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    1. Mojtaba Maleki (Persian: مجتبی ملکی; born 1983) is an

      Classic shows to cuddle up to: The Littlest Hobo, Thunderbirds, Stingray, Lassie, The Famous Five, Noddy's Toyland Adventures, Brambly Hedge, The Little Grey Rabbit, Kipper, Fireball XL5, Postman Pat

    1. Communist members were allowed to join the KMT on an individual basis.

      I get the feeling the KMT were not too keen on this communism business.

    2. In 1923, Sun and Soviet representative Adolph Joffe in Shanghai pledged Soviet assistance to China's unification in the Sun–Joffe Manifesto, a declaration of cooperation among the Comintern, KMT, and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)

      America must have hated this.

    1. After initially allying with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the First United Front, the party under Chiang purged communist members.

      I wonder if this is what lead to the civil war.

    1. At what price would you consider the product to be so expensive that you would not consider buying it? (Too expensive) At what price would you consider the product to be priced so low that you would feel the quality couldn't be very good? (Too cheap) At what price would you consider the product starting to get expensive, so that it is not out of the question, but you would have to give some thought to buying it? (Expensive/High Side) At what price would you consider the product to be a bargain—a great buy for the money? (Cheap/Good Value) The cumulative frequencies are plotted, and PSM advocates claim interpretive qualities exist for any intersecting of the cumulative frequencies for each of the four price categories.

      this is neat!! I wonder how you combine with, like, demographic weighting

    1. Aspasia and Pericles had a son, Pericles the Younger, born no later than 440/39 BC.[e][28] At the time of Pericles the Younger's birth, Pericles had two legitimate sons, Paralus and Xanthippus

      The term "legitamate" when describing the type of child bothers me a lot. Nobody is more or less worthy because they were born in wedlock or out of wedlock. But, such were the times. It is incredibly sad though.

    2. She has continued to be a subject of both visual and literary artists until the present. From the twentieth century, she has been portrayed as both a sexualised and sexually liberated woman, and as a feminist role model fighting for women's rights in ancient Athens.

      It is fascinating to learn about the many ways women are viewed by outsiders and how their stories and who they are are shaped by those with an agenda on both sides.

    3. Though Aspasia is one of the best-attested women from the Greco-Roman world, and the most important woman in the history of fifth-century Athens, almost nothing is certain about her life.

      That is no accident, given the fact that historians viewed women of less importance

    1. Female velvet spiders exhibit a remarkable type of maternal care unique among arachnids. Upon the birth of her brood, the mother spider liquefies her internal organs and regurgitates this material as food. Once her capability to liquefy her insides is exhausted, the young sense this and consume the mother.

      reproductive burden indeed

    1. Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content explicitly produced for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium, a paid subscription option for watching content without ads.

      hell no there is no change

    1. g in self-flagellation.

      Self-flagellation is the disciplinary and devotional practice of flogging oneself with whips or other instruments that inflict pain. In Christianity, self-flagellation is practiced in the context of the doctrine of the mortification of the flesh and is seen as a spiritual discipline. It is often used as a form of penance and is intended to allow the flagellant to share in the sufferings of Jesus, bringing their focus to God.