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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
April 26, 2021 at 5:39 am
Jack Black's mum - Judith Love Cohen - was an aerospace engineer who helped create the Abort Guidance System, which was instrumental in saving the lives of the Apollo 13 astronauts.
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
April 26, 2021 at 12:39 pm
The word Gnu is pronounce Nu.
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April 27, 2021 at 12:22 am
That the pool pump was on it's last day. Damnit!
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April 27, 2021 at 3:56 am
(April 26, 2021 at 12:39 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote: The word Gnu is pronounce Nu.
It's also pronounced 'wildebeest'.
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April 27, 2021 at 12:49 pm
(April 27, 2021 at 12:36 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Apparently, ostriches count as “exotic-type mammals.”
Because, surely, the live-action remake of Aladdin can’t give that little of a shit, can it?
Well of course they are. Winter calls Boru and me ostriches whenever he gets his undies in a twist.
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RE: What Do You Know Today That You Didn't Know Yesterday?
April 29, 2021 at 9:46 am
Never heard of Aron Ra until today. Of course that's not his real name. Also, rather telling to adopt Ra as a surname when you're an atheist.
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