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In Texas Hold’em Poker, which hand is known as ‘six tits’?
Glory and Sadness, Beauty and Pain
X is a song written by Y and famously covered by Z. Time Magazine’s Josh Tyrangiel described it thus:…
May be harmful if inhaled or swallowed
In the book “The World of _____” by Bennett Alan Weinberg and Bonnie K Bealer, there is a photograph…
In 1981, Jimmy Page, Chris Squire and Alan White got together to form a band, and tried to recruit…
29 June, 2007
The good-natured wanderer
His most recognizable moniker is derived from his father’s, which meant “good-natured” or “simple”, and he was merely his father’s son. During his extensive travels, he also picked up the label Bigollo, meaning “wanderer”.
His most famous contribution to mathematics was originally proposed by an Indian mathematician named Acharya Hemachandra, and was presented to the Western world as an example of place values in counting, which made the Indo-Arabic system superior to Roman numerals.
This work was published as Liber Abaci or The Book of Calculations in 1202.
Who is this person?
#106 - Generalissimo 76
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9 across: Van Morrison classic from Moondance (7)
6 down: Order beginning with ‘A’ (12)
Welcome! You are on The Ledge.
A gateway into “international literature”.
“Viva il duce”
This is a scary story. Read the full thing. (Via Gautam.)
By Amit Varma in Politics
The Bastiat Prize Shortlist For 2008…
... has been announced. The finalists are: Swaminathan Aiyar Tyler Cowen A Barton Hinkle Fraser Nelson Ashutosh Tiwari Daniel…Hot Water Bath
All you philistines bored by the study of history, read this and reconsider: Bernier relates one of the adventures…
One Chai and a Wills Navy Cut
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Brown is the New Black
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