Is there any seperate thread where someone can read about basic or fundamental things about military technology like jets, Radars , engines etc. ??
aerospaceglobalnews has articles on engines, and other technologies.Is there any seperate thread where someone can read about basic or fundamental things about military technology like jets, Radars , engines etc. ??
Youtube. Everything for a curious mind is there.Is there any seperate thread where someone can read about basic or fundamental things about military technology like jets, Radars , engines etc. ??
Its a long held tradition. Why do people want to stop it? Cuz it looks embarrassing infront of goras and others? Why the f**** shld we care what others think?This year as well... bike ..... stunts..... WHY!!! Can we stop doing it?
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In 1925, a clever con artist named Victor Lustig came across a newspaper article describing how expensive it was for Paris to maintain the rusting Eiffel Tower. Sensing an opportunity, he forged official government documents and summoned five of France’s top scrap metal dealers to a confidential meeting at an upscale hotel.
Posing as the Deputy Director-General of the Ministry of Posts, Lustig revealed what he claimed was a closely guarded secret: the government planned to dismantle the Eiffel Tower and sell it as scrap metal. Since the tower was genuinely in poor condition at the time, the dealers found the story believable.
Lustig singled out the most anxious and eager bidder, André Poisson, and hinted that he could guarantee him the contract in exchange for a private payment. Poisson handed over a large bribe along with the supposed purchase price of the tower.
With a suitcase full of cash, Lustig fled to Vienna and waited for authorities to pursue him. They never did. Too humiliated to admit he had been deceived, Poisson chose not to report the fraud.
Encouraged by his success, Lustig returned to Paris weeks later and attempted the same scam.
But Victor Lustig’s second attempt didn’t go as planned. When he returned to Paris a few weeks later in 1925 and tried to run the Eiffel Tower scam again, one of the scrap dealers became suspicious and quietly contacted the police.
Realizing he might be exposed, Lustig fled the city before any money was paid, so he never managed to sell the tower a second time.
He was never arrested for the Eiffel Tower scheme. Instead, he escaped to the United States and continued his cons for years.
In 1935, he was finally arrested for counterfeiting and fraud, later sent to Alcatraz prison, and died there in 1947.