I’m not surprised if you’ve never heard of saolas – they are just a little rare after all. Saolas are an antelope species native to regions of Laos and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. ‘Saolas’ are also known as ‘Vu Quang oxes’, ‘Vu Quang bovids’, ‘Asian unicorns’ and ‘Asia...
Random and fun facts to bring out at your next dinner party, about biology, animals, geography and more, for children and adults!
where life is nasty, vicious, and short, all for want of ten toes. Confused and horrified by these events, David, his cousin Rosalind, and various children of the district vow to keep their own secret, lest they suffer a similar fate. For David and his friends ...
10. Quarry (Showtime; New) Great addition to the viewing list. Vietnam vet returns home to Memphis and is reluctantly turned into hired assassin. Also digs swimming pools. Favourite character: Those awesome early 70s cars they drive. And Buddy, the gay/ultra-violent/mama’s boy/assassin pla...
in this sense it is like the Viet Cong in Vietnam conflict. yes we beat the and NVA when they stood for fixed engagement, but they only made that mistake of participating in pitched battle a couple of times. The general effect of the Viet cong. and the US militia was to counter area...
Don Birnam, long-time alcoholic, has been "on the wagon" for ten days and seems to be over the worst; but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother Wick and girlfriend Helen, he begins a four-day bender. In flashbacks we see past ...
When the war was finally over, the North Vietnamese re-unified their country, which the French had colonized, leading to war. The Viet Minh eventually defeated the French, but the country was divided into two by the Geneva Accords that both sides had agreed to in 1954. The fighting to ...
Never forget benefits done you, regardless how small. —Vietnamese Proverbs 79 The small things in life often show a big heart. —Changpeng Zhao 75 It's all a matter of paying attention, being awake in the present moment, and not expecting a huge payoff. The magic in this world seems ...
There’s an article about the first Medal of Honor winner in the Vietnam War, 30-year-old native of Saugerties, N.Y., Captain Roger Hugh Donlon, age 30, who was wounded four times. Captain Roger Hugh Donlon “The Heavyweight Crown … Its Gold has Turned to Brass” rips the current ...
When he came of draft age the Vietnam war was raging and he worried he’d be drafted into the Army. “If it was me,” I told him, “I’d just commit myself to Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute up the hill from here (the Haight). They can only keep you three days for observat...