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The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of a cabin occupied by the Weaver family in Boundary County, Idaho [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_County,_Idaho], in August 1992. On August 21, deputies of the United States Marshals Service [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service] (USMS) came to arrest Randy Weaver [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Weaver] under a bench warrant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrest_warrant#Bench_warrant] for his failure to appear on federal firearms charges after he was given the wrong court date.[1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge_standoff#cite_note-1] The charges stemmed from Weaver's sale of a sawed-off shotgun [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawed-off_shotgun] to an undercover federal informant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_enforcement], who had induced him to modify the firearm below the legal barrel length.[2] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge_standoff#cite_note-2]

The Moon is Earth [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth]'s only natural satellite [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_satellite]. It orbits [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon] Earth at an average distance [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_distance] of 384399 km (238,854 mi; about 30 times Earth's diameter [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_diameter]). The Moon's orbital period (lunar month [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_month#Synodic_month]) and rotation period (lunar day [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_day]) are synchronized [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_locking] by Earth's gravitational pull [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_forces] at 29.5 Earth days, making the same side [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_side_of_the_Moon] of the Moon always face Earth. The Moon's pull on Earth is the main driver of Earth's tides [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tide].

Barack Obama [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama], the 44th president of the United States [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States], was involved in multiple security incidents, including several assassination threats and plots, starting from when he became a presidential candidate in 2007. Secret Service [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service] protection for Obama began after he received a death threat in 2007, while serving as the junior United States senator from Illinois and running for president [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_presidential_election]. This marked the earliest time a candidate received such protection before being nominated.[1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Barack_Obama#cite_note-NYT070504-1] Security was increased early for Obama due to fears of possible assassination attempts by white supremacist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacist] or other racist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism] groups or individuals against the first African American [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_American] major party presidential nominee.[2] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Barack_Obama#cite_note-ParksHeard-2][3] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Barack_Obama#cite_note-3][4] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_Barack_Obama#cite_note-NYT0826-4]

Frédéric Pierre Bourdin[1] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin#cite_note-observer-1] (born 13 June 1974)[2] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin#cite_note-mbrown-2] is a French serial impostor [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor] the press has nicknamed "The Chameleon".[3] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin#cite_note-telegraph-3] He began his impersonations as a child and claims to have assumed at least 500 false identities; [4] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin#cite_note-lplitt-4] three being teenage missing people [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_people].[3] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin#cite_note-telegraph-3][5] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Bourdin#cite_note-bbc-5]

Elmer J. McCurdy (January 1, 1880 – October 7, 1911) was an American outlaw [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw] who was killed in a shoot-out with police after robbing a train in Oklahoma [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma] in October 1911. Dubbed "The Bandit Who Wouldn't Give Up", his mummified [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy] body was first put on display at an Oklahoma funeral home and then became a fixture on the traveling carnival [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_carnival] and sideshow [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideshow] circuit during the 1920s through the 1960s. After changing ownership several times, McCurdy's remains eventually wound up at The Pike [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pike] amusement zone [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amusement_park] in Long Beach [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach,_California], California [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California], where they were discovered by crew members for the television series The Six Million Dollar Man [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man] and positively identified in December 1976.
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