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Funny Facts About Washington, D.C.

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 10 May 16

A political humorist, Christopher Buckley said this: “A Frenchman designed it (meaning Washington D.C.) France is now our worst ally.” “The British burned it. England is now our best ally.” He also said that there were more...

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King Crabs in the Antarctic?

Vincent Summers @KuznVinny (768) • United States 20 Apr 16

I was given a stack of Smithsonian magazines. Now not long back I wrote how for the most part, that magazine seems like a sounding board for pushing evolution on people. And I still feel that way. But there is some good in the...

Disappointed with The Smithsonian Magazine

Vincent Summers @KuznVinny (768) • United States 16 Apr 16

A man I know gave me a whole stack of the Smithsonian Magazine. I found perhaps 2 or 3 articles, total, that appealed to me. Some of the articles were just not worth reading in my opinion. However, that was OK. What really did...

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Mich. boy finds 1981 Smithsonian error

icyorchid @icyorchid (2564) • United States 3 Apr 08

ALLEGAN, Mich. - Is fifth-grader Kenton Stufflebeam smarter than the Smithsonian? On a winter break trip with his family to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, the 11-year-old southwestern...

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