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[🌸🎵 Beautiful Melody 🎶💖 @Ducnghia16]

When Tracy Chapman — who hasn't performed live in years — sang “Fast Car” on stage with Luke Combs at the Grammy.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The steamroller scene in AUSTIN POWERS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY (1997) is the movie finding a joke that should last five seconds and somehow making it funnier for nearly a full minute.

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@hwinkler4real Henry...

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@MNTwinsZealot 100% agree! And a great leader and teammate!

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@AP911Auntie

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@BBGreatMoments 1991

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Yes

[Noirchick In Old Hollywood @Noirchick1]

"Trading Places" opened this day, June 7, 1983. This witty tribute to the screwball comedies of the 1930s became a runaway hit filled with great performances. It also delivers one of the most gratifying endings in film comedy.
Are you a fan of this film?

[Kevin Gallagher @KevG163]

Herb Adderley

A Salute to the Hall of Fame Cornerback

One of the greatest ever to play the position, born on this date in 1939

• 6 NFL titles
• 3x Super Bowl Champion
• 1960s All-Decade Team
• NFL100 All-Time Team Finalist and NFL 50th Anniversary Team Runner-up
• 5 Pro Bowls
• 4x All-Pro
• First pick-six in Super Bowl history (SB2)
• Along with Bill Curry, first players to start in 3 Super Bowl games

#Packers #DallasCowboys #GoPackGo

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@AP911Auntie …true

[Mall Bangers @MallBangers]

The world lost Anthony Bourdain 8 years ago today. I love this quote from him.

[Rock - NA-FO Raccoon @NAAF0Racoon]

Zelensky was told that the Kremlin thought his open letter was “rude”.

His response: “they should’ve seen the first version “

😆😂🤣

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@GridDigest Not a good day for Viking Fans

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

We can’t be neutral when it comes to Russia and Ukraine. This is an evil vs good war, and we should stand with the democracy, the victim of an invasion and not the invader. People say they’re pro-Ukraine, but actions speak louder than words.

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@mikemovies One of the best things television ever did.

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

A Nazi commander loaded his pistol, pressed the cold metal barrel directly against the forehead of an American soldier, and gave a chilling ultimatum: "Order the Jewish soldiers to step forward, or I will shoot you right now."

What happened next in that frozen prisoner-of-war camp changed history forever, yet the man who stared down death kept it a secret for the rest of his life.

It was January 1945, and the bitter winter of World War II was at its peak. Inside Stalag IX-A, a notorious German prison camp near Ziegenhain, thousands of American soldiers were trapped behind barbed wire. Among them was Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, a twenty-five-year-old from Knoxville, Tennessee. As the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer in his section, Edmonds was responsible for the lives of 1,275 men.

One day, the camp commander, a fanatical Nazi major named Siegmann, issued a terrifying directive.

He ordered that the following morning, all American prisoners of Jewish faith must step out of the ranks during roll call. Everyone knew what this meant. Separating the Jewish soldiers was the first step toward sending them to extermination camps.

Inside the dark, freezing barracks, the prisoners panicked. Some of the Jewish soldiers considered stepping forward willingly to protect their Christian brothers from Nazi wrath. But Edmonds refused to let that happen. He looked at his men and gave a clear, definitive order: "Tomorrow, everyone steps forward. Everyone."

The next morning, the ground was thick with snow. Major Siegmann walked out onto the parade ground, expecting to see a small, isolated group of Jewish soldiers standing apart from the rest. Instead, he stopped dead in his tracks. All 1,275 American soldiers had stepped forward together in perfect unison.

The commander turned red with anger and stormed over to Edmonds. "They cannot all be Jews!" Siegmann screamed.

Edmonds stood completely still, looked the Nazi straight in the eyes, and replied: "We are all Jews here."

Enraged, Siegmann drew his Luger pistol and pressed it against Edmonds' forehead. The tension was suffocating. Hundreds of men held their breath, waiting for the gunshot. But Edmonds did not blink.

"According to the Geneva Convention, we only have to give our name, rank, and serial number," Edmonds said, his voice steady and calm. "If you shoot me, you will have to shoot all of us. And when the war ends, you will be tried for war crimes."

Edmonds knew the German army was collapsing and the Allies were advancing. Siegmann knew it too. The Nazi commander looked at the wall of unified men, realized he could not break their spirit, and slowly lowered his gun. He turned around and walked away without saying another word.

Because of that moment of defiance, two hundred Jewish-American soldiers survived the Holocaust. When the war ended, Edmonds returned to Tennessee, married his sweetheart, and raised a family. He never bragged about his actions, never looked for medals, and never even told his own children what he had done. To him, protecting his men was simply his duty.

Decades after his death in 1985, his son uncovered the truth by talking to the survivors. In 2015, Edmonds was officially recognized as Righteous Among the Nations, the highest honor Israel bestows upon non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust. He remains the only American soldier to ever receive this recognition.

True heroism does not look for applause, and love will always be louder than hatred.

By standing together in the snow, those soldiers proved that when we refuse to abandon each other, ordinary human beings can become absolutely invincible.

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

Days after the Normandy invasion, the USS Texas flooded herself in order to provide fire support for inland American troops. ⚓️

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Kids who watch Looney Tunes cartoons turn into better adults.

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@BBGreatMoments Idiots

[Baseball’s Greatest Moments @BBGreatMoments]

Lou Gehrig, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

U.S. Marines are shown receiving Holy Communion on Iwo Jima on March 3, 1945.

This historic photograph, taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal on March 3, 1945, depicts three U.S. Marines kneeling on the volcanic sands of Iwo Jima as they receive Communion from a chaplain.

The men identified in the image are Private First Class Edmond L. Fadel, Private Walter M. Sokowski, and Private Nicholas A. Zingaro, taking part in a Catholic Mass conducted during the fierce fighting near Motoyama Airfield. The image endures as a striking symbol of faith and humanity amid one of the bloodiest island battles of World War II.