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Events for the 20th of November from Wikipedia:

• 1996: A fire breaks out in an office building in Hong Kong, killing 41 people and injuring 81. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Gar
• Birth (1984) of Nelson Sebastián Maz, Uruguayan footballer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_S
• Holiday: Christian feast of Felec (or Felix) of Cornwall en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felec_of
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      An End to Kings, 1776

      by Jack Kelly

      "Author Jack Kelly of Tom Paine’s War shares with The History Reader the crucial role Thomas Paine (author of Common Sense) played in encouraging Americans to overthrow King George in 1776."

      thehistoryreader.com/historica

      "Common Sense" at PG:

      gutenberg.org/ebooks/147

      Colonists pulling down the statue of King George in New York City, 1776.

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        BLACK BOX. A lawyer. Cant.

        A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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        Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLACK BOX. A lawyer. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

        Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BLACK BOX. A lawyer. Cant. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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          HOCKEY. Drunk with strong stale beer, called old hock. See HICKEY.

          A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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          Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HOCKEY. Drunk with strong stale beer, called old hock. See HICKEY. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

          Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HOCKEY. Drunk with strong stale beer, called old hock. See HICKEY. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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            Events for the 19th of November from Wikipedia:

            • 1985: Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War
            • Birth (1700) of Jean-Antoine Nollet, French priest and physicist (d. 1770) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Ant
            • Holiday: Women's Entrepreneurship Day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27
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              "A printed diary held out the promise of total control over time, place and the self."

              Elena Mary for Aeon: aeon.co/essays/victorian-diary

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                A lot of good documentaries to watch here: documentaryarea.com

                "Documentary Area
                Simply the best Documentaries"

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                  Classic Dallas -1942

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                    DOBIN RIG. Stealing ribbands from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by women in the disguise of maid servants.

                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOBIN RIG. Stealing ribbands from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by women in the disguise of maid servants. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DOBIN RIG. Stealing ribbands from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by women in the disguise of maid servants. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                      BOOTY. To play booty; cheating play, where the player purposely avoids winning.

                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOOTY. To play booty; cheating play, where the player purposely avoids winning. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BOOTY. To play booty; cheating play, where the player purposely avoids winning. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                        Events for the 18th of November from Wikipedia:

                        • 1944: The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_
                        • Birth (1904) of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, English lieutenant and politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1983) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Len
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                          Detail of Elizabeth I’s extravagant farthingale-flared dress, with embroidery attributed to Bess of Hardwick, featuring insects, animals, snakes, fish (& a dragon), intermingled with pearls, roses, irises & Elizabeth’s favourite pansies (Hilliard studio, 1590s)
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                          Detail of Elizabeth I’s extravagant farthingale-flared dress

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                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                            APE LEADER. An old maid; their punishment after death, for neglecting increase and multiply, will be, it is said, leading apes in hell.

                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): APE LEADER. An old maid; their punishment after death, for neglecting increase and multiply, will be, it is said, leading apes in hell. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): APE LEADER. An old maid; their punishment after death, for neglecting increase and multiply, will be, it is said, leading apes in hell. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                              HASTY PUDDING. Oatmeal and milk boiled to a moderate thickness, and eaten with sugar and butter. Figuratively, a wet, muddy road: as, The way through Wandsworth is quite a hasty pudding. To eat hot hasty pudding for a laced hat is a common feat at wakes and fairs.

                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HASTY PUDDING. Oatmeal and milk boiled to a moderate thickness, and eaten with sugar and butter. Figuratively, a wet, muddy road: as, The way through Wandsworth is quite a hasty pudding. To eat hot hasty pudding for a laced hat is a common feat at wakes and fairs. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HASTY PUDDING. Oatmeal and milk boiled to a moderate thickness, and eaten with sugar and butter. Figuratively, a wet, muddy road: as, The way through Wandsworth is quite a hasty pudding. To eat hot hasty pudding for a laced hat is a common feat at wakes and fairs. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                Events for the 17th of November from Wikipedia:

                                • 2000: Alberto Fujimori is removed from office as president of Peru. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_
                                • Birth (1933) of Orlando Peña, Cuban-American baseball player and scout en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando_
                                • Death (1558) of Reginald Pole, English cardinal and academic (b. 1500) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald
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                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                  GIGG. A nose. Snitchel his gigg; fillip his nose. Grunter's gigg; a hog's snout. Gigg is also a high one-horse chaise, and a woman's privities. To gigg a Smithfield hank; to hamstring an over-drove ox, vulgarly called a mad bullock.

