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Aaron burr was tried for treason - independent of the shooting

San Francisco's first airport was on treasure island

King john got the pope to annul the magna carter A&R

1. Almost 1 in 3 subway stops in North America are in New York (xkcd).

2. Iceland has the world's only openly lesbian prime minister (economist)

3. There are well less than 100 Jews in Egypt (economist)

Oct 9

1. Swann's way was self published

2. Jimmy carter was prolife (dictator)

3. The official currency of Ecuador and Panama is the US dollar (David lake)

1. Animal farm is banned in some Islamic countries because of its focus on pigs.

2. Haman was hanged during passover. The date of Purim is the date haman had chosen to massacre the Jews.

3. In 2010, 99.74 percent of the Palestinians tried in military courts were convicted. (Nyt)

1. The tune of the star spangled banner was originally a British drinking song (IOT)

2. The name of the ethnicity of Azerbaijani people is Azeri (AJ) 

3. Obama used an autopen to sign the 2011 extension of the patriot act (wiki)

Santa cruz

1. Lincoln had a confederate five dollar bill in his pocket when he was assassinated (stuff)

2. Egypt's needs parliamentary law reserves a third of the lower house for independents without a party (AJ) 3. North and south Yemen unified in 1990 (AJ)

1/30/12

1. While Chinese characters are read from right to left, when making charterers, horizontal strokes are made from left to right (Asian art museum). 

2. George Patton, Allied military general in Germany during WW2 was a staunch fatalist who believe in reincarnation. He believed he may have been a military leader killed in action in Napoleon's army in a past life (Magner).

3. Laura married George W Bush 3 months after she met him (Andy).