May 15

May 08, 2007 21:59

Some interesting facts about May 15:
  • In 1718, James Puckle patented the world's first machine gun.

  • In 1720, Maximilian Hell, a Slovakian astronomer, was born.

  • In 1817, the first private mental health hospital in the United States, the Asylum for the Relief of Persons Deprived of the Use of Their Reason, opened.

  • In 1836, Francis Baily first ( Read more... )

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Re: two things syntheticjesso May 9 2007, 04:14:35 UTC
a) I KNOW, RIGHT? I love it. I need to make a sign and put it on my door.

b) Thankee! I'm gonna be 22, sooooo old! I couldn't imagine being any older, like 27 or something.

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Re: two things smeg_ May 9 2007, 11:36:41 UTC
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Re: two things syntheticjesso May 9 2007, 13:20:39 UTC


What's the point of being younger than practically everyone you know if you can't poke fun at 'em?

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