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I didn't either. Wonder what Jordan would have done with that.
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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I walked around Jegellonian University in Krakow once. There’s a plaque honoring a famous student: Nicolaus Copernicus.
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This article sucks. University of Louvain (Belgium) founded in 1425 is not even mentioned...
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https://www.exploredplanet.com/guides/wild-little-known-geography-facts/?
“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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@George-K Very cool. Safe, efficient, and economical!
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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JWHT
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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I think a number of us here would have.
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Percentage of the world’s population that lives in each Indian state.
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Mark Rober talks IQ, and has his tested:

Link to video
Education is extremely important.

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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:

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“I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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@George-K said in Mildly interesting:

I toured a tower house in Ireland recently, and they mentioned this interesting fact. In addition to that, the height of the stairs also was varied from step to step to slow down anyone running up the stairs.

Also, the lower floors had super narrow windows to prevent archery people from shooting arrows through them
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