February 2012
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Why are There Leap Years?
usagov:
Tomorrow is February 29 instead of March 1 because this year is a leap year. But why do we have a leap year every four years?
Years and days are measured differently, and they don’t quite add up.
A year is the time for the earth to complete its annual orbit around the sun.
A day is the time required for the earth to make one complete revolution on its axis (24 hours).
Going by...
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Star Trek 2, even more photos
deareje:
Several photo agencies have updated with more pics, so here we are. I won’t lie. I’m ridiculously excited about Benedict in Star Trek.
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thebergeronprocess:
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mypatronusisyou:
people can talk shit about America all they want but at the end of the day we have Ellen DeGeneres.
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katnissin221b:
doctoryousonicedher:
in what other country on earth does a prime minister get forced out of office by his own political party, and then a year later decides to challenge the person that replaced him for leadership again?
#what the fuck is australian politics
Teddy Roosevelt is pretty much the biggest badass to ever walk this earth (one time he jumped off a horse to...
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Maryland Senate approves same-sex marriage bill →
The Maryland Senate voted Thursday evening to legalize same-sex marriage, the latest sign of growing national recognition of such unions among gay and lesbian couples.
Gov. Martin O’Malley has pledged to sign the bill into law, which was approved last week by the House of Delegates.
“All children deserve the opportunity to live in a loving, caring, committed, and stable home, protected equally...
Amazon.com changed
I don’t like it
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unibrouw:
i just realized
no caps fans are sad with our 5-2 loss
we are all just so happy we didnt get shut out, i think we forgot we lost
Yay! We didn’t roll over and take it up the behind like last game! Progress!
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reading a fanfic where for whatever reason the characters are hiding in Santa Fe, NM. And another character says “Well, at least it’ll be warm.”
That’s when I stopped reading. People, Santa Fe is 2500 feet ABOVE Denver. It’s cold as balls every single night. I went snow sledding after the Caps lost to the Bolts in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Doctor Who Season 7 spoilers!
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The Doctor is to gain a new companion called Liz. Sources suggest she’s a scientist.
Becoming stranded on Earth, the Doctor gets a car called Bessie.
UNIT, who we encountered in the new series in The Sontaran Stratagem/The Poison Sky, employ the Doctor as a scientific adviser.
The Silurians make an appearance.
There’s an astronaut or two in this...
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Fuck, sometimes my governor (and his magnificent...
ANNAPOLIS, MD (February 17, 2012) – Governor Martin O’Malley today released the following statement after the House of Delegates passed the Civil Marriage Protection Act of 2012:
“Today, the House of Delegates voted for human dignity. Speaker Busch and his fellow Delegates deserve a lot of credit for their hard work. At its heart, their vote was a vote for Maryland’s children.
“There is...
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I'm going to a US Coast Guard open house tomorrow
and they want me to write a 1 page essay on “Why I want to join the Coast Guard”…but I have a sneaking suspission that I can’t just print this picture out and title it…
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