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BTGBullseye

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  1. 1915 - While working as a cook at New York's Sloan Hospital under an assumed name, Typhoid Mary infects 25 people, and is placed in quarantine for life.

    The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.

    The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.

    An act of the U.S. Congress designates the United States Coast Guard, begun in 1790, as a military branch.

    The controversial film, The Birth of a Nation, directed by D.W. Griffith, premieres in Los Angeles, California.

    In Washington, D.C. the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.

    NACA, the predecessor of NASA, is founded.

    Babe Ruth hits his first career home run off of Jack Warhop.

    The RMS Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,198.

    U.S. Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigns over a disagreement regarding his nation's handling of the RMS Lusitania sinking.

    The United States occupation of Haiti begins.

    Release of Inspiration, the first mainstream movie in which a leading actress (Audrey Munson) appears nude.

    Second Klu Klux Clan begins at Stone Mountain by William Simmons

    The first stop sign appears in Detroit, Michigan.

  2. I have known lots of people (>100) who have come to the conclusion that they only get the flu if they get the shot... Me included. I don't get the flu, or only get it for a couple days if I don't get a shot, but if I get a shot, I get the flu for a week or more, and it's far stronger when it hits. (way too many "," in my writing in the past couple days)

  3. It has way too many similarities for it to not be based off the sequel to 2142 that EA decided to cut after it was 40% complete.

     

    Honestly, if had just an offline singleplayer or multiplayer with bots, (LAN mode) I would probly want to get it, but not online only.

  4. Pokemon isn't an indie game... It's Nintendo, and only Nintendo.

     

    I personally haven't played anything past gen 4, but according to several people who's opinions I trust, gen 5 is the best. (beating X/Y by a long ways too if they're to be believed)

  5. Official legislation goes through making all OSes have a minimum purchase price of $100, and completely outlawing all forms of Linux. Also adds $300 million dollars to the budget for hiking trail maintenance, $200 million for air purification systems in government buildings, $1.2 billion for unspecified NSA spending, and makes tickling you dog's armpits illegal.

     

     

    PS: Sorry I turned it into a rant about US legislative issues...

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