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Ponderable

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General

07 Oct 22

Ponderable

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Linkenheim

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09 Jan 23

150 years ago Napoleon III died.

Very Rusty

Treat Everyone Equal

Halifax, Nova Scotia

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09 Jan 23

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@ponderable said
150 years ago Napoleon III died.

I just learned Napoleon died 150 years ago today! 🙂

-VR

Ponderable

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Linkenheim

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25 Jan 23

Jacinda Adern ended her term as New Zealand's prime minister.

Ponderable

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Linkenheim

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31 Jan 23

1606 Guy Fawkes was executed

The Gravedigger

Jack Torrance

Overlook Hotel

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31 Jan 23

@ponderable said
1606 Guy Fawkes was executed

Guy Fawkes with his knight.

Ponderable

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Linkenheim

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06 Feb 23

Today is Sami National day, celebrating that people, living in Norway and Sweden.

Very Rusty

Treat Everyone Equal

Halifax, Nova Scotia

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06 Feb 23

@ponderable said
Today is Sami National day, celebrating that people, living in Norway and Sweden.

Why are they celebrating the People living in Norway and Sweden?

-VR

Kewpie

Felis Australis

Australia

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08 Feb 23

@ponderable said
Today is Sami National day, celebrating that people, living in Norway and Sweden.

They were still called Laplanders when I went to school, even though we couldn't find Lapland on a map.

Torunn

Gothenburg

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08 Feb 23

@kewpie said
They were still called Laplanders when I went to school, even though we couldn't find Lapland on a map.

They are called Sami now. Lappland is a province in northern Sweden.

Great Big Stees

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08 Feb 23

@kewpie said
They were still called Laplanders when I went to school, even though we couldn't find Lapland on a map.

Likewise for Eskimos, now called Inuinnaq. 👍