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		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/09/28/this-week-in-history-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On September 27, 1951, a team of anthropologists from Indiana University discovered the oldest shopping cart ever found. Working at a dig site in Egypt, the team believed at first that the relic was some sort of bronze cage or basket. Once they unearthed the handlebar and wheels, they realized the magnitude of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Fortnight In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/09/07/this-week-in-history-20/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On September 1, 1904, Cardinals pitcher Reginald &#8220;Pants&#8221; Dixon was beaned in the head by one of his own pitches. &#8226; On September 2, 1906, Reginald &#8220;Pants&#8221; Dixon mistakenly arrived in Pittsburgh for a game against Philadelphia. Dixon pitched five innings against the Pirates anyway, getting tagged for a 5-0 loss. &#8226; On September [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/08/17/this-week-in-history-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On August 18, 1883, Thomas Edison completed a working prototype for what is widely regarded as his worst invention, the pedal-operated pencil breaker. The shoebox-sized contraption, which weighed over thirty pounds, was designed to sit on the desk of a clerk or accountant, who powered it with his feet. Why an accountant would need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/07/19/this-week-in-history-18/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On July 21, 1989, the worst domino-related incident on record occurred at Union Station in Kansas City, MO. Over 846,000 dominoes experienced an &#8220;unplanned collapse event&#8221; (UCE), tumbling haphazardly after a passer-by slipped on the freshly mopped floor. Domino wranglers on hand were powerless to stop the event once it began. When the dust [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/06/07/this-week-in-history-17/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On June 8, 1654, Louis XIV celebrated his coronation as King of France by kicking off a feast that lasted 94 days. For the duration of the feast, the sixteen-year-old monarch rose from his chair only to relieve himself, returning swiftly to his place at the head of the table. He slept in short [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/05/10/this-week-in-history-16/</link>
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		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On May 11, 1071, Lord Archibald Renton first proposed the theory that humans need to breathe air. Renton, who was court physician to William the Conqueror, broke from standard medical theory of the time, which held that the purpose of breathing was to expel dark vapors from the body. Such vapors were considered a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/04/19/this-week-in-history-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On April 20, 1998, physicists at the International Slumber Research Center broke the 5,000 thread count barrier. Bedding of such magnitude was previously thought to be impossible. Early experiments yielded sheets that remained stable for mere fractions of a second, and required the use of massive hyperbaric chambers. It wasn&#8217;t until the ISRC developed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/04/05/this-week-in-history-14/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of Opening Day, we present an all-baseball edition of &#8220;This Week.&#8221; &#8226; On April 5, 1985, the San Diego Zoo placed a lifelong ban on Goose Gossage, on the same day that the zoo&#8217;s entire giraffe population was found slaughtered and half-devoured. When asked about a possible connection, both parties refused to comment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2009/02/16/this-week-in-history-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In honor of the 81st Annual Academy Awards, we present an all-Oscar edition of &#8220;This Week.&#8221; &#8226; On February 16, 1996, a visibly drunk Dianne Wiest mistakenly awarded the Best Supporting Actor award to the pig from Babe. Unwilling to admit any implication of error on their part, the Academy has never corrected the mistake. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/12/22/this-week-in-history-12/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On December 22, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes gave a speech in Philadelphia during which he extolled, at great length, the health values of vinegar. The speech rambled on for some 45 minutes, well beyond its allotted time, and made it vividly clear that Hayes consumed nearly a quart of malt vinegar each day. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/11/16/this-week-in-history-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:39:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On November 18, 1967, meteorologists from around the world came together in Barcelona for a intense, three-day summit. They met behind closed doors, allowing no contact with the outside world. On the third day, five hours behind schedule, the doors finally opened, and a lone weatherman emerged from the smoke-filled conference room to announce [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/10/05/this-week-in-history-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On October 6, 1965, a new musical called The Moon And The Rose opened at the Longacre Theatre on 48th Street. The show received rave reviews, but closed the following afternoon after just one performance. Critics and audiences alike were stunned. No reason was given by the play&#8217;s producers, though it was widely rumored [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/08/18/this-week-in-history-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 04:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On August 18, 1992, a promotion at the newly opened Mall of America in Bloomington, MN sparked chaos as a banner that was supposed to read &#8220;Free Slush Puppy for every MOA customer&#8221; instead read &#8220;Free Puppy for every MOA customer.&#8221; Parents and children swarmed the food court for hours, waiting for &#8212; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week In History</title>
		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/06/30/this-week-in-history-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On July 1, 1891, New York state passed the Youth Labor Act, a significant victory for the child labor movement. The law was considered a benchmark of the time, setting strict standards: &#8220;Child laborers shall not work more than 85 hours in a given week, and no more than 19 hours in a given [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://analog-nation.com/2008/06/22/this-week-in-history-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Keating</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8226; On June 22, 1936, British astronomer Melvin Tinsdale stunned his Oxford colleagues by announcing that he had discovered a new planet. Located between Uranus and Neptune, the planet was to be called Demeter, after the Greek goddess of fertility.* Tinsdale had already mailed a paper for submission to The Astronomical Journal when it was [...]]]></description>
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