South Africa has rejected "with contempt" claims by jailed British mercenary Simon Mann that it backed his plot to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea.

Background here picked by thenegativeone 2 years ago

Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight boxing champion. He was convicted in what many called a "grave injustice" in 1913 for violating the Mann Act for having consensual sex with a white woman.
see video tab for movie about his life picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago

Germany, the land of Goethe, Thomas Mann and Beethoven, has an unlikely pop culture hero: Donald Duck. Just as the French are obsessed with Jerry Lewis, the Germans see a richness and complexity to the Disney comic that isn’t always immediately evident to people in the cartoon duck’s homeland. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Free Hugs campaigner Juan Mann has been threatened with eviction after opening his home to strangers in a bid to "prove the world isn't such a bad place". picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 23-year-old Sesame Street resident was arrested Wednesday after he fired a CO2-powered BB gun at a 12-year-old boy alongside Dr. Mann Road, hitting the boy in the stomach, according to police. picked by twoflies 1 year ago

Stretch your creative brains and help NORML get the word out about marijuana law reform. Win $1,000.(delivered in a plain brown wrapper in the dead of night) picked by Bornbad 3 years ago