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Old Oct 6, 2023 | 04:29 AM
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Old Oct 6, 2023 | 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by zdave87
10/05/23

Tge Ancient Greek name for the giraffe was the ‘camelopard” because it was believed to be the offspring of a camel and a leopard.
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Old Oct 6, 2023 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by zdave87
10/05/23

Tge Ancient Greek name for the giraffe was the ‘camelopard” because it was believed to be the offspring of a camel and a leopard.

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Even today, the scientific name is Giraffa camelopardalis. But for the record, it is not the offspring of a camel and a leopard.
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Old Oct 6, 2023 | 12:40 PM
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10/06/23

Adolf Hitler commissioned Germany’s works famous Autobahn to gain the support of the German people.
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Old Oct 7, 2023 | 11:13 AM
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Pretty sure this is FACT
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Old Oct 8, 2023 | 10:26 AM
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Old Oct 9, 2023 | 05:30 AM
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Crap. IIRC it was to move the military quickly.
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Old Oct 9, 2023 | 10:36 AM
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Originally Posted by zdave87
10/06/23

Adolf Hitler commissioned Germany’s works famous Autobahn to gain the support of the German people.
Crap.

Heil Crap! Hitler dud not commission the Autobahn. It already existed before he came into power in 1933.
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Old Oct 9, 2023 | 10:37 AM
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10/09/23

During the 1982 North American Boxing Championships, Cuban Pedro Cardenas knocked out two referees in the same bout.
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Old Oct 9, 2023 | 10:46 AM
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cuban boxing fact
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