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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
April 9, 2024 at 7:05 am
In 19th century Persia, mustaches on women were a symbol of beauty. Princess Fatemeh Khanum "Esmat al-Dowleh" was the daughter of King Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar, and one of his wives Taj al-Dowleh. Her father ruled Persia, modern-day Iran, from 1848 to 1896.
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teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: What do you know today that you didn't know yesterday?
April 9, 2024 at 8:25 am
(April 8, 2024 at 8:29 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (April 8, 2024 at 7:32 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: It's a rare map indeed that shows "European Russia" as being part of "Europe".
Gerrymandering at its best.
I’d have a wee Google if I were you - most maps of Europe DO include Russia. Lists of European countries always include Russia. Russia is always named as the largest country (by area) in Europe.
While you’re at it, look up ‘gerrymandering’, because you got that wrong as well.
Boru LOL.
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April 9, 2024 at 12:51 pm
(April 9, 2024 at 8:25 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (April 8, 2024 at 8:29 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I’d have a wee Google if I were you - most maps of Europe DO include Russia. Lists of European countries always include Russia. Russia is always named as the largest country (by area) in Europe.
While you’re at it, look up ‘gerrymandering’, because you got that wrong as well.
Boru LOL.
I’m impressed that you can laugh out loud with that foot lodged in your mouth.
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April 10, 2024 at 8:53 am
Today I met someone who fell for a simple gift card scam. She works for me for now. That will be changing in a bit.
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April 10, 2024 at 9:06 am
(April 9, 2024 at 12:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (April 9, 2024 at 8:25 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: LOL.
I’m impressed that you can laugh out loud with that foot lodged in your mouth.
Boru You folks include Scandinavia in maps of Europe because your map is rather square. No other reason.
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April 10, 2024 at 9:17 am
(April 10, 2024 at 8:53 am)Nanny Wrote: Today I met someone who fell for a simple gift card scam. She works for me for now. That will be changing in a bit.
Running a gift card scam? 
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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April 10, 2024 at 12:10 pm
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(April 10, 2024 at 9:06 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (April 9, 2024 at 12:51 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I’m impressed that you can laugh out loud with that foot lodged in your mouth.
Boru You folks include Scandinavia in maps of Europe because your map is rather square. No other reason.
Scandinavia is included on maps of Europe because Scandinavia is a part of Europe. No other reason.
I also see a Scandinavian country on the map YOU posted. Why do you think that is?
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April 10, 2024 at 12:11 pm
The whole world is Europe. The map is a lie.
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April 10, 2024 at 12:30 pm
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(April 8, 2024 at 7:17 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: (April 8, 2024 at 7:16 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It is.
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Norway and Sweden are contiguous with Europe? How?
Typically, Europe is defined as going east until the Ural Mountains. That includes parts of Russia, and all of Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, etc.
It certainly includes all of Scandinavia. So yes, Norway, Sweden, and Finland are contiguous with Europe through European Russia.
Most of Turkey is considered to be Asia, but there is a small part that is European.
That said, Europe is not contiguous since the UK and Iceland are not connected to the main land mass.
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April 10, 2024 at 12:41 pm
(April 10, 2024 at 12:10 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (April 10, 2024 at 9:06 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: You folks include Scandinavia in maps of Europe because your map is rather square. No other reason.
Scandinavia is included on maps of Europe because Scandinavia is a part of Europe. No other reason.
I also see a Scandinavian country on the map YOU posted. Why do you think that is?
Boru
You didn't hear me laughing. WHY is a completely unconnect area part of historical Europe? (And the same for Hawaii and Alaska.)
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