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Bought Myself a Quart of Blueberries

Kharla Jolly @kobesbuddy (78833) • East Tawas, Michigan 14 May 23

The reason I bought myself a quart of blueberries, Jay doesn't like them. It had been a long time, since I purchased any blueberries. The price was $1.59 and I think this was a very good price. I ate all of them in two days, they...

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RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98106) • Daytona Beach, Florida 5 Dec 17

Missouri was home to many Indian tribes when it entered the Union in 1821. It was named by the Algonquin Indians. The name meant “river of the big canoes”. Today over half the population lives in the state’s two major cities –...

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Do you know why the Southern United States have traditionally been called "Dixie"?

John Welford @indexer (4852) • Leicester, England 1 Oct 15

There are several theories as to why this might have been the case - named after a person (Johan Dixie), an old banknote, or the Mason-Dixon line. People tend to have preferences for one explanation or another - or maybe have just...

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Hurricane Season

alexsis @alexsis (2149) • United States 1 Jun 09

Today is the first day of Hurricane Season until November. This is the time of season that everyone in the southern states and country dreads. Our first tropical depression had formed on May 28 in the Atlantic. Forecaster in...

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