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“Not that anybody cares two pins about history in these days.We've got rid of history; history is all my eye. But I've got to tell you the facts.” quote by Carter Dickson — Download Open image

““Not that anybody cares two pins about history in these days.We've got rid of history; history is all my eye. But I've got to tell you the facts.””

Carter Dickson

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Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t really explain why.

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