TIL: Today I Learned... (Join in!)
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The Xeelee
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TIL this place is still going. My nostalgia is off the charts.
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muse
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Why must you ruin the fun with facts?EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-25 12:01pm It's also bollocks. The Houthis are named after the actual tribe.
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(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
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Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)
I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
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EnterpriseSovereign
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Well the idiot who wrote that Tweet only did it twelve days too latemuse wrote: 2026-04-26 02:37pmWhy must you ruin the fun with facts?EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-25 12:01pm It's also bollocks. The Houthis are named after the actual tribe.
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bobalot
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I remember the days before the internet was widely available on mobile phones.EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-26 08:03pmWell the idiot who wrote that Tweet only did it twelve days too latemuse wrote: 2026-04-26 02:37pmWhy must you ruin the fun with facts?EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-25 12:01pm It's also bollocks. The Houthis are named after the actual tribe.
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"Problem is, while the Germans have had many mea culpas and quite painfully dealt with their history, the South is still hellbent on painting themselves as the real victims. It gives them a special place in the history of assholes" - Covenant
"Over three million died fighting for the emperor, but when the war was over he pretended it was not his responsibility. What kind of man does that?'' - Saburo Sakai
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EnterpriseSovereign
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We still have those at the dinner table in my house with the parents, we're actually really good about not using our phones at the table unless it's for something related to whatever random thing we're talking aboutbobalot wrote: 2026-04-27 12:38amI remember the days before the internet was widely available on mobile phones.EnterpriseSovereign wrote: 2026-04-26 08:03pmWell the idiot who wrote that Tweet only did it twelve days too late
Many discussions at the pub were dumb arguments about whether something was true or not.
