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Today in 1976, 47 years ago: in Hakodate (Japan) -in the context of the Cold War - the Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko lands with his MiG-25 aircraft to ask for political asylum in the United States.

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So Eugen caved and we now have search? Didn't see that one coming.

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Today in 1944, 79 years ago: World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.

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Today in 1920, 103 years ago: in the Indian village of Máiapur (Bengal), the Krishnaist religious Bhaktisiddhanta Sárasuati (1874-1937) founded the religious organization Gaudiya Math, which was dismantled after his death.

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I used to think the day would never come / I'd see the light in the shade of the morning sun

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Thinking again about the thermodynamics lecturer who started the course by saying "the purpose of these lectures is to get material from my notes to your notes, without it passing through any of our brains"

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Today in 1975, 48 years ago: in the Nevada atomic test area (about 100 km northwest of the city of Las Vegas), at 9:00 am (local time), the United States detonates its 7 kiloton Marsh atomic bomb 427 m underground. It is the 851st of 1132 bombs that the United States detonated between 1945 and 1992.

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This might be a cultural thing but I have major beef with the American habit of scheduling meetings during lunch. It's fucking rude.

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union pacific railroad station (now a museum), side view, nampa, idaho, 2004

The blade had dulled over three summers, it had some fairly sizable nicks in it and I decided to purchase a replacement for about $28. That did it. It's as good as new. I'll try and repair the old one and use it as a spare, but I need some tools.

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My 40v 20" Ryobi electric mower - which had previously been one of my favorite purchases started to perform really badly this summer. It would clog constantly, and seemed to be consuming the battery a lot faster. The problem was my ignorance of mowers.

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Today in 1973, 50 years ago: A 76-hour multinational rescue effort in the Celtic Sea resulted in the Rescue of Roger Mallinson and Roger Chapman.

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I asked for a paragraph to be edited on our website, instead they gave me CMS access. I hope you like memes and cat gifs, you lazy bastards.

My 7yr old sat on a lawn tractor outside Home Depot. He said "I wish you would buy me one of these. *Finally* I would go where I want"

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I'm watching a news story about bus shortages in North Allegheny. But there's a twist, this is the district buses being used for private school kids, because that's how it works here.

Take your own fucking kids to private school. Taxpayer subsidizing your brat's transport and you have the nerve to complain. Fuck off.

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