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Children’s fiction

  1. Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, by Mary Mapes Dodge
  2. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  3. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
  4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J. K. Rowling
  5. The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss
  6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
  7. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
  8. Henry Huggins, by Beverly Cleary
  9. Encyclopaedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald Sobol
  10. Flat Stanley - Jeff Brown
  11. The Dutch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins
  12. Barn Cat, by Carol P. Saul and Mary Azarian

Charming rhyming book about a Vermont barn cat.

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Children’s fiction

  1. Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates, by Mary Mapes Dodge
  2. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  3. Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak
  4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, by J. K. Rowling
  5. The Cat in the Hat, by Dr. Seuss
  6. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis
  7. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
  8. Henry Huggins, by Beverly Cleary
  9. Encyclopaedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald Sobol
  10. Flat Stanley - Jeff Brown
  11. The Dutch Twins, by Lucy Fitch Perkins
  12. Barn Cat, by Carol P. Saul and Mary Azarian
  13. Number the Stars, Lois Lowry

Newbery Award winner
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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960

Most powerful earthquake in recorded history.

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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
  5. Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
  5. Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
  6. Mexico City, 1968

Not a particularly strong one (7 dead) but it’s the first earthquake I remember (as a young child), have been in several others since.

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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
  5. Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
  6. Mexico City, 1968
  7. Tōhoku, Japan, 2011

Killed about 15,000; caused nuclear disaster: Fukushima nuclear disaster - Wikipedia

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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
  5. Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
  6. Mexico City, 1968
  7. Tōhoku, Japan, 2011
  8. San Fernando, USA, 1971

I was four years old and slept through it.

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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
  5. Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
  6. Mexico City, 1968
  7. Tōhoku, Japan, 2011
  8. San Fernando, USA, 1971
  9. Indian Ocean off Sumatra, 2004
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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
  5. Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
  6. Mexico City, 1968
  7. Tōhoku, Japan, 2011
  8. San Fernando, USA, 1971
  9. Indian Ocean off Sumatra, 2004
  10. Loma Prieta (SF Bay Area, USA), 1989

(I was there for that one)

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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
  5. Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
  6. Mexico City, 1968
  7. Tōhoku, Japan, 2011
  8. San Fernando, USA, 1971
  9. Indian Ocean off Sumatra, 2004
  10. Loma Prieta (SF Bay Area, USA), 1989
  11. Nepal, 2015

over 8,000 dead and 21,000 injured

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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
  5. Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
  6. Mexico City, 1968
  7. Tōhoku, Japan, 2011
  8. San Fernando, USA, 1971
  9. Indian Ocean off Sumatra, 2004
  10. Loma Prieta (SF Bay Area, USA), 1989
  11. Nepal, 2015
  12. Luzon, Philippines, 1990

The strongest earthquake I’ve ever been in. 100 miles from the epicenter, it felt like the house might fall down.

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Deadly earthquakes since 1900

  1. Fukushima, Japan, 2011
  2. San Francisco, USA, 1906
  3. Valdivia, Chile, 1960
  4. Muisne, Ecuador, last Saturday
  5. Managua, Nicaragua, 1972
  6. Mexico City, 1968
  7. Tōhoku, Japan, 2011
  8. San Fernando, USA, 1971
  9. Indian Ocean off Sumatra, 2004
  10. Loma Prieta (SF Bay Area, USA), 1989
  11. Nepal, 2015
  12. Luzon, Philippines, 1990
    13.Mexico City, 1985

Next: Most inane irritating obnoxious music played on stadium PA to root on sports teams:

  1. Everybody clap your hands - clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap
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Most inane irritating obnoxious music played on stadium PA to root on sports teams:

  1. Everybody clap your hands - clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap
  2. Tomahawk Chop – Ohhh-oh-ohoh oh!
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Most inane irritating obnoxious music played on stadium PA to root on sports teams:

  1. Everybody clap your hands - clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap
  2. Tomahawk Chop – Ohhh-oh-ohoh oh!
  3. Charge! (the cavalry bugle call)
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Most inane irritating obnoxious music played on stadium PA to root on sports teams:

  1. Everybody clap your hands - clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap
  2. Tomahawk Chop – Ohhh-oh-ohoh oh!
  3. Charge! (the cavalry bugle call)
  4. “Whoot! There it is!” by Tag Team
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Most inane irritating obnoxious music played on stadium PA to root on sports teams:

  1. Everybody clap your hands - clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap
  2. Tomahawk Chop – Ohhh-oh-ohoh oh!
  3. Charge! (the cavalry bugle call)
  4. “Whoot! There it is!” by Tag Team
  5. “Who Let the Dogs Out”
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Most inane irritating obnoxious music played on stadium PA to root on sports teams:

  1. Everybody clap your hands - clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap
  2. Tomahawk Chop – Ohhh-oh-ohoh oh!
  3. Charge! (the cavalry bugle call)
  4. “Whoot! There it is!” by Tag Team
  5. “Who Let the Dogs Out”
  6. “Rock and Roll” (also known as “The Hey Song”)

By the disgraced Gary Glitter: Gary Glitter - Wikipedia

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Most inane irritating obnoxious music played on stadium PA to root on sports teams:

  1. Everybody clap your hands - clapclapclapclapclapclapclapclap
  2. Tomahawk Chop – Ohhh-oh-ohoh oh!
  3. Charge! (the cavalry bugle call)
  4. “Whoot! There it is!” by Tag Team
  5. “Who Let the Dogs Out”
  6. “Rock and Roll” (also known as “The Hey Song”)
  7. Day-oh

I bet you can’t make it through the whole 5:23 of this: