Terror on the Tube: London’s 7/7 Attacks Remembered

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Rewind to 3 July 2005 to 9 July 2005 and buckle in, because the chaos this week is coming at you from space, underground, and straight out of the Hot 97 parking lot.

💥 NASA punches a comet. Because smashing things is how science happens. Deep Impact lived up to the movie name as NASA slammed a probe into Comet Tempel 1 at 22,800 mph to see what was hiding beneath. Spoiler: space dust, ice, organic gunk, and some existential dread about how small we are.

💔 London under attack. The world stood still as four coordinated bombings hit London’s transport system during peak hour, killing 52 people. The 7/7 attacks changed the conversation on homegrown extremism, radicalisation, and how vulnerable cities really are.

🎧 Lil’ Kim keeps it real… illegally. The Queen Bee is sentenced to prison for lying to a grand jury about a shootout outside Hot 97. Turns out the “no snitching” rule doesn’t hold up so well under federal cross-examination.

🎾 Federer serves history. Roger Federer becomes the third man in the Open Era to win three consecutive Wimbledon titles, casually dismantling Andy Roddick in the process. It’s precision, it’s footwork, it’s Swiss efficiency at its finest.

🚀 Missy Elliott changes the recipe. The Cookbook drops, blending hip hop, dance, R&B, and Missy’s signature weirdness. “Lose Control” goes off, the album gets a Grammy, and Missy proves she’s still 10 steps ahead.

👽 War of the Worlds invades the box office. Tom Cruise runs from aliens, Dakota Fanning screams, and we all remember Spielberg knows how to ruin a perfectly good New Jersey weekend.

📚 Dracula, but make it unnecessarily long. The Historian drops, promising epic gothic intrigue but mostly delivering travel descriptions, existential crises, and purple hats with too many adjectives.

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