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Allan Matthes
@AllanMatthes · 1:46

Trivia For The Curious

He was in his 90s on July 4, 1826, and later Thomas Jefferson died that same day. This was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, also, which was fateful, but I just wanted to pass it along with two deaths and one birth that happened on that day. July 4, 1820 6th

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@Taylor
Taylor J
@Taylor · 0:19
Alan, I really enjoyed that little bit of trivia that you provided gladly going to follow and tune in for more. I really missed the days of being able to go to pub trivia. It seems like a lot before I'm going to be able to do it again. So I'll just have to settle for this. Thanks again
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Allan Matthes
@AllanMatthes · 3:47

Where did the comma originate? See bbc.com The Mysterious Origins of Punc

There were hundreds of thousands of Scrolls in this library which were frustratingly, time consuming to read. The big thing about speech back then was mostly oral and in oral tradition. Other just talked and writing things down wasn't a pattern where you could just pick it back up and repeat what the person has just said
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