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How mathematics explains the persistence of heresy despite murderous orthodoxy.

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Another proof of the irrationality of square root of 2.

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On a confluence of art and mathematics.

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Jesus said to Peter, "Come forth and I will give you eternal glory." Peter came fifth and won a toaster

In the Telegraph.

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Wealth - any income that is at least one hundred dollars more a year than the income of one's wife's sister's husband.

H.L.Mencken.

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Lewd did I live & evil I did dwel

John Taylor, poet, 1614

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Won't lovers revolt now?

Leigh Mercer, engineer

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Sex at noon taxes.

Peter Hilton, codebreaker, Bletchley Park.

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Step on no pets.

John Henry Whitehead, codebreaker, Bletchley Park.

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Doc, note: I dissent. A fast never prevents a fatness. I diet on cod.

Peter Hilton, codebreaker, Bletchley Park.

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The proper time for sexual indulgence is an important consideration, inasmuch as carelessness in this respect may tend to dyspepsia, indigestion, and other affections of the stomach. Persons who are predisposed to such diseases should never have sexual intercourse just before eating, nor very soon after a full meal. Its peculiar effect on the stomach is calculated to weaken digestion, particularly on the part of the male; and many a miserable dyspeptic might trace his unhappiness to imprudent acts of sexual intercourse. From two to three hours after or before eating a full meal, is the proper time for this business.

James Ashton, M.D, The Book of Nature; Containing Information for Young People Who Think of Getting Married, on the Philosophy of Procreation and Sexual Intercourse; Showing How to Prevent Conception and to Avoid Child-Bearing. Also, Rules for Management During Labour and Child-birth. (1861).

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by comyxtioun and mellynge firste wiþ Danes and afterward wiþ Normans, in meny thynges þe contray longage is apayred, and som vseþ straunge wlafferynge, chiterynge, harrynge, and garrynge grisbayting

John Trevisa's 1385 translation of Ranulph Higben's Polychronicon (Via Language Log.)

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Through historic London.

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A history of a street in the City of London.

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A small walk in the City of London.

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On the great European unwashed.