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Here's an apple I've been keeping in my armpit for you

dochermes Dec 02, 2015 12:42

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Things you don't hardly see no more Department

dochermes Nov 30, 2015 14:17

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Salute Corporal Wojtek, the cigarette-smoking beer-drnking bear

dochermes Nov 30, 2015 13:15

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The Japanese "Volcano Suicides" of the 1930s

dochermes Nov 29, 2015 13:56

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Meanwhile, in Las Vegas, folks think they heard thunder

dochermes Nov 22, 2015 16:46

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Oh, I see you still have your NANSEN PASSPORT

dochermes Nov 21, 2015 13:06

A slightly obscure bit of history! In 1921, Lenin revoked the citizenship of an estimated 800,000 Russian expatriates, an act which the NEW YORK TIMES described as "a dick move." (Okay, that last part I added, just to liven the account a little.) These unfortunates were left stranded in a sort of political limbo, since they would be stuck forever ( Read more... )

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