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“The Riddle” is the UN’s latest video in a campaign to fight legalised homophobia around the world. Spread the word.
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As long as I live under the capitalistic system, I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp. This, sir, is my resignation.
— William Faulkner -
Exploration is the sport of the scientist
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This moment. That is all.
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This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.
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“The Boy and His Atom” - a fascinating stop-motion film from our friends @IBM
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We’ve got the best-looking Royal couple there is! Lang leve Maxima! Lang leve de Koning!
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The national anthem is being sung and King Willem-Alexander is about to speak!
Wilhelmus van Nassouwe
ben ik, van Duitsen bloed,
den vaderland getrouwe
blijf ik tot in den dood.
Een Prinse van Oranje
ben ik, vrij, onverveerd,
den Koning van Hispanje
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The new king appears on the balcony in Amsterdam for the first time as King. Lang leve de Koning! Oranje Boven!
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Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has just abdicated in favour of her son, Willem-Alexander! Lang leve de Koning!
