George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library
Everyone knows that George Washington couldn’t tell a lie. What you probably didn’t know is that he couldn’t return a library book on time. From the article: “New York City’s oldest library says one of...
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mikejuk writes “It was on this day 220 years ago (December 26 1791) that Charles Babbage was born. The calculating machines he invented in the 19th century, although never fully realized in his...
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