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					<description><![CDATA[1783: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes New Jersey, the largest in the state&#8217;s history. Citizens threaten to punch the earth in the face. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s MarcoWord (Italian): Buon Natale (Merry Christmas)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s MarcoWord (Italian): Buon Natale. Merry Christmas. &#8220;Buon Natale, nemesis, I look forward to more feuding next year!&#8221;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today&#8217;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/teammarcopolo">MarcoWord</a> (Italian): <strong>Buon Natale</strong>. <em>  Merry Christmas.  </em>  &#8220;<strong>Buon Natale</strong>, nemesis, I look forward to more feuding next year!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>History Schmistory: November 29. Going South.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1929: U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole. Say, if Santa Claus lives in the North Pole, then who lives in the South Pole? Could it be&#8230; See page for author [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1929: U.S. Admiral <a href="http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/byrd.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Richard Byrd </a>becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole. Say, if Santa Claus lives in the North Pole, then who lives in the South Pole? Could it be&#8230;</p>
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		<title>History Schmistory: November 28. &#8220;Someone should invent the windshield.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2025 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1895: The first American automobile race takes place along a 54 mile stretch between Chicago&#8217;s Jackson Park and Evanston, Illinois. In a little over 10 hours, Frank Duryea wins by a two hour nose. Here we see the thrill of their victory&#8230;]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 12:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1922: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (&#8220;King Tut&#8221;) in over 3000 years, giving the King ample time to perfect his moment in the spotlight&#8230;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1922: Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun (&#8220;King Tut&#8221;) in over 3000 years, giving the King ample time to perfect his moment in the spotlight&#8230;</p>
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		<title>History Schmistory: November 25. &#8220;Take my money, just make it stop!&#8221;`</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1984: In a Band-Aid charity event, 36 top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and pretend to enjoy singing Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. While it was certainly a great cause for Ethiopia, the only thing it caused elsewhere was severe auditory hemorrhaging &#160;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1984: In a <a href="http://www.bandaid20.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Band-Aid</a> charity event, 36 top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and pretend to enjoy singing <em><a href="http://youtu.be/w5cX_ncZLls" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Do They Know It&#8217;s Christmas</a> </em>to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. While it was certainly a great cause for Ethiopia, the only thing it <em>caused</em> elsewhere was severe <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1333921/Do-They-Know-Its-Christmas-worst-song-world-admits-Bob-Geldof.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">auditory hemorrhaging</a></p>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s MarcoWord (Italian): Nero Venerdi (Black Friday)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s MarcoWord (Italian): Nero Venerdi. (NEH-roh veh nehr DEE) Black Friday. &#8220;Nero Venerdi is to shopping what the Black Plague is to history.&#8221;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today&#8217;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/teammarcopolo">MarcoWord</a> (Italian): <strong>Nero Venerdi</strong>. (NEH-roh veh nehr DEE) <em>  Black Friday.  </em>  &#8220;<strong>Nero Venerdi</strong> is to shopping what the Black Plague is to history.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Today&#8217;s MarcoWord (Italian): Mercoledi (Wednesday)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s MarcoWord (Italian): Mercoledì. (mehr ko lay DEE) Wednesday. &#8220;Mercoledì is the day after Tuesday, silly rabbit.&#8221;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today&#8217;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/teammarcopolo">MarcoWord</a> (Italian): <strong>Mercoledì</strong>. (mehr ko lay DEE) <em> Wednesday. </em> &#8220;<strong>Mercoledì</strong> is the day after Tuesday, silly rabbit.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>History Schmistory: November 24. Gone Apey.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species, introducing the scientific theory of natural selection, which suggests, among many things, that humans evolved from apes. Many tempers flare, while other imaginations run wild!]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1859: Charles Darwin publishes <em>On the Origin of Species, </em>introducing the scientific theory of <em>natural selection, </em>which suggests, among many things, that humans evolved from apes. Many tempers flare, while other imaginations run wild!</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 21:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s MarcoWord (Italian): Martedì. (mar tay DEE) Tuesday. &#8220;Martedì is named after Mars, god of chocolaty nougat candy bars.&#8221;]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today&#8217;s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/teammarcopolo">MarcoWord</a> (Italian): <strong>Martedì</strong>. (mar tay DEE) <em> Tuesday. </em> &#8220;<strong>Martedì</strong> is named after Mars, god of chocolaty nougat candy bars.&#8221;</p>
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