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Graham cracker (named for a preacher who was against earthly pleasure of any kind) (en.wikipedia.org)

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Larrikin (en.m.wikipedia.org)

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Mushroom ketchup (en.wikipedia.org)

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Hunger stone (en.wikipedia.org)

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Spherical cow (en.wikipedia.org)

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A perfectly cromulent model assumption

The Soiling of Old Glory (en.wikipedia.org)

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Gyan chauper (the original Chutes and Ladders) (en.wikipedia.org)

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Shays's Rebellion (en.wikipedia.org)

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Curta - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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The Curta is a hand-held mechanical calculator designed by Curt Herzstark. It is known for its extremely compact design: a small cylinder that fits in the palm of the hand.

Stroad (combination of street and road) (en.wikipedia.org)

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Tyrannicide (en.wikipedia.org)

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Assassination - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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Guerrilla warfare - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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Honda Super Cub (en.wikipedia.org)

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In continuous manufacture since 1958 with production surpassing 60 million in 2008, 87 million in 2014, and 100 million in 2017, the Super Cub is the most produced motor vehicle* in history.

Emotion classification (en.wikipedia.org)

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Revolution - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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Chloroclados (en.wikipedia.org)

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Chloroclados is a genus of green algae in the family Dasycladaceae, containing the single accepted species Chloroclados australasicus.

This Is Just to Say (poem about plums in the icebox) (en.wikipedia.org)

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Napier's bones - Wikipedia (en.m.wikipedia.org)

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Ingenious!

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Sherri Tenpenny - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)

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Anyone have Wikipedia editing privileges? I just happened to notice a small typo (spelling error) under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades#Cult_and_epithets , subhead: “In Latin or Etruscan:” where (mas.to)

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Anyone have Wikipedia editing privileges? I just happened to notice a small typo (spelling error) under https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hades#Cult_and_epithets, subhead: “In Latin or Etruscan:” where the next to last bullet entry reads: “• Uragus, expressive of bis power over fire.”

That “bis” should obviously be corrected to “his”.

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