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February 13, 2008

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Pi_cake Selected World War I Draft Registration Cards: Famous, Infamous, and Interesting. (From Great War Fiction)

From “Twenty million illegals can’t be wrong” to “Some are more equal than others”, and 1200 plus others - Stephen Dubner (of Freakonomics fame) organizes a contest: Write a six-word motto for the USA

Detroit is beautiful, a flickr set. (From Natali Fisher)

Florence (Owens) Thompson, otherwise known as the Migrant Mother, as told by her grandson

Feb. 5, 1897: Egged on by an amateur mathematician, the Indiana General Assembly almost passes a bill adopting 3.2 as the exact value of pi (or π)

A Huge Depository of Unusual Stories about America Here

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I don't think I have to go any further on the Six Word Motto contest:

"Land of the Six Word Motto" is the winner. Hahahaha! It's recursive!

Posted by: Moon at Feb 13, 2008 9:38:00 AM