                                  A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                  @histodons

                                  Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GIGG. A nose. Snitchel his gigg; fillip his nose. Grunter's gigg; a hog's snout. Gigg is also a high one-horse chaise, and a woman's privities. To gigg a Smithfield hank; to hamstring an over-drove ox, vulgarly called a mad bullock. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                  Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): GIGG. A nose. Snitchel his gigg; fillip his nose. Grunter's gigg; a hog's snout. Gigg is also a high one-horse chaise, and a woman's privities. To gigg a Smithfield hank; to hamstring an over-drove ox, vulgarly called a mad bullock. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                    WATCH: Our 30th Birthday Celebration
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                                    Consortium News turned 30 years old Saturday. Robert Parry founded the first independent, online news publication in the U.S. on Nov. 15, 1995. We’re celebrating 3 decades of bringing you news others won’t. Watch the replay of our Saturday night…

                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                      ARTICLE. A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl. She's a prime article (WHIP SLANG), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a GOER.

                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): ARTICLE. A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl. She's a prime article (WHIP SLANG), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a GOER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): ARTICLE. A wench. A prime article. A handsome girl. She's a prime article (WHIP SLANG), she's a devilish good piece, a hell of a GOER. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                        [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                        Events for the 16th of November from Wikipedia:

                                        • 1532: Francisco Pizarro and his men capture Inca Emperor Atahualpa at the Battle of Cajamarca. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisc
                                        • Birth (1966) of Stephen Critchlow, English actor (d. 2021) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_
                                        • Death (1950) of Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1879) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Smit
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                                          [?]Vassil Nikolov | Васил Николов » 🌐
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                                          "Pieces of eight
                                          Treasures filled with emptiness
                                          Don't let them turn your heart to stone"
                                          (Styx, 1978)

                                          ***

                                          I _guess_ German THAL (TAL), meaning "valley", is cognate with Slavic ДОЛ (DOL), meaning "depression in terrain made by running water", and ДОЛИНА (DOLINA), meaning "valley", as well as with English DALE and DELL.

                                          ***

                                          «Chances are you’ve never heard of the place.»
                                          Myself, I had read about the place.
                                          I think I even had read about the dark 20th century part of its history...

                                          <bbc.com/travel/article/2020010>







                                            [?]Eve :verified: » 🌐
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                                            Jagten einige Urzeit-Krokodile von Bäumen aus?
                                            Fossilfunde in Australien legen semi-arboreale Lebensweise nahe 🤓
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                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                            HEAD CULLY OF THE PASS, or PASSAGE BANK. The top tilter of that gang throughout the whole army, who demands and receives contribution from all the pass banks in the camp.

                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HEAD CULLY OF THE PASS, or PASSAGE BANK. The top tilter of that gang throughout the whole army, who demands and receives contribution from all the pass banks in the camp. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): HEAD CULLY OF THE PASS, or PASSAGE BANK. The top tilter of that gang throughout the whole army, who demands and receives contribution from all the pass banks in the camp. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                              COB. A Spanish dollar.

