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> who you actually date is based on how hot you are
ReplyDeleteUnless you are that goofy-looking bro from SNL.
Ho! Ho! Ho! I left my comment over on Neato.
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I don't know--the evidence that Isaac Newton had a cat flap sounds pretty good (even if he didn't invent it). The story comes from 70 years after his death, which the article implies is very long (but seems like a relatively short time to me--it certainly isn't 100s of years later), and it mentioned that his door does indeed have holes for cats to go through.
ReplyDeleteNote that the Mars Curiosity and Perseverance (the one with a helecopter) Rovers, unlike the Insight lander, use nuclear batteries rather than solar panels for power, so dust won't affect their lifetime.
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