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New in the Edited Guide: Caligula's Lighthouse: A Border Crisis, 40 CE
One of the strangest things Emperor Caligula ever did was to manufacture a border crisis and apply a ridiculous 'solution' to it.
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni
New in the Edited Guide: Godwits - a Family of Wading Birds
There are four species of Godwits around the world. They are wading birds with long legs and long beaks.
Author: SashaQ
Topical:Happy Birthday John Deacon of Queen
Bassman John Deacon was born on 19 August, 1951
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August 2019 Create Challenge: Tall Tales from Grand People
Newest Edited Entries
- Caligula's Lighthouse: A Border Crisis, 40 CE19th August 2019
- Godwits - a Family of Wading Birds19th August 2019
- h2g2 Books - On Sale Now!13th August 2019
- 'Alone in Berlin': Everyday Resistance in Hitler's Reich13th August 2019
- Jim Henson's 'The Storyteller' - the Television Series13th August 2019
- Outwitting History: How Aaron Lansky Rescued Yiddish Literature15th August 2019
- Heurigen - a Traditional Austrian Tavern5th August 2019
- Common Buzzards5th August 2019
- Irish Stone Circles29th July 2019
- Architecture of the Middle Ages - Darkness and Light29th July 2019
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The Post
Yes, readers, we have more travel stories this week! In addition to Freewayriding's tales of Turkey, Minorvogonpoet will explain about eclipse-watching in South America. Closer to home – well, their homes – Willem has another charming bird to show us, and SashaQ finds some small but intriguing wildlife, and takes amazing photos.
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Rosa Baggins, (see LOTR appendix Hobbits Family trees for more information)
Posted to: Two-sentence horror stories
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Pierce The Pirate ~ out of Hotblack Desiato mode again ~
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