Chinese doctors grafted the hand of a 9 year old girl to her foot until they could reattach it to her arm!

A tractor ran over and completely severed 9 year old Ming Li’s hand from her arm. The arm was in too bad of shape for doctors to reattach it immediately. To preserve the hand, they grafted it to her foot for two months until her arm healed enough.

Then, they reattached it back to her arm. She can now move her wrist again and her hand is pink which indicates good circulation. In the next two years she’ll undergo 2 more surgeries to improve her hand functions and to remove her scars.

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The scene in ‘The Godfather’ where Peter Clemenza makes spaghetti sauce was added in case the movie was a flop

THe idea was that if the movie was a flop, people would at least know how to make spaghetti sauce! The scene where Clemenza makes spaghetti sauce is in the original novel, but the actual recipe is not.

In the movie, though, Clemenza gives the recipe while he cooks. The DVD commentary explained that the recipe came from Francis Ford Coppola, the director. He said that in case the movie flopped, at least people would know how to make spaghetti sauce. Specific measurements aren’t given, but if you pay attention, you can tell how much of each ingredient Clemenza uses in the scene.

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In 1945 when concentration camps were liberated, homosexual prisoners weren’t freed.

They had to serve out their sentence! Through a series of changes in law, 5,000-15,000 homosexuals were shipped to concentration camps and identified by pink stars during WWII. At the time, the persecution of homosexuals wasn’t well known.

When the concentration camps were liberated, many of the homosexual prisoners were sent to serve out their sentence under Paragraph 175. In 1950, East Germany abolished the law, but West Germany enforced and confirmed it. It wasn’t until 1969 that some changes began to take place giving homosexuals more equal rights in West Germany.

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Amazing Spider-man Logos are popping up around the world. Big news coming Monday?

Within the last couple of days, Spider-man logos have been projected in 13 cities in 12 countries. The cities are Los Angeles, New York, Rio de Janeiro, London, Mexico City, Rome, Madrid, Berlin, Moscow, Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney. Some of the iconic buildings are the Colosseum, the Sydney Opera House and the Arc de Triomphe.

We've heard rumors that there could be big news coming up as soon as Monday. We have to say, this is one of the coolest publicity stunts that we've seen for a movie recently. 

Defibrillators are used to correct irregular heart rhythms, NOT to jump start flat lining hearts!

A defibrillator does not cause a sudden and violent jerk or convulsion like you see in movies and TV shows. It is used to actually stop the heart so that it can begin to beat regularly again.

A defibrillator doesn’t have the capability of jump starting a heart. If the heart has stopped, it needs immediate attention via intravenous medication or cardioversion.

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