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The Last Two Letters
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  • 11-03-2009 12:22 PM In reply to

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    Neary, Roy: an Indiana man who received a half-face sunburn, built a mountain out of mashed potatoes, and ended up going on a very, very long trip.

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  • 11-03-2009 01:57 PM In reply to

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    IPS is an acronym for interplanetary scintillation, the scattering of radio waves by the interplanetary medium.

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  • 11-03-2009 02:03 PM In reply to

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    I prefer rogues to imbeciles, because they sometimes take a rest.

     

    (Alexandre Dumas)

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    Ravening clouds shall not long be victorious, They shall not long possess the sky, they devour the stars only in apparition, Jupiter shall emerge, be patient, watch again another night, the Pleiades shall emerge, They are immortal, all those stars both silvery and golden shall shine out again, The great stars and the little ones shall shine out again, they endure, The vast immortal suns and the long-enduring pensive moons shall again shine. (Walt Whitman)
  • 11-03-2009 02:06 PM In reply to

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    Umbridge is often the last refuge for imbeciles.

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  • 11-03-2009 02:25 PM In reply to

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    ESPN is a cable sports channel.

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  • 11-03-2009 02:35 PM In reply to

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    Elvis Presley helped revolutionize music.

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  • 11-03-2009 02:50 PM In reply to

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     ICARUS is the official publication of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society

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  • 11-03-2009 06:53 PM In reply to

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     Tyrannosaurus rex may have been an apex predator, although some experts have suggested it was primarily a scavenger

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  • 11-04-2009 02:15 AM In reply to

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    Eridanus contains the first magnitude, spectral type B3 Vnp star Achernar.

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  • 11-04-2009 02:41 AM In reply to

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      Archenar is far enough South for it to be seen in New Zealand all year 

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  • 11-04-2009 09:17 AM In reply to

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    Area 51 can be seen on Google Earth.

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  • 11-04-2009 11:41 AM In reply to

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    Themisto is one of Jupiter's small satellites.

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  • 11-04-2009 04:01 PM In reply to

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    Essex is a county in Virginia and also in New Jersey.

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  • 11-04-2009 05:35 PM In reply to

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    Eye of newt is especially favored as a prime additive to an old crone's soup.

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  • 11-04-2009 07:09 PM In reply to

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     Upsy Daisy is an expression used to a child that has fallen or is being lifted

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  • 11-05-2009 01:25 AM In reply to

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    Ed was the name of a talking horse on a 1960s television show.

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  • 11-05-2009 02:26 AM In reply to

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    Owls are the order Strigiformes, comprising 200 extant birds of prey.
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  • 11-05-2009 08:10 AM In reply to

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    "Eyes Wide Shut" was a controversial movie starring then married Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

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  • 11-05-2009 10:40 AM In reply to

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    And, it was the last movie directed by Stanley Kubrick before his death.

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  • 11-05-2009 01:31 PM In reply to

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    The New York Yankees beat the Phightin' Phillies last night to win their 27th World Series.

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