The men who starved to death to save the world's seeds

During the siege of Leningrad, a group of Russian botanists holed up in a secret vault starved to death rather than consume the greatest collection of seeds they were guarding for a post-apocalyptic world. Worse, Nikolay Vavilov, the man who had collected the seeds, also died of hunger in Stalin’s gulag.
Read more: https://www.rbth.com/blogs/2014/05/12/the_men_who_starved_to_death_to_save_the_worlds_seeds_35135?source=Snapzu

William Ruckelshaus, who resigned in Watergate's 'Saturday Night Massacre,' dies at 87: U.S. media

William Ruckelshaus, picked by Richard Nixon as the first head of the U.S. Envir...
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Booby trap kills man in his own home on Thanksgiving night

A man was shot and killed after he set off a booby trap in his own home on Thanksgiving night.
Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/booby-trap-kills-man-home-thanksgiving-night/story?id=67414907?source=Snapzu

Bond defaults have soared in China

On november 25th China National Radio launched a mini-series to laud President Xi Jinping’s stewardship of the economy. For a state broadcaster, that might sound perfectly normal. But the theme of its first report was neither China’s stellar growth nor its sparkling innovations. Rather than such standard fare for propagandists, it focused on creditor committees, which aim to restructure companies that have run into financial difficulties. It was the latest sign of China’s rapid shift from denying that it had a debt problem just a few years ago to grappling with it publicly.
Read more: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2019/11/28/bond-defaults-have-soared-in-china?source=Snapzu

Couple paid $100 for abandoned car they found in a storage unit—Elon Musk bought it from them for nearly $1 million

In 2013, Tesla CEO Elon Musk paid almost $1 million for a 1976 Lotus Esprit submarine car that was featured in the 1977 James Bond movie "The Spy Who Loved Me". Years after the film released, the car had been missing until discovered under blankets in an unclaimed storage unit by a couple in Long Island, New York.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/01/couple-paid-100-for-car-elon-musk-bought-it-from-them-for-6-figures.html?source=Snapzu

‘The Irishman’ Is a Big Lie. This Is What Happened to Hoffa.

Those who know the details of the Hoffa case can only wonder why Scorsese would invest so much in this questionable story.
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/martin-scorseses-the-irishman-is-a-big-lie-heres-what-really-happened-to-jimmy-hoffa?source=Snapzu

Woman claims Washington Post restaurant critic exposed husband’s affair

A Washington Post food critic unwittingly became embroiled in a married man’s affair when the cheater was photographed dining with his mistress in a recent restaurant review, his alleged wife is claiming.
Read more: https://nypost.com/2019/11/27/woman-claims-washington-post-restaurant-critic-exposed-husbands-affair/?source=Snapzu