                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COB. A Spanish dollar. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COB. A Spanish dollar. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                Events for the 15th of November from Wikipedia:

                                                • 2016: Hong Kong's High Court bans elected politicians Yau Wai-ching and Baggio Leung from the city's Parliament. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kon
                                                • Birth (1922) of David Sidney Feingold, American biochemist and academic (d. 2019) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Si
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                                                  [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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                                                  A massive fire erupted on November 12, 2025, at the 1,500 year-old Yongqing Temple located in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China, causing severe damage to the historic site's multi-storey Wenchang Pavilion.
                                                  © inzhejiang

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                                                    [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                    BULL. A blunder; from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henery VII. by a bull is now always meant a blunder made by an Irishman. A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women.

                                                    A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                    Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BULL. A blunder; from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henery VII. by a bull is now always meant a blunder made by an Irishman. A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                    Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): BULL. A blunder; from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henery VII. by a bull is now always meant a blunder made by an Irishman. A bull was also the name of false hair formerly much worn by women. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                      IRISH LEGS. Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick end of their legs downwards.

                                                      A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                      Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): IRISH LEGS. Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick end of their legs downwards. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                      Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): IRISH LEGS. Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispensation from the pope to wear the thick end of their legs downwards. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                        Events for the 14th of November from Wikipedia:

                                                        • 2001: War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_A
                                                        • Birth (1957) of Donald Canfield, American geologist and academic en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_C
                                                        • Death (2012) of Ahmed Jabari, Palestinian commander (b. 1960) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ja
                                                        @histodons

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                                                          "The ruins lingered, and in lingering, they taught her the virtue of unproductive places and idle things, of empty spaces, left open for her to wander them and to ask: How did I get here, and how did all of this?" —Robert Rubsam for The Baffler thebaffler.com/latest/idle-thi

                                                            [?]Global Museum » 🌐
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                                                            In 1850, a storm exposed a hidden village on Scotland’s coast. It was Skara Brae, a 5,000 year-old Neolithic settlement where around 100 people once lived. It is one of Europe’s oldest and best-preserved prehistoric sites.
                                                            @xmuse_

                                                            Skara Brae, a 5,000 year-old Neolithic settlement

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                                                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                              COUNTRY PUT. An ignorant country fellow.

                                                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): COUNTRY PUT. An ignorant country fellow. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                CLACK. A tongue, chiefly applied to women; a simile drawn from the clack of a water-mill.

                                                                A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CLACK. A tongue, chiefly applied to women; a simile drawn from the clack of a water-mill. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): CLACK. A tongue, chiefly applied to women; a simile drawn from the clack of a water-mill. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                  [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                  Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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                                                                    Events for the 13th of November from Wikipedia:

                                                                    • 1966: All Nippon Airways Flight 533 crashes into the Seto Inland Sea near Matsuyama Airport in Japan, killing 50 people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Nipp
                                                                    • Birth (1950) of Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player and coach en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_
                                                                    • Holiday: Brice of Tours en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brice_of
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                                                                      [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
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                                                                      Happy 35th Birthday World Wide Web!

                                                                      "On 12 November 1990, British scientist Tim Berners-Lee set out his proposals for creating the WorldWideWeb: Proposal for a HyperText Project."

                                                                        [?]Woodoo Prod » 🌐
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                                                                        This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web

                                                                        by Tim Berners-Lee
                                                                        September 9, 2025
                                                                        amazon.com/This-Everyone-Unfin

                                                                        "The inventor of the World Wide Web explores his vision’s promise―and how it can be redeemed for the future.

                                                                        Perhaps the most influential inventor of the modern world, Sir Tim Berners-Lee is a different kind of technologist.."

                                                                        This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web by Tim Berners-Lee September 9, 2025

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                                                                          [?]EventsOfTheDayBot » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                          Hi! I'm a bot posting events which happened on today's date, at random from Wikipedia’s lists. Historic events, births, deaths and holidays/religious days if there’s room.

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                                                                            [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                                                                            MULLIGRUBS. Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopped hay: low-spirited, having an imaginary sickness.

                                                                            A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                                                                            Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MULLIGRUBS. Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopped hay: low-spirited, having an imaginary sickness. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                                                            Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): MULLIGRUBS. Sick of the mulligrubs with eating chopped hay: low-spirited, having an imaginary sickness. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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