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Subject: Excerpt Of History
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 11:00:32 EDT
"Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, burned to the ground in
January of 1892, despite the fact that the volunteer fire department arrived on
time. The fire hoses were clogged with mice nests."
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"Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggauggagoggchaubunagungungamau, is located in
Webster Massachusetts. Its an Indian name that, loosely translated, means, "Stay on
your side when I'm fishing on mine."
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"During the French Revolution 12,000 German aristocrats swept into France to
aid their beleaguered French counterparts. Each German warrior was attended by
at least two servants. Unfortunately for the Germans, they were annihilated
by the French revolutionaries in Sept. of 1792." (but they died in style)
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"The Great Peace Rebellion, fought in China from 1851 to 1864, claimed
between 20 and 30 million lives. The rebellion pitted troops of the Manchu
government against peasant sympathizers of the Southern Ming Dynasty led by the
deranged Hung Hsiu Ch'uan, who believed himself the younger brother of Jesus Christ.
The peasants lost, but they did secure a place in the record books. (Well,
goody)
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