And so by the fifteenth century, on October 8, the Europeans were looking for a new place to try to get to, and they came up with a new concept: the West.

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If you have a big enough dictionary, just about everything is a word.

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I have been a gigantic Rolling Stones fan since approximately the Spanish-American War.

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It always rains on tents. Rainstorms will travel thousands of miles, against prevailing winds for...

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