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Archive for April, 2009

INTERESTING HISTORY LESSON

Railroad tracks.
This is fascinating.

Be sure to read the final paragraph; your understanding of it will depend on the earlier part of the content.
The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number.
Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them [...]

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NADAL SHINES ALL YEAR AND GETS TROPHY PRESENTATION IN MONTE CARLO
According to the ATP site, Rafa was given his 2008 ATP Player of the Year Award during La Grande Nuit du Tennis of the Monte-Carlo tournament on Friday night. The prestigious award was bestowed on the 22-year-old Nadal after an [...]

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