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This fountain shows the date and time. Located in Brno, Czech Republic, this fountain graces the park in front of the Janácek Theatre, which underwent revitalization in 2014. Serving as a serene oasis, it seamlessly complements the theater's grandeur. https://t.co/XCKwSENfse https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1789545290296430592/pu/vid/avc1/720x1082/VNOrRScR-Z0iLffr.mp4?tag=12

There was a water slide at Duinrell amusement park in the Netherlands that operated from 1994 to 2010. It was filled to the brim with water, leaving riders completely submerged throughout their 15-20 second journey. https://t.co/U9opufyTHU https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1789542091250454528/pu/vid/avc1/870x644/aithg8JvpGL4YyaQ.mp4?tag=12

Anthony Perkins was an American actor, director, and singer. He played the role of Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's suspense thriller Psycho, which made him an influential figure in pop culture and in horror films.

"Psycho" gave Anthony one of the most stunning and effective portrayals found in a movie of this type. Impressively, the actor managed to chill and repel viewers. "Psycho" was a huge success and earned Perkins a great deal of attention, with much praise coming his way.

Anthony was wrestling with his own personal issues. He was gay & kept this a secret, a ruse aided by various industry people who arranged for him to be seen in photo ops with various lovely, single actresses. In reality, he had regular sexual liaisons turned relationship with actor Tab Hunter. In his diaries, Andy Warhol wrote that Perkins "used to hire hustlers to come in through the window and pretend to be robbers."

In 1973, Anthony married Berry Berenson, a photographer and the sister of Marisa Berenson. The couple had met on the set of his film "Play it as it Lays" and would have two sons together.

During 1990 while undergoing treatment for Bell's palsy, he learned that he was HIV positive. Sadly, this came to his attention from an article in The National Enquirer while he stood in line at a grocery store checkout line. The tabloid was made aware of this by a medical attendant who had secretly submitted a sample of Perkins' blood and sold information about the results. Perkins at the time denied the claim, but a privately sanctioned test confirmed the results.

He kept his illness quiet and his wife and teenage sons were with him when he passed away at their home.

He issued a statement weeks before his death that read: "I chose not to go public about having AIDS because, to misquote 'Casablanca', I'm not much good at being noble,' but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of one old actor don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the people I have met in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cutthroat, competitive world in which I spent my life."

G.l. Joe hit the shelves in time for the 1964 Christmas shopping season and soon became a big seller at $4 for the action soldiers. G.l. Joe was at first a great commercial success, but sales declined as support for the Vietnam War waned. https://t.co/uHC02jMVCi https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1789348341324591104/vid/avc1/984x720/yAz9cgvaZm-XEZRZ.mp4?tag=14