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The thing about Iris Van Herpen | 0 | 0% | |
The thing about the Biltmore | 0 | 0% | |
The thing about the Whitewater Center | 2 | 7.41% | |
The thing about James Madison | 2 | 7.41% | |
The thing about Thomas Jefferson | 1 | 3.70% | |
The thing about James Monroe | 6 | 22.22% | |
The thing about Appomattox | 1 | 3.70% | |
The thing about Homo Erectus | 2 | 7.41% | |
The thing about Homo Floresiensis | 6 | 22.22% | |
The fact that I didn't notice that there weren't ten facts | 1 | 3.70% | |
I already knew all of this stuff. | 1 | 3.70% | |
I don't learn things any more. What is this, school? | 5 | 18.52% | |
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04-04-2016, 10:21 PM | #2 |
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Man that Vanderbilt kid really got screwed...only inherited enough for a 178,000 sq ft house? I bet he was pissed about that.
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04-04-2016, 10:58 PM | #3 |
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5-10 Homo Erectus
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04-05-2016, 01:16 AM | #4 |
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I'm looking at that contraption from Jefferson's desk, and still can't decide how it works.
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04-05-2016, 01:34 AM | #5 |
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But you learned nothing about the history of Toast
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04-05-2016, 02:09 AM | #6 |
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Lol rainman is the goat poster.
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04-05-2016, 05:37 AM | #7 |
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Wilmer McLean originally lived in Manassas when the war started there (well, the first major battle between the two armies). To get away from the war he moved to Appomattox Court House, but the war followed him. It was said that the war began in his front yard and ended in his parlor.
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04-05-2016, 05:49 AM | #8 |
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You misspelled Kids in the second paragrapgh
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04-05-2016, 05:52 AM | #9 |
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You and the wife should have shot the rapids......
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04-05-2016, 09:14 AM | #10 | |
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04-05-2016, 09:21 AM | #11 |
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Cool stuff.
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04-05-2016, 09:46 AM | #12 |
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Hang on, I always thought Jefferson did the Louisiana purchase. I guess it just happened during his presidency but it sounds like it was a done deal when it got to his desk.
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04-05-2016, 10:06 AM | #13 | |
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Apparently, Monroe was sent over to replace the American contact with the French (either the ambassador or some special envoy, I don't recall). The Americans and French had had some initial discussions about an American purchase of New Orleans so the Americans could float stuff down the Mississippi. The price was on the order of $1 million. So Monroe goes over there and meets with the French, and all of a sudden Napoleon makes a different offer. For $15 million he'll sell America the whole territory. I don't know if this was a "24 hours - sale ends now!" kind of deal, but apparently Monroe had been given permission to make the New Orleans deal and to use his judgment. It would take months to get word back to Jefferson and get permission back, so Monroe and the guy he was supposed to replace hammered out a deal, got some financing from the Dutch, and paid for it. Voila - America just doubled. It would be interesting to have been in the meeting when Monroe got back. "Hey, Tom, about that New Orleans thing. I have a surprise."
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04-05-2016, 10:13 AM | #14 | |
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04-05-2016, 10:27 AM | #15 |
ON CP YOU’RE SOMEBODY’S BITCH!
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I think one can learn a bit about a CP poster based on their poll answers.
My favorite was the thing about Homo Floresiensis. So freaking cool. |
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