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MURK AVENUE: I FOUND ICE CUBES 'GOOD DAY'

Greatest problem solving ever:

CLUE 1:
“went to short dogs house,
they was watching Yo MTV
RAPS”
Yo MTV RAPS first aired:
Aug 6th 1988
CLUE 2:
Ice Cubes single “today was a good day” released on:
Feb 23 1993
CLUE 3:
”The Lakers beat the Super
Sonics”
Dates between Yo MTV Raps air date AUGUST 6 1988 and the release…

Posted January 28, 2012 at 4:53am | 7,545 notes

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wonkette:

Photo placement winner of 2012, already.

Posted January 24, 2012 at 8:31pm | 80 notes

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A man who assisted in autopsies in a big urban hospital, starting in the mid-1950s, describes the many deaths from botched abortions that he saw. ‘The deaths stopped overnight in 1973.’ He never saw another in the 18 years before he retired. ‘That,’ he says, ‘ought to tell people something about keeping abortion legal.’

— Sunday was the 39th anniversary of Roe v. Wade (via motherjones)

Posted January 23, 2012 at 3:38pm in pro fucking choice | 1,358 notes

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It didn't sound pathetic until I said it out loud

Friend: What have you been doing today?
Me: I've been reading Sherlock Holmes, and it has all these references to historical events I've never heard of, like the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Andaman Islands, so I've been researching them...
Her: Blank stare, smile, nod, back away.
Me: Oh, right...um, I should probably look at job postings (I then realized, and did not mention, I was wearing sweatpants over pajamas from when I moved the car for street cleaning. Mon Dieu.)

Posted January 23, 2012 at 3:31pm in unemployment sherlock holmes nerdery FML d'oh

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Did Americans in 1776 have British accents?

nickpatrick:

Reading David McCullough’s 1776, I found myself wondering: Did Americans in 1776 have British accents? If so, when did American accents diverge from British accents?

The answer surprised me.

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Posted January 11, 2012 at 9:22am | 3,897 notes

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