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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2010/02/07/look-it-up-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apatosaurus pusillus, shown here at 125% magnification The smallest dinosaur fossils ever found belong to Apatosaurus pusillus, known to archaeologists as the &#8220;pygmy bronto.&#8221; Native to the western regions of what would later become the North American continent, pygmy brontos lived during the Lower and Middle Jurassic periods. Adult males stood around three quarters of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/04/14/look-it-up-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since oar first met wave, we have looked to the night sky for guidance. Without the stars, navigation upon the open seas would never have been possible, and the horizon would have remained a distant dream. No wonder those ancient seafarers imbued the constellations with such rich histories. They were trusted friends and advisors. Different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/02/11/look-it-up-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it is true that pretzels were first made by European monks nearly eight centuries ago, it was many years before they became a household staple. In fact, pretzels were never intended to be eaten at all. They were created as werewolf-bane, a ward against the lupine half-beasts that monks believed to be lurking behind [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/01/05/look-it-up-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Language is a journey. Each word we speak has traveled from its origin, modulating in form and meaning as the miles progress. Oftentimes the route crosses continent and millennium alike, arriving in our dictionaries with an untold story. To understand our language, we must understand where our words came from. The map of that journey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/11/13/look-it-up-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As baseball wraps up its season by announcing this year&#8217;s award winners, two new names have been added to one of the most prestigious lists in sports: recipients of the Cy Young Award. Given to the most outstanding pitcher in each league, the Cy Young will now grace the mantles of San Francisco&#8217;s Tim Lincecum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/09/26/look-it-up-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Orchid. For many botanists, the mere word is enough to quicken the pulse, widen the eyes and send the mind racing. These exotic treasures are a gift from nature, taking root in some of the most delicate ecosystems on Earth. Also, they kind of look like a woman&#8217;s mystery places. Plant hunters will traverse the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/09/04/look-it-up-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 NFL season is underway, and with it comes a nation&#8217;s worth of Super Bowl hopes, body paint and beer. A lot of stock will be placed in how the teams fare in their first game, probably more than is fair. Fans should rest easy in the knowledge that however bad their teams may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/07/17/look-it-up-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The discovery of the Burgess Shale in 1909 was a watershed moment in paleontology. An ancient mass sedimentary rock, the shale was formed by layers of mud millions of years ago, preserving an array of fossils in remarkable detail. These specimens were like nothing seen before. They defied classification, and unveiled a variety of prehistoric [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/06/12/look-it-up-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When baseball&#8217;s Seattle Pilots moved east to Milwaukee in 1970, new owner Bud Selig wanted to do something to distinguish their new identity. His advisors presented an idea: The team was to be called the Brewers, so why not make beer? And so was born Brewer&#8217;s Best, the only microbrewery ever to be fully owned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/05/29/look-it-up-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 01:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Czech footballer Jan Skorkovský has the distinction of holding the most world records in history. His considerable shadow eclipses the achievements of Helen Louise Abernathy, who held the title until Skorkovský came along, and is still the leading record holder among women. Among her 819 records: Largest ball of melted crayons (1.3 meters in diameter) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/04/30/look-it-up-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 01:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite months public outrage, the Seattle SuperSonics are on the brink of moving to Oklahoma City. Basketball fans in the Emerald City can perhaps take comfort in the fact that they are by no means the only city to be held hostage by a sports team owner. The strangest such instance may have come at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/04/07/look-it-up-6/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many baseball fans know how the New York Highlanders became the Yankees, that the Cubs were so named because of the youth of their lineup, or that the Blue Jays got their name in an alcohol-soaked dare. But it&#8217;s the rare fan who knows why Pittsburgh&#8217;s 9 are known as the Pirates. When Pittsburgh joined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/03/25/look-it-up-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1959 White Sox featured a guy who didn&#8217;t have thumbs. Ron Jackson, who lost both thumbs in a fishing mishap the previous winter, played 5 games at first base, and was also a pinch hitter. Conventional wisdom of the time held that first basemen didn&#8217;t really need thumbs anyway, so White Sox brass kept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/02/07/look-it-up-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world&#8217;s most poisonous deer, hands down, is Odocoileus toximortica, the North American spotted whitefoot. Native to forested or mountainous terrains, the whitefoot can be found in most regions of the US and Canada. It is thought to be the only carnivore of family Cervidae. Odocoileus toximortica The bite of the whitefoot is a dual-tiered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look It Up</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/01/14/look-it-up-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first documented game of modern-rules, 9-on-9 baseball ever to take place in France was played on June 2nd, 1918, just behind the Allied front near Ypres. A team of U.S. soldiers (who named themselves &#8220;The Fighting Bears&#8221;) took on a team from the French army (&#8220;La Malaise&#8221;) as part of a friendly wager. The [...]]]></description>
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