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December 30, 2023 at 1:23 pm
A qualifying match at the Brisbane International Tennis Tournament was interrupted when an eastern brown snake - one of the deadliest animals in Australia (which is saying a lot) - slithered onto the court.
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December 30, 2023 at 2:51 pm
Quote:Mathematicians in the UK said in a paper published in July that they had figured out how many tickets you would have to buy to guarantee winning in the country's National Lottery — 27.
Unfortunately, that doesn't mean you're guaranteed to win enough to cover the cost of the tickets, the mathematicians said.
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December 30, 2023 at 4:23 pm
(December 30, 2023 at 2:51 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: Quote:Mathematicians in the UK said in a paper published in July that they had figured out how many tickets you would have to buy to guarantee winning in the country's National Lottery — 27.
Unfortunately, that doesn't mean you're guaranteed to win enough to cover the cost of the tickets, the mathematicians said.
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Lotteries are a voluntary tax paid by stupid people.
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January 1, 2024 at 3:38 pm
Quote:Rock band Green Day altered the lyrics of their well-known song American Idiot to criticize Donald Trump during a televised New Year’s Eve performance.
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RE: Articles of Distraction
January 2, 2024 at 12:31 am
Quote:Taylor Swift has notched a new record over the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
The “Anti-Hero” singer, 34, has now surpassed Elvis Presley as the soloist with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the release of her latest album 1989 (Taylor’s Version), Billboard announced on Sunday.
Swift has spent 68 weeks atop the Billboard 200, beating Presley, who recorded 67 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 across his 10 albums between 1956 and 2002.
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January 2, 2024 at 4:42 am
(January 2, 2024 at 12:31 am)Foxaèr Wrote: Quote:Taylor Swift has notched a new record over the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
The “Anti-Hero” singer, 34, has now surpassed Elvis Presley as the soloist with the most weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with the release of her latest album 1989 (Taylor’s Version), Billboard announced on Sunday.
Swift has spent 68 weeks atop the Billboard 200, beating Presley, who recorded 67 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 across his 10 albums between 1956 and 2002.
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January 2, 2024 at 5:36 pm
That's why her music sounds like shit.
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January 2, 2024 at 7:08 pm
Mickey Mouse enters public domain, and the first thing they want to do is turn him into a horror icon.
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RE: Articles of Distraction
January 3, 2024 at 8:31 pm
(January 2, 2024 at 4:42 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (January 2, 2024 at 12:31 am)Foxaèr Wrote: People
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That makes sense. Every time I hear her music, it sounds like that too.
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