucks fans transcended basketball. You didn’t just play basketball in Milwaukee, you became the heart and soul of this city. You touched lives throughout our community and inspired people across the world. You believed in this city and its fans when the rest of the world doubted.

After 50 years, you delivered a championship to Milwaukee. A dream come true for generations of Bucks fans who never stopped believing. You gave Milwaukee hope. You taught us that loyalty still matters. That hard work can overcome impossible odds, and that a small-market city could still be on top all because you refused to stop believing. For one night, Milwaukee wasn’t just watching history, we were living it together.

Your legacy in Milwaukee is secured and will always be felt here. In the rafters, throughout the community, in the countless people you inspired, and the way you made an entire city believe that anything was possible.

Thank you for believing in Milwaukee and giving everything you had to this city day in and day out. You transformed the Bucks in every way, and left your mark on this organization for generations to come. You’ll always be family. You’ll always be Milwaukee’s champion. Forever a part of this city. Forever a Buck. Thank you for everything, Giannis.

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

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[Giannis Antetokounmpo @Giannis_An34]

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[Snyder Gallery 📸 @SnyderGallery]

Deborah Snyder has just shared the original photo. 📸

#Snyderverse #HenryCavillSuperman #ZackSnyder

[Dana Perino @DanaPerino]

The WWII vets featured in the President’s speech watched the fireworks from their memorial. ❤️🇺🇸🙏🏻🎆

[Wesley Hunt @WesleyHuntTX]

Hang this photo in the Smithsonian.

[Barbarian Herodotus @BBHerodotus]

Today, on the 250th birthday of The United States of America, a thread of the extant homes of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

1. Richard Henry Lee and Francis Lightfoot Lee
- Stratford Hall

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

Here here!

[ShaneSaw M̷a̷s̷s̷a̷c̷r̷e̷ @FinalDude78]

Robert Eggers giving us a new gothic horror film on Christmas day every other year should be a tradition

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

Oh HELL yes!!!

[Sean Wright @SeanWrightNBA]

The #Bucks have registered “serious” interest in #Kings star Domantas Sabonis.

Milwaukee has reportedly always held the big man in high regards, and new coach Taylor Jenkins is “in love” with the potential fit next to his young guards.

[MixPix57 @JimmyErwinJr]

Holy moly…I don’t know if I’ve ever heard of anything more cool than this. What an absolute force of creativity and originality this man is. I cannot wait to see this!!

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

Details on Robert Eggers' 'Werwulf' 🐺

• Horror film that follows a man who is cursed in a 'brutal, unforgiving, merciless, grotesque world'

• Set ~1300 AD before all the wolves were killed off in England

• Doesn't include werewolf cliches like 'being bitten by a werewolf and silver bullets'

• Willem Dafoe is playing a hunter

• They spent time with a real wolf to learn about its behavior

• Dialogue is in Middle English

• Shot on 35mm film — with grain structure of a black-and-white film incorporated onto color film to create a unique look

• All sets were built from the ground up

(via @esquire)