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Depth sounding (en.wikipedia.org)
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Gangue (en.wikipedia.org)
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Mett (raw pork tartar) (wikipedia.org)
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Haven’t tried this yet, but will look for it in Germany for sure. Also the hedgehog presentation is very amusing:)

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One more lane and we'll fix all this traffic

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Antonio de Erauso, born as Catalina de Erauso (in Spanish) (San Sebastián, Spain, 1585 or 1592 — Cuetlaxtla near Orizaba, New Spain, 1650), was a Basque nun and explorer. He also went by Alonso Díaz and some other masculine names, later taking on the name Antonio de Erauso which he went by for the remainder of his life. He is also known in Spanish as La Monja Alférez (The Ensign Nun or The Nun Lieutenant). de Erauso was originally an unwilling nun, but escaped the convent and travelled around Spain and Spanish America, mostly under male identities, in the first half of the 17th century. Erauso's story has remained alive through historical studies, biographical stories, novels, movies and comics.

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Soda jerk (en.wikipedia.org)
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Bode Ioiô (c. 1915 – 1931) was a celebrated goat who became a folk figure in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza during the early 20th century, particularly in the 1920s. Originally brought to the city by drought migrants, he gained fame for wandering the city center, frequenting bohemian circles, and eventually becoming the subject of a protest vote where he was unofficially "elected" city councilman in 1922. After his death, Ioiô was taxidermied and displayed at the Museu do Ceará. He became a cultural icon of the region.

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I'm not primarily an English Wikipedian; most of my Wikipedia time is spent contributing to Swedish Wikipedia or explaining the encyclopedia to the Swedish public. But I still hang out here. I fix mistakes I come across while reading. I illustrate articles, dabble in policy debate, take part in some talk page conversations, even write the occasional English article. Mostly I haunt Articles for Deletion, where I keep an eye out for anything related to Sweden, to help hunt down and contextualise sources to ensure we can save notable articles.

Usually, it's a simple task of expanding the article a little bit, adding a few sources to make sure key information can be verified elsewhere, and letting people know it's no longer the same text as was taken to AfD.

Sometimes it's a frustrating exercise for everyone involved.

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It's baaaaack!

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Overton window (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Overton window is the range of subjects and arguments politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. It is also known as the window of discourse.

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Dick Biggs the Second (en.wikipedia.org)
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Kaiserschmarrn (en.wikipedia.org)
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Rainy Taxi (en.wikipedia.org)
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Land lab (en.wikipedia.org)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_corpus


Habeas corpus (/ˈheɪbiəs ˈkɔːrpəs/ ; from Medieval Latin, lit. 'you should have the body')[1] is a legal procedure by which a report can be made to a court alleging the unlawful detention or imprisonment of an individual, and requesting that the court order the individual's custodian (usually a prison official) to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether their detention is lawful.

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