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  • jon-nycJ Offline
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    #2586

    Jūs abi bijāt pilnīgi neinteresanti

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      Nirea interesgarria zen letonieraz zegoelako, hemen inoiz argitaratu ez den hizkuntza bat. Hau interesgarria da euskeraz dagoelako.

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        Windfall comes from the old English custom of tenants on estates having the right to gather wood blown down by the wind.

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          https://www.flyingmag.com/victory-verticals-a-forgotten-and-restored-piece-of-world-war-ii-history/

          You may be familiar with the concept of pianos used as weapons—it happened frequently in cartoons—but did you know that Steinway & Sons, the makers of pianos since 1853, had a military contract to build pianos during World War II? And that these pianos, packed tightly in specially designed crates, were often parachuted into war zones?

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            It’s possible to go south from Arkansas and get to every state it borders.

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            • MikM Away
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              Mik
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              And regardless which state you’re going the wrong direction.

              "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                You can also hit every state that borders NY by going south including Canada.

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                • MikM Mik

                  And regardless which state you’re going the wrong direction.

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                  @Mik said in Mildly interesting:

                  And regardless which state you’re going the wrong direction.

                  As long as you are leaving Arkansas, it is definitely the right direction…

                  The Brad

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                      ‘We believe typewriters are obsolete. Let’s prove it inside before we try and convince our customers.’

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                        Ha. Around 1980 I remember a professor having me sit down with her secretary to learn to use a word processor. I’d never used anything like this before. No backspacing with correction tape. Words were justified. But it seemed slow in contrast to typing on an IBM Selectric and even the little electric typewriter I used at home. Faster than a manual though .. oh my!
                        I wonder how many kids today know what “cc” stands for, or have seen carbon paper?

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                          Anne Frank and her older sister Margot on a beach at Zandvoort, summer 1940.

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                          • MikM Away
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                            High power Apple Ils. Ha.

                            "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                  Countries that lost the most population in WWII

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                                  "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                    In 1863, Union soldier Jacob Miller of the 9th Indiana Infantry was shot in the forehead during the Battle of Chickamauga and mistakenly declared dead.

                                    Despite the severe injury, his left eye dislodged and skull fractured, he regained consciousness, treated his wounds with a bandana, and crawled 15 miles to a field hospital.

                                    Only part of the musket ball was removed, and the rest emerged years later. Miller had fought in multiple battles before Chickamauga and shared his story with a newspaper in 1911.

                                    He lived with an unhealed wound until his death in 1917 at age 88, leaving behind a striking photo and an extraordinary tale of survival.

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                                    • MikM Away
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                                      I've never seen this as a flowchart before.

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                                      "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                        Interesting in a rubber-necking sort of way.

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                                          Interesting in a rubber-necking sort of way.

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                                          @jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

                                          Interesting in a rubber-necking sort of way.

                                          What the hell do they use to coat the chicken tenders?

                                          I was only joking

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