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Tuesday, May 14
They say that close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. So, that made us wonder how horseshoes works. If your horseshoe connects, that's a ringer. You get three points. If it leans against the stake, that's a leaner, worth one point. …Read more.
Monday, May 13
Marion Zimmer Bradley wrote a series of books set on Darkover, an ice-age planet orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman. She also wrote a feminist version of the Arthurian legend called "The Mists of Avalon." Interestingly, she …Read more.
Friday, May 10
Ghana used to be called the Gold Coast, back when it was a British colony. It was called that, you'll be shocked to learn, because they region was littered with gold. However, nationalists liked Kwame Nkrumah felt the name belittled them, defining …Read more.
Thursday, May 9
Boston Red Sox pitcher Clarence Blethen only played a couple of seasons in the 1920s but he is best remembered (in so much as he'd remembered at all), as being the only player who bit himself in the butt during a game. He was sliding into second …Read more.
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Saturday, May 11George Read was the only person to vote against the Declaration of Independence. The Delaware representative was a moderate who hoped to negotiate a settlement with Britain. Since Delaware's Thomas McKean voted in favour, Caesar Rodney had to ride overnight to Philadelphia to break the deadlock in Delaware's delegation. He was in favour. Read did, though, eventually sign the document.
Inspired by a dream, bluesman Henry Saint Clair Fredericks changed his name to that of a famous landmark. Which one? A) Angkor Wat B) Big Ben C) Taj Mahal D) White House
Previous answer: The Mauritanian ouguiya equals five khoum, and five Malagasy francs equal one ariary.
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