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Ancient Elephants
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evidence.
The Louvre’s Secret Apartments. The opulent digs were once the home of Napoleon III.
The Last Families Living in Tunisia's Underground Houses. The cave homes in the Djebel Dahar region have been in use for centuries.
Edmonton Embraces the Cold by Turning Park Paths Into Frozen Skating Trails.
I'm getting a bad link on "strange cases".
ReplyDeleteMe too.
ReplyDeleteNeatorama is down right now. I don't know what the problem is, but our engineer is on the case. the link will work when the site goes back up.
ReplyDeleteAaaaaand ....we're back!
ReplyDeleteNextdoor came to my neighborhood bout a year ago. I bit.
ReplyDeleteSo far, as the story goes, it's all about selling stuff.
The same people too. I'm beginning to think that's their
business model. Nextdoor (or someone) also keeps
increasing my "neighborhood" beyond what I want.
There's been one major discussion so far. Someone almost
hit a deer and put out a warning. From there it
degenerated into the pros and cons of hunting to one
person stating they'd shoot a hunter. Then it really
went downhill. Whatever. Probably why there's been almost
no growth in the user base. Just one more overly intrusive
social app.
Shmarb is an anagram of Brahms, John the english form of Johannes.
ReplyDeleteJohn Shmarb is a person that has only ever existed in the imagination of others, as a case study to illustrate discussions on the meaning of art.