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Cincinnati attracted its first permanent white settlers by flatboat in 1788. It took its name from the Society of Cincinnati, an organization of Revolutionary officers. That name came from Cincinnatus, the Roman farmer and general.


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BILL WATTERSON I just read this great science fiction story. It's about how machines take control of humans and tur...
BILL WATTERSON Enemy fighters at two o'clock!Roger. What should I do until then?
BILL WATTERSON Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
BILL WATTERSON From now on, I'll connect the dots my own way.
BILL WATTERSON Black holes are where God divided by zero.
BILL WATTERSON The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried ...
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