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Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals - George Orwell
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On this day:
England & France sign treaty of Westminster - 1527, The Louisiana Purchase - 1803, Hitler’s Suicide - 1945, Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London - 1980, Soho pub bombing - 1999
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