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					<description><![CDATA[1962 &#8211; Seattle Washington The first test flight of the Boeing 727. Incidentally, if you ever find yourself in Costa Rica you can stay in a hotel made of an old model!]]></description>
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		<title>Did you hug a vet today?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230;well hop to it!]]></description>
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		<title>Did you remember?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Take those skeletons back out of the closet&#8230; literally! You still have time to observe Mexico&#8217;s Day of the Dead. And you thought Halloween was over!]]></description>
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					<description><![CDATA[1869: Boston, A hotel in Boston becomes the first to have indoor plumbing. Yet in 2015 we still have to deal with these&#8230;.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1869: Boston, A hotel in Boston becomes the first to have indoor plumbing. Yet in 2015 we still have to deal with these&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Remembering one of America&#8217;s Greatest innovators&#8230;</title>
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		<title>Are you super boring? This book is for you!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2025 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Check out the new book Maphead from the Jeopardy guy, Ken Jennings. You gotta love a guy who says his favorite thing as a kid was tearing open National Geographic so he could scope out the maps. The only person nerdier would be someone working on a travel show for kids, huh? &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>All the best, Marco!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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