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  1. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    Interesting side note: Wallis Simpson's maiden name was Wallis Warfield. She was the niece of Solomon Davies Warfield, who built railways through Florida as well as the Seminole Inn in Indiantown. https://news.yahoo.com/revealed-secret-plan-pay-off-200000733.html
  2. JD08

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    https://notthebee.com/article/why-does-everywhere-look-exactly-the-same
  3. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    My mother rarely used the dryer until she got up in years and we never had a garbage disposal either. My mother didn't have a car with A/C until 1982 and that was only because she couldn't get one without.
  4. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    Mine were a bit of an odd couple in that respect. Both children of the Depression, my mother, daughter of Italian immigrants, grew up poor and had no luxuries. My grandfather was an executive at a subsidiary of GE and was comfortable through the Depression, but not a spendthrift. Because of his...
  5. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    Who knew? https://t.co/8zXM2E9jcJ
  6. JD08

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    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12428295/Uncovering-history-Pompeiis-SLAVES-Archaeologists-discover-cramped-room-ancient-house-provides-rare-glimpse-lives-servants-Mount-Vesuvius-devastating-eruption.html
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  8. JD08

    Off-Topic World History

    https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-743039
  9. JD08

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    https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/wwii-navajo-code-talker-turns-106-marines-special-language-changed-militarys-capablities
  10. JD08

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    It's horrifying what people can do to other people when they think they've got the higher moral ground.
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