Three Boomer presidents born in 1946, one in 1961. The peak of the Baby Boom was 1957.

Original song about the exploitation of the "mondine" working in the rice fields in Northern Italy. "Il capo in piedi col suo bastone" refers to a male overseer standing around with a cane in his hand, while the women are hunched over standing in water up to their knees while harvesting the rice.

Yep. "Real World" alumna.

Carrot cake is probably healthier than drinking diet Coke all day!

It's not like people who are getting Medicaid are putting that "extra" money in their bank accounts. It's actually paid to the healthcare providers when medical services are provided, not to the people "receiving" those healthcare funds.

Venice just sunk a little more.

And Bobby's sons are half-brothers to two of David Soul's sons. After Bobby and his first wife Patti divorced, she later married David Soul and had two sons with him.

"There is a difference between being a human and being human." 😍

The name Victor Jara comes to mind 😱

If the Ancestry records that I found are correct, the new pope's maternal grandmother (Louise Baquie) and her parents were listed as "mulatto" in the 1870 census for New Orleans, Louisiana

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Almost 1,300 miles (2080+ kilometers) of coastline from Washington through Oregon to California. Sounds like a good deal for Canada.

Me, too! About half of Oregon thinks they want to become part of "Greater Idaho," though. In any case, Canada would get the better deal with the western part of Oregon.

I saw that when I watched the Christopher Reeve documentary yesterday. He said that during his appearance on stage at the 1996 Democratic National Convention.

That photo looks kind of like a Wheaties box.

Could someone please post the video (from 2018) of that guy talking about eradicating *cocoa* production in Colombia?

Btw, it's Venezuela that produces some of the best chocolate in the world!