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Reply to comment by DefiantStomp in TIL: Frank Slide, 44 MILLION tons of rock fell in one of the largest landslides in Canadian history back in 1903. It partially buried a town and killed 70-90 people. Also, a horse, Charlie. Survived for a month underground, only to die after being overfed oats and... brandy. by chrisbe2e9
I’m not sure I understand your point. Are you remarking on the imprecision of the estimate?
melkipersr t1_j1w4q0n wrote
Reply to comment by Mischief_Makers in Death of Vercingetorix by oga_ogbeni
The tribe goes by Yusuf Islam now, but that’s the one!
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Reply to comment by Seaworthiness222 in Just a slight flurry and everything goes red by questionname
It was awful. Either the roads were really bad, or folks were just extremely unprepared for winter driving (or both), but driving in from NYC yesterday was downright terrifying in stretches, and I have a very good snow car.
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Reply to comment by NoMoLerking in Any place in the City serve a peanut butter & bacon sandwich? by Beantowncrash
Good friend of mine swears that peanut butter + bacon is far and away the best pizza ever (I believe it’s a white pizza, but not sure). Apparently that actually exists, at least at one New Haven pizza joint. Almost impossible to believe it’s good, but I’d definitely be willing to try it.
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Reply to comment by InflamedLiver in TIL that the fragrance/perfume given as a gift to the Marquis de Lafayette by George Washington, is still produced by the same manufacturer today. The fragrance has been worn by Washington, John Quincy Adams, JFK, George Gershwin, and countless others. by mcmcplok
…what do you think the cologne was for?
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Reply to comment by thatfreshjive in FTX diverted $200 million of customer money for two venture deals that caught the SEC’s attention by cloud_coder
One of the selling points of crypto has been its unregulated nature. FTX was based in the Bahamas for a reason. All of FTX’s investors knew that they were investing in an unregulated space — that was a good thing, as far as they were concerned … until it wasn’t.
I don’t see it as a failure of regulation so much as a plea for it.