Interesting Facts and Stories

In Memphis, Egypt, it's found this colossal statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II, third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
The statue was found face down in a marsh near the Great Ptah Temple by Giovanni Caviglia in 1821. Due to its huge size, it wasn"t successfully moved until 1887, when British army engineer A.H. Bagnold used a system of pulleys and levers to move it to its current location.
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In Memphis, Egypt, it's found this colossal statue of Pharaoh Ramesses II, third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
The statue was found face down in a marsh near the Great Ptah Temple by Giovanni Caviglia in 1821. Due to its huge size, it wasn"t successfully moved until 1887, when British army engineer A.H. Bagnold used a system of pulleys and levers to move it to its current location.
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He's had his feet in a tank full of those skin cleaning fish for far too long.....
 
Interesting origin story of Fanta.

"Due to the English blockade of Germany from the onset of World War 2, Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH) had great trouble sourcing Cola Cola syrup for making Coca Cola. This even became entirely impossible after Germany attacked the Soviet Union and after war was declared on the US, following Pearl Harbor.
To keep the company going, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH), decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including apple peelings and pomace, sugar beet root & whey (a cheese byproduct).
The origin of the name is contested. Some say it came from Keith's exhorting his team to "use their imagination" (Fantasie in German). Others from Keith saying "Fantastisch" when for the first time sampling, what would become the final product. In either case, A Coca Cola Gmbh Salesman, Joe Knipp, coined the shorter "Fanta", which became the name of this new product.
In 1943, 3 million cases of Fanta were sold in Germany. Many bottles were not consumed as a beverage but used as a cooking ingredient to add sweetness and flavor to soups and stews, as sugar was severely rationed".

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"After the war, the US main office of Coca Cola was very surprised to find their German sub branch alive and thriving. They proceeded to adopted the Fanta product back into the mainstay of the company, although the recipe was since heavily reworked in 1955 and once more, in the late 80ties".
 
I still see it around occasionally. There used to be a fairly large Fanta plant in the East Bay that I would
drive by when I was headed east across the Hwy 92 bridge. Haven't been there in a loong time so unsure
if it still exists. May have to look into that.
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Well, it doesn't seem to be there anymore. Duh!
There is a large Coca-Cola plant a little further south and from their website it looks like they do still make Fanta.
Cool.
 
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My neck o the woods, in particular Minster Lovell, which is but a short drive from where I live.....



 
.......and for some Halloween fun...



 
After WWII ended in Europe, the U-123 was found at the Keroman Submarine Base in Lorient. Refurbished and recommissioned into the French Navy on June 23, 1947, it was renamed “Blaison" (Q165).-
During his German service was acredited with 43 merchant ships sunk, 1 warship sunk, 1 auxiliary warship sunk, 5 merchant ships damaged and 1 auxiliary warship damaged.
Finally she was decommissioned on 18 Aug 1959.
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The Turnham Green Tank.
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On 20/30s years, in Turnham Green park of London, was exist a MkIV tank from WW1 peeping over the park walls with the church in the background.
How did it get there? The locals had raised money in war bonds to buy the tank and according to the Chiswick Times of Friday 20 Feb 1920 this tank, carrying the training number 148, arrived in town on ‘the previous Sunday’ (implying that it was the day 15).
It arrived by train, was unloaded at Grove Park station and driven under its own power to the location selected for it on Turnham Green parked halfway over the park wall. It was removed in 1937 to make way for an ornate litter bin in the art deco style of the era.
 
Guy in the middle: "Do you guys hear something?"
Guy on the left: "Yes it sounds like a tank coming over a wall. I think it's coming from over there."
Guy on the right: "I've got a bad feeling about this."
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Louis said:
After WWII ended in Europe, the U-123 was found at the Keroman Submarine Base in Lorient. Refurbished and recommissioned into the French Navy on June 23, 1947, it was renamed “Blaison" (Q165).-
During his German service was acredited with 43 merchant ships sunk, 1 warship sunk, 1 auxiliary warship sunk, 5 merchant ships damaged and 1 auxiliary warship damaged.
Finally she was decommissioned on 18 Aug 1959.
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I went to the Lorient submarine base recently.
 
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