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• The Declaration Of Indepence Was Written On Hemp
• Fun History facts to know and tell ...some of these you may have seen before.
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• The World According to Student Bloopers' by Richard Lederer St.
  Paul's School (Spring 1987, Verbatim, The Language Quarterly, Vol....
• We had a primary here a few weeks ago. Herbert Connolly, a candidate for reelection to the Governor's Council (a largely ceremonial body dating from the 1600s) lost by one vote, to Robert B.
  ("No relation") Kennedy, 14,716 to 14,715. Now it turns out that Connolly was so busy campainging that he neglected to go and vote for himself....
• Many ALMOST Useful Facts: ** Debra Winger was the voice of E.
  T. ** Pearls melt in vinegar ** It takes 3,000 cows to supply the NFL with enough leather for a year's supply of footballs....
• While looking for a Real Job (read: technical writing), I've been paying the bills doing medical transcription work.
  I came across a book today called "The Empty Laugh Book" by the American Association for Medical Transcription, containing some of the funniest dictated and transcribed quotes from the world of medicine that I've ever encountered....
• When I was a Math/Chem grad student at Princeton in 1973-74, there was a story going around about a grad student.
  This guy was always late. One day he stumbled into class late, saw seven problems written on the board, and wrote them down....
• Q: What does NASA stand for?  A: Need Another Seven Astronauts  0, unseen,, *** EOOH *** Date
  Tue, 30 Oct 90 17:08:46 EST From: raf@minnie.cs.su....