Hotel Carter

The Hotel Carter is a historic hotel in Times Square, NY, which guests describe as having bedbugs, grotesque rooms, drunk staff, burglars, terrifying elevators, smelly towels, poor tv reception, no view, no dresser, and was recently named by Elvis Duran & the Z100 Morning Show the "Dirtiest Hotel in the Nation".
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Harpsichord

A harpsichord is a string instrument, in which a keyboard is used to pluck the strings.

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Ellicott City, Maryland!

Ellicott City was founded in 1772 by three brothers, and it later became one of the top manufacturing companies of the Eastern United States.

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Apollo 11

On July 20, 1969, the first manned spaceship landed on the moon, and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Jr. stepped out onto the previously unknown lunar territory.

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Little by Little,
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Salt and Pepper Shakers

Salt production and ceramics improved, making salt able to be left in shakers to match the pepper in more visually appealing containment units; people now collect these whimsical and incredibly useful shakers as a hobby.

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Jump Rope!

The first jump rope was believed to have been invented in 1600 A.D. in Egypt; it was made out of a bamboo vine.

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Goldfish

These relatively low-key domestic pets came from China, and used to be green.

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Jo

Jo, the writer of one of this week's Blogs of Note, has a following of around 200 readers for her blog A Majority Of Two started in July 2008.

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EVERYTHING IN A SENTENCE PRESENTS: WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

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Chopsticks

Asian people 5,000 years ago wanted to eat without touching the hot food with their dirty hands, so they constructed thin wood sticks to transfer the food from the fire to their mouths.

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Everything In A Sentence Presents: Where do you live?

There's something unique in every town, village, or city all over the world. From urban dwellers to western cowboys, we all have something to say about where we live. Do you think your town is cool? Email us at everythinginasentence@gmail.com and we could condense your location into one sentence and share it with the world. Hurry up and email us! The contest ends at 12 PM on Janurary 17, 2009.

Miniature,

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Popcorn

These kernels of dried popcorn have actually been turning themselves inside out since the indians started eating them 5000 years ago in mexico; this fluffy white snack even helped to invent the microwave oven!

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Less than or Equal to,

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Arbor Day

Nebraska didn't have any trees, and J. Sterling Morton from Detroit wanted there to be some, so he proposed on January 4, 1872 that there be a holiday to plant trees.
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Bob Barker

Standing at 6' 1", Robert William Barker, the most well known host of The Price is Right, was a Navy fighter pilot during World War II (although he never went to war) and is known for closing each Price is Right episode with "Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered."
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Cheese Graters

Made of out pewter, the first cheese grater was created by François Boullier in the 1540's due to the enormous surplus of cheese in the 16th century; however, in 1555 a drought occurred (so there was less cheese), making the grater a luxury item.

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Gnomes

Gnomes made of terracotta clay first became popular 150 years ago, but later on in the 20th century their plastic grandchildren became the ultimate trademark of tacky lawns everywhere.

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Deminished,

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Cindy McCain

Cindy, the 54 year old wife of John McCain, was raised in Arizona and married John McCain in 1980; she became the chairperson of the beer distribution company Hensley & Company after her father, the founder, died in 2000.

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Ken Jennings

Kenneth Wayne Jennings III was born May 23, 1974 and went on to win 74 games of Jeopardy in a row; he also has an uncanny Popeye impression.Interested?
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Socks

Roman comedians wore things called "socci", a socklike piece of fabric around their feet that could be taken off quickly; they began wearing them along with sandals, which is why we do too, however unfashionable it is.

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The Mystery of Instant Messaging

Instant messaging (or IM) began with the slightly stalker prone ICQ in the early 1990's and was later offered to all users of AOL; the communication between the people you are talking to in real time occurs because of a software component in your computer called the client.

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Compactly,

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Popsicles

Frank Epperson, an irresponsible eleven year old, left a soda mix out on his back porch in the middle of winter, so now kids enjoy this treat on hot summer days.

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