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santa anna’s leg
from king of the hill posted in television by pete_nice
President General Antonio López de Santa Anna (a.k.a. the Napoleon of the West) was the presiding general at the Battle of the Alamo, a 13-day siege from February 23 – March 6, 1836. The Texian defenders were wiped out- all 189 of them.
The perceived cruelty of the attack was later reflected in the rallying cry, "Remember the Alamo!" when Texian forces clashed with Santa Anna's army at the Battle of San Jacinto.
At the Battle of Cerro Gordo in 1847, soldiers from the 4th Illinois Infantry found Santa Anna’s cork leg inside his abandoned carriage. That leg is on display at the Illinois State Military Museum, to the chagrin of the Mexican government and people. Call it a spoil of war...
This leg was featured in an episode of King of the Hill where it was "leg"-napped back to Texas.
beaver with a no parking sign
from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
Banksy's BETTER OUT THAN IN day 10: this cute little beaver took down a No Parking sign.
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from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat
On day 9 of BETTER OUT THAN IN Banksy made up for day 8's boring tag with a bunch of horses wearing night-vision googles and a man painted on a car in the Lower East Side.
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from star wars, a new hope posted in movies by prof_improbable
Across the dry salt lake bed of Chott el Jerid is where Hungarian explorer Count Almásy (Ralph Fiennes) set up camp in the 1996 Oscar winner for Best Picture, The English Patient.
view full location details...playa cacaluta
from y tu mamá también (2001) posted in movies by pete_nice
Julio and Tenoch convince Luisa to visit La Boca del Cielo (Heaven's Mouth), an imaginary beach paradise they claim is on the Oaxacan coast in Y Tu Mamá También (2001).
The beach they find is really Playa Cacaluta, near Huatulco in Oaxaca.
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