Nov 09, 2008 -
Has anyone seen this new show? It just started this weekend on Animal Planet. I am proud of Animal Planet for airing this show.
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Jul 20, 2009 -
World’s oldest man, WWI vet, dies at 113
By Danica Kirka - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jul 18, 2009 15:02:00 EDT
LONDON — Only death could silence Henry Allingham.
He went to war as a teenager, helped keep flimsy aircraft flying, survived his wounds and came home from World War I to a long — very long — and fruitful life.
But only in his last years did he discover his true mission: to remind new generations of the sacrifices of the millions slaughtered in the trenches, killed in the air or lost at sea in what Britons call the Great War.
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Apr 16, 2009 -
New York Times
Statehouse Journal
By WILLIAM YARDLEY
Published: April 15, 2009
JUNEAU, Alaska — Before Tina Fey and “Drill, baby, drill,” there was mud season here in the Alaskan capital. This soggy, socked-in spring has been no exception, but it sure has been different in other ways. For Gov.
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Jul 17, 2008 -
Many people have a list of places they'd like to visit before they move on to the next world; here are a few American suggestions of my own.
For conversation's sake, I have avoided the obvious targets, but a stroll across the Golden Gate Bridge or a trip up the Empire State Building is still definitely worth it.
Though we are lucky to live in a beautiful country, I have mostly focused on smaller, manmade sites, simply because a catalog of pretty American places could stretch on forever.
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Aug 25, 2008 -
Random Science Bits
Many plants and animals are capable of producing visible
light. The scientific term for this phenomenon is
bioluminescence.
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Sperm Whales have the heaviest brain of any living animal.
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Sep 08, 2008 -
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BUT PROBABLY DON'T
1. Money isn't made out of paper. It's made out of cotton.
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Apr 21, 2008 -
- State Name origin : Connecticut was an established name early in the 1600's in particular reference to the Connecticut River. The word itself was translated from the Indian name "Quinnehtukqut" and means "beside the long tidal river."
-Connecticut's motto is Qui Transtulit Sustinet -- "He Who Transplanted Still Sustains".
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