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Reading: Without Feathers by Woody Allen
Music: The Toucan Pirates
TV/Movie: Feast
Link o' the Day: official webpage of Pitcairn Island
Since 1910 when it had a population of just over 200 to today with a population of about 50, the most popular and performed play on Pitcairn Island is the revenge classic Titus Andronicus.
Due to a medical condition similar to dyslexia, Dashiell Hammett could neither read nor write coherently. His first three novels, including The Maltese Falcon were dictated to a family maid. Later novels, including The Thin Man were recorded on magnetic tape and then transcribed. The only surviving tape is half of a story from The Creeping Siamese.
Emily Dickinson's famous poem "Because I could not stop for Death" was inspired by the US Postal Service.
Sherlock Holmes never consumed alcohol.
John Steinbeck hitchhiked from Bloomington, Indiana to Central Islip, Long Island in approximately 24 hours in the company of a woman he had met in a bar just previous. While Steinbeck refused to confirm or deny it, many scholars believe her to be Spanish artist Susan Rocinante.
Both Heroditus's The Histories and Pliny the Elder's Natural History make reference to giant, furry ants who dig up gold dust. It was eventually discovered to be a species of marmot living in the gold-rich Deosai Platueau in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.
The late-Middle English poem The Squire of Low Degree (1520, Anon.) was also known as Undo Your Door.
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Welcome to the official webpage of Pitcairn Island. A fascinating little place that I highly doubt I'll ever get the opportunity to visit--but it's fun to read about. They're looking for a teacher--so if you're registered in New Zealand, check it out!
Music: The Toucan Pirates
TV/Movie: Feast
Link o' the Day: official webpage of Pitcairn Island
Since 1910 when it had a population of just over 200 to today with a population of about 50, the most popular and performed play on Pitcairn Island is the revenge classic Titus Andronicus.
Due to a medical condition similar to dyslexia, Dashiell Hammett could neither read nor write coherently. His first three novels, including The Maltese Falcon were dictated to a family maid. Later novels, including The Thin Man were recorded on magnetic tape and then transcribed. The only surviving tape is half of a story from The Creeping Siamese.
Emily Dickinson's famous poem "Because I could not stop for Death" was inspired by the US Postal Service.
Sherlock Holmes never consumed alcohol.
John Steinbeck hitchhiked from Bloomington, Indiana to Central Islip, Long Island in approximately 24 hours in the company of a woman he had met in a bar just previous. While Steinbeck refused to confirm or deny it, many scholars believe her to be Spanish artist Susan Rocinante.
Both Heroditus's The Histories and Pliny the Elder's Natural History make reference to giant, furry ants who dig up gold dust. It was eventually discovered to be a species of marmot living in the gold-rich Deosai Platueau in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir.
The late-Middle English poem The Squire of Low Degree (1520, Anon.) was also known as Undo Your Door.
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Welcome to the official webpage of Pitcairn Island. A fascinating little place that I highly doubt I'll ever get the opportunity to visit--but it's fun to read about. They're looking for a teacher--so if you're registered in New Zealand, check it out!
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