Miami turns 130 today.
On July 28, 1896, 368 men crowded into The Lobby, a pool hall near the Miami River, to create a city. They cast 344 votes.
The group included 162 Black men, many of them laborers who helped build the railroad and the young settlement, alongside merchants, farmers, tradesmen and railroad workers.
Long before incorporation, the Tequesta lived along these waters.
Modern Miami took shape because a few stubborn people believed an unlikely place could become a great American city.
Julia Tuttle relentlessly pushed Henry Flagler to bring his railroad south. Mary Brickell backed the effort with her land and business savvy. Flagler laid the tracks.
The railroad arrived in April. By July, they had incorporated a city.
That is an astonishing amount of ambition packed into a few months.
Miami was a gritty startup city before anyone used the term. There was no guarantee it would work. Just heat, mosquitoes, hard work and people willing to make an enormous bet on the future.
Happy 130th birthday Miami!
A group of orcas was captured on camera engaging in what scientists call "ram-to-fragment" behavior.
One whale holds a large sunfish and lets go just before another rams it at high speed, pulverizing the fish into thousands of pieces.
In a new study, scientists say the behavior could be a clever way to feed the young, a form of play, or a combination of both.
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ENQUETE / La mafia du foot argentin 🇦🇷
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Attouchement sur mineurs, blanchiment, détournement, faux et usage de faux : la Fédération argentine de football connaît une litanie de scandales et enquêtes (notamment du FBI) mais a été couverte et protégée par la FIFA depuis des années
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Keep the faith !