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    From CNN yesterday:

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    Certainly, it being the Suez and all, they should have quoted the length in Great Pyramids. After all, in the realm of goofy inferial measurements, it's well known that...

    1 Empire State building = 3.2 Great Pyramids
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    Quote Originally Posted by DIYSwede View Post
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    somebody watches CNN?

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    somebody watches CNN?
    it was a google ad.

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