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  1. beist

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    This will forever remind me of the west wing.
     
  2. $P1

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    Is this one bigger?

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  3. TC

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    I feel threatened by Africa’s length
     
  4. BIGASSTITTIES

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    Africa is big AF
     
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  5. GamecockInCbus

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    Use a globe, dammit.
     
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  6. sptony

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    NO. I must stare at screen
     
  7. Nug

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    and girth
     
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  9. chet fire

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    Have never noticed before that despite all the excitement in Dealey Plaza, the motorcade still made time to drive JFK past the Trade Mart.
     
  10. Tarpon Nole

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    I am a subscriber to the theory that the secret service agent accidentally delivered the fatal shot to JFK while raising his rifle

    Explains a lot of the secrecy and is simple enough to be believable
     
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  12. Schadenfred

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    Richmond, Indiana: The 5th circle of hell for out-of-towners in need of directions

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  13. steamengine

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  14. Mr Bulldops

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    Men’s chart: Other Leisure = masturbating
     
  15. dahldennsull

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  16. TC

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    Confirming once and for all that women be worrying about too much shit. Watch some tv and movies ladies
     
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  17. BP

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  18. BP

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  19. texasraider

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    It wild that China’s GDP was lower than Mexico’s 15 years ago
     
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  20. HotMic

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    WTF West Coast?

     
  21. Shawn Hunter

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    Mac and Cheese followed by rolls/biscuits the only two right answers on that graphic
     
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  22. Tiffin

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    Pretty sure that's split between TV/Movies and "personal care"
     
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  23. TC

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    I ain't trying to eat cornbread with no fucking turkey
     
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  24. Tiffin

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    We've always done cornbread dressing. Not sure if that counts?
     
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  25. REGGNECK

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    Oyster dressing master race
     
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  27. TC

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    Not to start another "I don't like eggs" post, but I actually don't like dressing/stuffing. (I realize I'm in the great minority there)

    I figured they were talking about just straight up cornbread like you serve with Texas chili or something though

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  28. Bo Pelinis

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    Uh, there's never a time cornbread is inappropriate
     
  29. Nostradumass

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    I grew up on summer cornbread, which had less sugar than winter cornbread, that was so sweet it might as well have been cake.

    There's never a time cornbread is inappropriate.
     
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  30. TC

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    Thank you, Cornbread States
     
  31. Bo Pelinis

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    I'm a greenbean casserole state but I wish I was a Cornbread state.
     
  32. Tiffin

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    I was born in a cornbread state but live in a mac and cheese state. Things are good.

    That said, if your cornbread ain't done in hot, oiled cast iron, it ain't cornbread get it the fuck out of my face.
     
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  33. beist

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    Stuffing is the only thing I am thankful for.
     
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  34. 1

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    Green bean casserole is fucking delicious.....and I'm not a huge fan of green bean's. The combinations that make up that casserole make it crazy good though.

    Cornbread is also good.
     
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  35. Hatfield

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    Heard someone talking about this the other day. Feel like done well = :nomnom:, done poorly = :blech:
     
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  36. The Banks

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    Look at that neutral fake news
     
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  37. bro

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    comparing box to box, side to side

    Atlantic does not equal reason.com

    buzzfeed skews very liberal, obviously, but pains me to see it lined up with Drudge Report when Buzzfeed breaks actual news.

    I always thought one of the Washington Times/Washington Examiner was way worse than the other. But they are right on top of one another.

    Fox News is properly placed.

    A ton of reputable liberal news sites exist that do great, long form, investigative stuff. 2nd box. Conservatives, not so much
     
  38. Duck70

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    We need the Fairness Doctrine re-introduced. Our news is fucked
     
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  39. Jake Barnes

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    The vast array of entertainment options at our disposal really fucked us on that front. Unless you’re willing to work through the facts yourself, most people will naturally gravitate towards what’s most easily digestible for them, and that invariably comes in a form that entertains while not challenging inherent bias.
     
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  40. bro

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    Like I said

     
  41. Mr Bulldops

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    That’s the thing, there is no “news” anymore. the market is so over oversaturated that the only way to get any market share is if it’s opinion marketed to a specific demographic. The news portion is just the jumping off point.

    Also, I actually don’t think there is anything wrong with that in theory provided that people have the critical thinking skills to understand that everything they are seeing/hearing/reading is being marketed to them. The problem with it is in reality a lot of people on all sides lack those skills and just think their news brand of choice is the only “true” one and everything else is bias
     
  42. Dildo Dawgins

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  43. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    I would consider myself a quasi informed person concerning WW2, but what were the conflicts ergo casualties in Indian Ocean Theater (esp Madagascar). I guess that limited naval battle (not talking about sunken ships on shipping/resupply routes) that happens to have occurred west of Singapore/Indonesia would be allocated here, but I know nothing of Madagascar and South Indian Ocean.

    I can google, but 20,000 is significant based on what I previously knew.

    *shading seems to suggest there could be inadvertent double counting on atlantic/european areas, as UK and Iceland are in both.
     
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    Food related polls on TMB increase by 78.4% in the month following the conclusion of the college football season.
     
  45. Tobias

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    probably a dumb question but what were the american theater casualties
     
  46. HotMic

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  47. Dildo Dawgins

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    Interesting andedote from Reddit:

    An interesting detail is that Costa Rica (my home country) despite being a small tropical spot in Central America, declared war on Germany, days after Pearl Harbor.

    Historians say, as a joke, Hittler received word of this, looked for Costa Rica in a globe but couldn't find it, because a fly was standing were the country lies.

    When he found out, though, he sent an U-161 to our Caribbean coast, finding nothing but a simple merchant ship, the San Pablo, the U-161 fired and sunk the ship, causing +20 deaths.

    You can read more about here:

    https://www.uboat.net/allies/merchants/ships/1881.html

    Also there were smirkishes in the Aluetian Islands.

    Edit : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleutian_Islands_Campaign?wprov=sfla1
     
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