Amerigo Vespucci
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Tue Mar-15-11 11:23 PM
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PHOTO: Even in 1885, "cute kitten photos" were the order of the day |
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Tue Mar-15-11 11:28 PM
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1. I hope he made it to the next century |
Alexander
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Tue Mar-15-11 11:28 PM
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2. Lolcats were actually created in the 1870s. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat"As early as the 1870s, British portrait photographer Harry Pointer created a carte de visite series featuring felines posed in various situations, to which he added amusing text intended to further enhance their appeal."
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Wed Mar-16-11 07:03 AM
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3. Those 19th Century kitties had better language skills |
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Wed Mar-16-11 08:30 AM
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4. In the stacks of old (and I do mean old) magazines at the local university |
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I was showing my mentees around the u-library one day. One of the boys had a keen interest in WWII. So we were looking at some 1940s era mags. One (I believe it was Time) had a small feature called 'Cat picture of the week.' We had to chuckle.
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