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Hi! I’m Signore Galilei, and I write books, create educational videos online, and participated in the Inkhaven blogging residency.
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We briefly had Long Connecticut
I recently came across the following joke map online: Surprisingly, and probably unintentionally, there’s a grain of historical truth to this “Megachusetts”. Massachusetts’ original colonial charter specified northern and southern borders, and that the colony should extend all the way from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, or rather: “…from the Atlantick and Westerne…
The other alphabetical order we almost had
Ah, alphabet. Basically the backbone of books. Certainly complex in its creation, contorted over centuries. (Dictionary didacts have doubtless deduced my design for this diatribe.) Every English (etc.) elementary educator exudes each explanation essentially equally. From our forebearers to the future, the form and function hold firm. Guided, we get a given gallimaufry of glyphs…
The paddle wheel aircraft carriers of Lake Michigan
You’ve read the title. Aircraft carriers of where powered by what? I was just as surprised as you are, but yes, they really did exist. I now introduce you to USS Wolverine and USS Sable: