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Movies you never get tired of

  1. Fantasia
  2. The Godfather
  3. It’s A Wonderful Life
  4. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
  5. Casablanca
  6. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  7. A Man for All Seasons
  8. Saving Private Ryan
  9. Animal Crackers
  10. Father Goose
  11. The Philadelphia Story
  12. My Girl
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Movies you never get tired of

  1. Fantasia
  2. The Godfather
  3. It’s A Wonderful Life
  4. They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
  5. Casablanca
  6. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
  7. A Man for All Seasons
  8. Saving Private Ryan
  9. Animal Crackers
  10. Father Goose
  11. The Philadelphia Story
  12. My Girl
  13. The Blues Brothers

Next up: Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013

Lasted 6.3 billion customer-hours; due to Typhoon Haiyan

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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998

The storm was centered along the Saint Lawrence valley. Four million people lost power and in some cases it took weeks to restore it.

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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998
  6. NYC July 13, 1977

Rioting, looting, many fires set. I was there.

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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998
  6. NYC July 13, 1977
    Oops. NM.
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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998
  6. NYC July 13, 1977
  7. July 2012 India Blackout

620 Million affected in the largest blackout in history

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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998
  6. NYC July 13, 1977
  7. July 2012 India Blackout
  8. 2016 South Australia Blackout
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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998
  6. NYC July 13, 1977
  7. July 2012 India Blackout
  8. 2016 South Australia Blackout
  9. October-November 2012 Hurricane Sandy blackout

over 7 million on the East coast from North Carolina to Quebec lost power, some for weeks.

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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998
  6. NYC July 13, 1977
  7. July 2012 India Blackout
  8. 2016 South Australia Blackout
  9. October-November 2012 Hurricane Sandy blackout
  10. The South American blackout of June 2019

Affected Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Preliminary speculations suggested it might have been a cyberattack but subsequent reports have said it was the result of poor infrastructure.

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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998
  6. NYC July 13, 1977
  7. July 2012 India Blackout
  8. 2016 South Australia Blackout
  9. October-November 2012 Hurricane Sandy blackout
  10. The South American blackout of June 2019
  11. 1999 Southern Brazil blackout
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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998
  6. NYC July 13, 1977
  7. July 2012 India Blackout
  8. 2016 South Australia Blackout
  9. October-November 2012 Hurricane Sandy blackout
  10. The South American blackout of June 2019
  11. 1999 Southern Brazil blackout
  12. March 2019 Venezuela blackouts

At least 50 hospital patients died

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Big Blackouts

  1. NYC July 13, 2019
  2. The Great Northeast Blackout, March 1965
  3. Philippines Blackout, November 2013
  4. Northeast Blackout of 2003
  5. The Great Ice Storm of 1998
  6. NYC July 13, 1977
  7. July 2012 India Blackout
  8. 2016 South Australia Blackout
  9. October-November 2012 Hurricane Sandy blackout
  10. The South American blackout of June 2019
  11. 1999 Southern Brazil blackout
  12. March 2019 Venezuela blackouts
  13. December 1983, 2/3rds of Sweden blacked out

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Movie quotes you use in day-to-day conversation.

  1. “Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life.” - Blazing Saddles
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Movie quotes you use in day-to-day conversation.

  1. “Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life.” - Blazing Saddles
  2. “So it is written. So it is done.” - The Ten Commandments

Very few don’t recognize this one.

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Movie quotes you use in day-to-day conversation.

  1. “Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life.” - Blazing Saddles

  2. “So it is written. So it is done.” - The Ten Commandments

  3. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” - Caddyshack

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Movie quotes you use in day-to-day conversation.

  1. “Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life.” - Blazing Saddles

  2. “So it is written. So it is done.” - The Ten Commandments

  3. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” - Caddyshack

  4. “In the not too distant (whap) future.” - 1776

The word “whap” is always said. In the movie, it’s John Hancock swatting a fly.

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Movie quotes you use in day-to-day conversation.

  1. “Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life.” - Blazing Saddles
  2. “So it is written. So it is done.” - The Ten Commandments
  3. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” - Caddyshack
  4. “In the not too distant (whap) future.” - 1776
  5. “You’re killin’ me, Smalls.” - The Sandlot
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Movie quotes you use in day-to-day conversation.

  1. “Mongo not know. Mongo only pawn in game of life.” - Blazing Saddles
  2. “So it is written. So it is done.” - The Ten Commandments
  3. “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice.” - Caddyshack
  4. “In the not too distant (whap) future.” - 1776
  5. “You’re killin’ me, Smalls.” - The Sandlot
  6. “Here’s lookin’ at you, kid.” - Casablanca