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Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Three-legged Man: the history of legend

Signor Francesco Lentini was born in 1889 in Sicily. He became the 12th and at the same time, the 12-th-a-half child in the family. His twin brother, consisting of one leg and a full set of reproductive organs, was born the application to the Frank’s spine.

The third leg attached fourth foot, a small, deformed and painful. Thus, Lentini was three feet, four feet, sixteen toes, two of the penis and testicles four. To further complicate an unusual man's life, the gods gave him his legs painfully different lengths ...

As a child, Lentini hated his extra limbs and prichindaly that was doomed to carry a coffin on life. Doctors were not taken to amputate parasitic twin, fearing that these things except for Francesco paralysis is complete. Father and mother of the little cripple refused, and Lentini raised in a family aunt, which, however, was soon shoved a unique creation in a boarding school.

There Lentini learned that there is light at the ones that are much worse than him - children born legless. This motivated him to work on himself: Frank learned to not only walk on three legs, and a run, jump rope, ride a bike, on horseback. And even skate.

At age 8 Lentini with the crowd of Sicilian immigrants ended up in America, where he joined the circus and immediately created a furor. The masses were fascinated by his sharp sense of humor and unusual for a freak agility. A room with a soccer ball tamping third leg evoked applause and shouts of "bis" (walking the two legs, the third - plays the football).

With age, the fact of physical anomalies left by the wayside - Lentini was loved by audiences and peers for exactly that exuded grace and wisdom, was a very interesting conversationalist, well-joking. The charm of the men captured the three-legged young lady named Teresa Murray. The couple were married and raised a 4 healthy children.

Lentini continued to tour until his death, which came to his home in Florida in 1966. More than 40 years he worked at American circuses, including such distinguished as the "Barnum and Bailey" and "Coney Island". Contemporaries such respects for gentleman Frank Lentini, except that the "king" of the eye is not styled.

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In Holland has died a Hitler's idol 108-year-old Actor ...Johannes Heesters

The famous Dutch singer and actor Johannes Heesters has died on Saturday at the age of 108 years old in Starnberg Bavarian city. Grandpa died in the hospital, where he remained for the last few days in critical condition due to disease.

Until recently it was considered the oldest active artist. He spent 89 years on stage and starred in over 80 movies in various genres - from comedy to musicals and melodramas. He made his debut in the film - film "Dutch Circus" (1924), the last film credits was in the movie "The Way to Happiness" in 2008.

In 1930 the last century has been very popular in Germany, his concerts were frequently visited by senior officials, including Adolf Hitler. After the Second World War, he gave concerts in Austria and Germany. In recent years, lived in Bavaria and continued concert activity, despite an almost complete loss of vision.

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Kim Jong-un: North Korea's next leader, Who is he?

On Monday it was reported that after the death of Kim Jong-il's "Supreme Leader" of North Korea would be his youngest son, Kim Jong-un - a figure almost unknown as a world community and the citizens of North Korea. Western journalists on particles collected a dossier on the new head of the most closed countries in the world.

Three years ago, even members of the North Korean government does not know how to name his youngest son Kim Jong-il's. Officials believed that the "prince" named Kim Jong-Vorn, listening, as addressed to the young man worked as cook at the North Korean government of Japan Kenji Fujimoto. He was preparing the country's leaders favorite seafood dishes.

The future supreme leader was presented to the Government of the DPRK in 2010 alone, suddenly received the title of "four-star" general, and a high position in the North Korean Workers' Party. Only when it became clear that Kim Jong-il's, a young man brings to his successor. Prior to this content with the approximate dictator only fragmentary rumors about the "young general" who gave them cook. He developed a special course for young sporting power, so rarely talked with him face to face.

According to Kenji Fujimoto, Kim Jong-Un around trying to be like his father and spoke to the servants with ill-concealed contempt.

The exact age of Kim Jong-un unknown, according to some sources, he was born in 1983, on the other - in 1984. As reported by international media, he studied in Switzerland and is fluent in English and German, but the precise confirmation of this information is not available. It is rumored that the young man was trained incognito, under the strict supervision of the North Korean ambassador in Bern. Classmates were told that a young man named Ung Park and he is the son of a diplomat. It is also reported that the "supreme leader" is fond of computers and basketball. Kim Jong-un's Mother, according to some, was the second wife of former North Korean leader dancer Ko Yong-hee, who died in 2004 under mysterious circumstances (some media reported that it broke in a car accident).

Saccess in school, Kim Jong-un could not boast. His best friend was the son of a Portuguese diplomat. As a young man told the British edition, Kim Jong-un could not pass a single exam at the Berne School, with all his free time basketball and football - youth idol was Michael Jordan. Next "supreme leader" of North Korea is not interested in girls, and never went to college parties. Also, Kim Jong-un avoids participate in discussions about democracy and freedom of speech, which led his friends.

When the period of his education came to an end, the boy confessed to his Portuguese friend that Ung Park - is it a fake name, and in fact he is the son of the dictator DPRK. More young people have never seen.

Many experts say that Kim Jong-un was chosen by his father as his successor as "the lesser evil." The eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong We discredited in the eyes of his father that in 2001, tried on a false passport to visit the "Disneyland" in Tokyo. A second son, Kim Jong Chol dictator suffers from an excess of female hormones. For this reason, Kim Jong Il saw that he does not match the image of this man.

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