Junah the Magnificent
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Awesome. The biggest British opponents of slavery were Quakers and Capitalists.
The abolition of slavery was advanced by Capitalists and industrialization. British MPs who were industrialists or were sons of industrialists were the most supportive of anti-slavery bills. For other elites, there was "no correlation between attitudes towards abolition and
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It's 13,000 miles and 1 year of driving to get from California to Florida (if you want to ensure you stay at 70F the entire way). Well worth it.
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Earthquake near anchorage. My FIL's place sustained some pretty serious foundation issues from the Earthquake a few years ago. This one isn't that strong at least
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People say summers are hot in Arizona. But summers are actually hotter in Alaska. For example, the mean average temperature in Fairbanks, AK in June, is higher than it is in Flagstaff, AZ. @Krissy_MeowMom
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This highway in Washinton State is really quite something! You wind down, down, down to the Grande Ronde river (shown here), and then you have to wind back up, up, up the other side into Oregon. I don't think I've ever been a road with so many curves in such a short distance!
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Walmart is really trying to gas light me today. "Everyday low price" is well over a dollar more than I've ever paid for butter.
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I edited this map to add some red around Wendover, UT along the Nevada border cuz it's actually drier than any place in Nevada.
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In Pine Valley, NV, the temperature changes by over 50F (28C) from morning to afternoon in July.
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Stovepipe wells is the 603rd driest place in California in July. Or 148th wettest of 750 stations.
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Death Valley is a lush rainforest compared to most of California in the summer months. In July, the driest station on the continent for annual precip (1.95"/year at Stovepipe Wells), gets 0.23" in July -- more than the driest 126 stations COMBINED! There are 750 stations in CA
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This year I visited my Father-in-law (in red) and my mother-in-law (in blue) by car. That's a lot of driving!
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Every time I drive through Salt Lake City, this song pops in my head. https://t.co/s4hsNPwnQF
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Most of the US gets colder winters than Canada. And by Canada, I mean Victoria, BC.
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The color of the soil in southern Utah and adjacent Arizona is quite something!
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Fun FACT: Winters are actually COLDER in Texas than Alaska! Well, at least colder in Dalhart, TX than Annette Island, AK. How do you like them apples, @ItsGoneAwry
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