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"No Rest for the Wicked" is the third-season finale of The CW television series Supernatural. Written by series creator Eric Kripke and directed by Kim Manners, the episode was first broadcast in the U.S. on May 15, 2008. The narrative follows Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles), brothers who hunt supernatural creatures, as they attempt to save Dean's soul from damnation. The episode marks the final appearance of Katie Cassidy as the demon Ruby. The writers initially intended that Sam would save Dean, but the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike prevented the development of that storyline throughout the season. Dean is instead killed, and sent to Hell. The episode received high ratings for the season, and garnered generally positive reviews from critics. The decision to follow through with Dean's Hell-bound contract was praised, as were the performances of Padalecki and Ackles. Sierra McCormick was noted for her "creepy" demon character Lilith. (Full article...)

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The legendary Burning Lake

... that enlightened individuals can supposedly see a temple at the bottom of the Burning Lake (pictured) in Bhutan?
... that the footballer Irvine Thornley's benefit match raised £1036, a record at the time?
... that Jack White left his song "Over and Over and Over" unrecorded for 13 years until his 2018 album Boarding House Reach?
... that though found from Portugal to Angola, the conservation status of the Portuguese sole is unknown?
... that as a child, Nagi Yanagi became interested in music after playing with an electronic keyboard her neighbor originally intended to throw away?
... that no one was ever convicted of the 1924 lynching of 15-year-old African-American Samuel Smith in Nolensville, Tennessee?
... that when blindness forced Oscar Almgren to retire as professor of Scandinavian and Comparative Archaeology at Uppsala University, a role filled by Sune Lindqvist and Mårten Stenberger in turn, his young son Bertil Almgren read academic papers to him, and decades later took the post himself?
... that Mrs. David Wright's Guard was formed by female patriots in the American Revolutionary War to guard a crossing on the Nashua River?

In the news

Surabaya bombing aftermath

In association football, the English Premier League concludes with Manchester City winning the title.
A series of bombings in Surabaya, Indonesia, kills at least 25 people (President Joko Widodo surveying damage pictured).
Netta, representing Israel, wins the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Toy".
The Supreme Court of the Philippines removes Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno from office.
In the Malaysian general election, opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan, led by Mahathir Mohamad, wins a parliamentary majority.

On this day...

May 15: Feast day of Saint Mo Chutu (Irish Catholicism); Nakba Day in Palestinian communities

"Cadets at [the Battle of] New Market"

1602 – English explorer Bartholomew Gosnold led the first recorded European expedition to visit Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts.
1864 – American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets (pictured) from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union Army out of the Shenandoah Valley.
1911 – Mexican Revolution: A force of Maderistas captured Torreón and proceeded to massacre 303 of the city's Chinese residents.
1948 – The Australian cricket team, on tour in England, set a first-class world record that still stands by scoring 721 runs in a day against Essex.
1966 – Disapproving of his handling of the Buddhist Uprising, South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ ordered an attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính and ousted him from the position.

Mleh, Prince of Armenia (d. 1175) · Levi Lincoln Sr. (b. 1749) · Mohamed Brahmi (b. 1955)

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The Gillette Mach3 is a line of safety razors produced by Gillette beginning in 1998. The three-blade design is marketed as allowing for shavers to use less pressure and fewer strokes, reducing skin irritation. Several models are based on this design, including the Mach3 line for men and the Venus line for women.

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