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today, November 7, 2026, the shooting of President William McKinley is the exact halfway point of America's history as an independent nation. it happened 45,718 days ago, and 45,718 days after the Declaration of Independence was signed
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FLASH: President McKinley has been shot! The man's handkerchief concealed a revolver, which he fired twice into the President's torso. McKinley turns pale, swoons, and is caught by his personal secretary, George Cortelyou.
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i got a response from the world wild life federation and for my question is there an animal called a whistlepig they said no there isn't and to my question if not could there be they said they don't know what i mean by that
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I thought Troy Jackson would be the US senator whose first and last names are US cities with the highest total population, but actually that distinction goes to Elizabeth Warren
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Notice how it's always candidates that win the elections, despite being less than 1% of the population. Is our country being controlled by candidates?
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(“Losing My Religion”) that’s Lisa and Homer / that’s Maggie and Bart, Marge, Santa’s Little Helper
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I learned how to teach literature from TV and movies. If I am teaching Shakespeare, I first write "Globe Theatre", "catharsis" and "pentameter" on the blackboard. Then I read a line aloud and ask the class what they think Hamlet meant when he said that
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That moment when you have to tell your kid the Flintstones died before Christ’s sacrifice and cannot enter God’s kingdom
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If baseball teams cooperated instead of competing, they could work together to score a virtually unlimited number of runs. And isn't that the point? To score runs?
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First base coach talking to a runner: "Ok so stay here until you can go to the next one. If you get to that one try to get to the third one. A colleague of mine is waiting there for you"
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Had a productive meeting with God earlier. I ended up securing a pretty good sweetheart deal for the meek























