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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.
Saturday, May 11
George 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 …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.
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Wednesday, May 1The death of Greece's King Alexander was so strange that it fed a bevy of conspiracy theories. He died after he got blood poisoning ... when he was bitten by a pet monkey. Some think he was murdered to make way for his father, Constantine I, to regain the throne, which is exactly what happened, especially since Alexander had just controversially married a commoner. Constantine, by the way, was forced off the throne because he was on the German side in WWI.
Nebraska changed its postal abbreviation to NE.
A) New Brunswick B) Newfoundland C) Nova Scotia D) Nunavut
Previous answer: Glenn Gould was related to Grieg.
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