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I think we got slightly off the alphabet unless there is a T in those names I didn't see

Toussaint L'Ouverture

known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda, was the best-known leader of the Haitian Revolution. His military and political acumen saved the gains of the first Black insurrection in November 1791



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sorry, my alphabet is poor, or is it my eye sight ?
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^ I assumed it was that fat joint smoldering in the ashtray.   Hey it's Saturday.

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^My knees and elbows are the only fat joints that smolder anymore..Dead



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Wenceslaus I

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Xenophon,
Greek soldier, philosopher & historian, author of 'Anabasis'.


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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

^ I assumed it was that fat joint smoldering in the ashtray.   Hey it's Saturday.

Uncle Sam




Oh WOW! How did you know? LOL
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Young, Thomas

18th-19th Century English polymath, Thomas Young was a polymath, famous for his double slit experiment which displayed the wave nature of light, the development of "Young's Modulus", an intrinsic property of materials with significant engineering applications, and his deciphering of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, including the Rosetta Stone. 


when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Zarathustra (Zoroaster)

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ancient Iranian prophet
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Atahualpa, the last Sapa Inca.


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John Wilkes Booth

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Casimir III the Great (Pol. Kazimierz III Wielki) - King of Poland (1333 - 1370)

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David, Jacques-Louis, French painter.



One of his most famous paintings: "Leonidas at Thermopylae".

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Einstein

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Feynman, Richard

Charismatic physicist and bongo player extraordinaire.


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Goya

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Hemingway, Ernest.


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Innocent lll

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Julius Caesar (100-44 BC)


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Bobby Kennedy

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