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I started learning about the Isle of Mann a while back, and then I decided to stop.

Here's the full list of data / topics that I recall starting to learn about, when I started considering Mann:

• Nearly 50% of the inhabitants are employed by government.
• The nation supports a sport with what seems like yearly guaranteed deaths.
• Inbreeding and accompanying physical / mental health conditions, particularly among the nobility.
• Islands that have served as castles

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An Engineering professor parts from his employer.

His email remains with the school, and his post-employment email auto response signs off with:

"Volat Irreparabile Tempus"
(Color and font size was originally standard, it has been changed for emotional effect.)

Now like myself, perhaps you'll consider why he might have left that sign-off line.
And know that our knowledge about the man and the phrase is now nearly equal, for the ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream

The scream, by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch: an analysis.

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How might that famous painting relate to deaf ears?

Did deaf ears precede the scream?
Were deaf ears present during the scream?
Did deaf ears follow the scream?
Did the scream cause deaf ears?
Did the screamer have deaf ears? (before, during and/or after the scream) ...

Soul Coughing, Tokyo, Japan 03.02.97

That's the album Mike Doughty will not autograph.*

It's interesting to reflect upon, while not knowing all the forces that caused the outcome.

*Personally verified via directly asking the artist

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Here's a list of data that is not on the internet.
At least I could not find the data using multiple search engines and multiple combinations of search terms.

1. The correct name of Chris Cornell's first band (obtained from a single, unconfirmed source).
2. The name of Andrea Zollo's first official demo tape.
3. The inscription around the center of the Malfunkshun vinyl (first pressing), possibly it was Green River not Malfunkshun and I've searched both ways.
4. Michelle Shocked's song

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