With the WDR Funkhausorchester
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ABBA – The Winner Takes It All w/ Jessica Trocha
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Chrysler was founded
on this day in 1925
Campus Trivia Night
Question: What are the five tallest buildings in Las Vegas that can be seen from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas campus?
Via Wikipedia:
- The Strat – 350 meters
- Fontainebleau Las Vegas – 224 meters
- Resorts World Las Vegas – 205 meters
- The Palazzo – 196 meters
- Encore – 192 meters
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Midnight Trailer
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Campus Life at
West Virginia University
Campus Life at the
University of Kansas
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Britain’s electrical network is in even worse disrepair than America’s. I am not sure if it is a geopolitical asset to be able to stiff-upper-lip one’s way through ineffectual government. Maybe it’s more of a liability. But my experience of criticizing Brits resembles my experience of criticizing lawyers.
~ Dan Wang via his 2025 letter
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Midday Music Fix
The Tragically Hip – Grace, Too
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If I have said nothing new tonight, it may well be because, in a family of nations as in families of individuals we should expect nothing more sensational than growth.
~ Dean Acheson
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Campus Trivia
Question: What were America’s 10 largest companies in 1995?
The 10 largest companies on the 1995 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:
- General Motors
- Ford
- Exxon
- Wal-Mart
- AT&T
- General Electric
- International Business Machines
- Mobile
- Sears Roebuck
- Altria Group
Between 1985 and 1995, three companies dropped out of the Fortune 500 Top 10: Texaco; DuPont; and Amoco.
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