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“As you can tell from these photographs, the hieroglyphs inscribed in the tomb’s antechamber are fairly straightforward. Here we see a kneeling man followed by an eye, some water, two ravens and a foot — which, as our best Egyptologists indicate, can be loosely translated as ‘foreign interloper.’ Here, the man is shown entering the [...]

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According to the guys over at Baseball Prospectus, the only left-handed batter* in Major League history to hit for the cycle the day after going hitless, in an away game against a division rival, facing a lefty, on a day when the team’s hotel had no hot water, using someone else’s bat, for a team [...]

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“May God bless and reward this voyage, may the winds be swift, and may the indigenous peoples we discover be peaceful, honorable, and centuries away from discovering gunpowder.”
-Francisco Pizarro, departing Spain with a fleet bound for the New World, 1502
“You know what, screw it. Let’s spark up and watch Sunrise Earth.”
-Al Gore, watching coverage of [...]

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NICE TREE Tree for sale, oak or maple or elm or something. Nice & tall! Excell. cond. Available for pick-up immed. Still in ground, you will need to dig up. $1000/best offer
VULTURES! Discover vulture farming. Work from home, defy the recession. Carrion industry [...]

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If any of you live in the Boston area and are looking for:
A) Something to do next weekend
B) A good way to support local theater, or
C) Oh hell, a little bit of both
Then check out Mill 6 Collaborative as they celebrate their Tenth Anniversary Jamboree.
Amidst the many cool performances, members of the Mill 6 ensemble [...]

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“Overall sales were up 14.4% versus Q3 of last year, led chiefly by increased deliciousness from our Yummitations division. Taste-ocity was similarly up, particularly in our Sugarbumblejoy and Frosting & Acquisitions affiliates. On the other side of the balance sheet, Minty Goodness was down 5.1%, and we did not meet targeted goal of [...]

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Drymouth, dizzy spells, periodic tunnel vision, wandering elbow, reddening of the hair, sudden urge to leave the room, nostalgia, waxy build-up, sprocketing of the clavicle, and muscle cramps. A sudden fear of pancakes may occur, rarely resulting in fainting. Symptoms of grapheme-color synaesthesia occure about the same as with a placebo. Women [...]

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