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May 19, 2024

Why did they name Washington state “Washington” when Washington D.C. had been founded nearly a century before.?

This stuff also contributed to why the name "British Columbia" became a thing. British Columbia is the part of the old Columbia Department that remained UK/HBC controlled after the Oregon Treaty.

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Aranet4 review: I love itWhen the world first began to open up post-pandemic, lots of friends at conferences brought along the Aranet4, which is a CO2 monitor. This is it, for scale, it’s about as big...