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To: lepton

I was reading the bio of Mark Twain a few weeks ago. That guy was born when Halleys comet came by earth in 1835 and died exactly when it returned in 1910. Pretty weird.


11 posted on 10/28/2018 7:48:24 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Great writer. Just read The Innocents Abroad. His observations on Europe, Middle East and Islam still relevant today.


14 posted on 10/28/2018 7:53:11 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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***and died exactly when it returned in 1910. Pretty weird.***

SEE! I knew the poison gas in the tail would kill us all off, except those who had gas masks or took the anti-comet pills!
https://briankoberlein.com/wp-content/uploads/1910-halleys-comet.jpg

http://100yearsagoinmemphis.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/ranchersuicide.jpg

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xUHKk68KFk8/UKTcJ0Jg0iI/AAAAAAAACjA/I_CVM4BfLHs/s1600/ArizonaRepublican17May1910_Comet.jpg


23 posted on 10/28/2018 8:08:02 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
I was reading the bio of Mark Twain a few weeks ago. That guy was born when Halleys comet came by earth in 1835 and died exactly when it returned in 1910. Pretty weird.

So he may not have actually witnessed either event.

24 posted on 10/28/2018 8:09:59 AM PDT by Starstruck (I'm usually sarcastic. Deal with it.)
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