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    Abandoned buildings

    Here is an issue related to the buildings, the legal status. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonment_(legal)
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    Abandoned buildings

    And here is another source: https://www.facebook.com/Brothersofdecay/reels/
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    Abandoned buildings

    This is a little eerie, a little odd, but how many of us can't resist the curiosity? Not to actually go inside such buildings, but at least to look into these video/visual accounts of factories, apartments, mansions, etc., that have been abandoned, left to rot, and the local governments have not...
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    Scientific observation

    There are eleven kinds of people in the world; those who understand Roman numerals, and those who don't.
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    In Memoriam

    When she was given the role of Jennifer in WKRP, they originally wanted her to play the stereotypical 'dumb blonde', but she had balked, and offered to give her character a better dimension. The rest is history.
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    In Memoriam

    Talk about a tribute: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_yJfoLuyJcQ
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    Dad jokes and more

    Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd break into a distillery. Bugs turns to Elmer and says "Is this whiskey?" Elmer says: "Yeah, but not as whiskey as wobbing a bank"
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    True Crime thread / for Adults only

    Diane Downs was a case that caught the attention of the public, for the sheer repugnant behavior of her. She drove to a hospital with her three kids, and reported that she had stopped to respond to a strange man flagging her down. To make a tragic story short, one daughter was dead and two...
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    Dad jokes and more

    Q: How many seconds are in a year? A: 24. January the second, January the twenty-second, February the second, February the twenty-second..........
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    In Memoriam

    A little trivia: Rigg was the second of three actresses portraying strong and sexy women partners for Steed. When the producers were giving her character a name, they were thinking "Let's see....she has to appeal to men......have 'Men Appeal".....'M' appeal....Emma Peel?' ". That's how the name...
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    YouTube musical discoveries

    The song 'Those Were The Days' by Mary Hopkin was a huge hit. But I did not know until this year the bizarre origins of the song. In the 1920s, there was a Russian folk song 'Dorogoj Dlinnoju' (translation: Long Road). Decades later in America, a young Gene Raskin grew up hearing the song in...
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    Separated at birth?

    Author Sam Harris and actor Ben Stiller.
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    Brian Wilson Has Passed: Were you a fan of the Beach Boys?

    Read somewhere that Paul McCartney described God Only Knows as the one song he wish he had written.
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    Scientific observation

    The word 'Politics' has an interesting - and perfect - translation. 'Poli' is Latin for 'Many', and 'Tics' means 'Blood sucking parasites'.
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    They should skate to...

    Superconductor by Rush .
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