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Madame Clicquot née Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin, aka Widow Clicquot or Veuve Clicquot (1777–1866), the "Grande Dame of Champagne” was a French Champagne producer. She took on her husband's wine business when widowed at 27. Under her ownership, the company developed early champagne using a novel technique

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Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring. They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died. France also gave us this land as American soil.

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The sheer magnificence of #Andor really setup the utter disappointment in the season 2 finale of "The Last of Us". It's a great example of how shortened "seasons" really take all of the steam out of a television series. I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

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Phil Collins didn't have to go that hard at the beginning of Tarzan, but he did. He did for all of us. #disney #tarzan

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If you do nothing else today, please go to ESPNEWS and watch the Pillow Fight Championship.

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Ohio raccoons ain't playin.

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Buh bye. #saints www.nfl.com/news/saints-...

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Someone let #CNN know. They're giving Rubio all the credit.

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I am expecting an official blessing of the New Orleans Saints any day now.

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#starwars #andor

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Mon Mothma has arrived at the Met Gala

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Luthen Rael has arrived at the #metgala

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A vehicle manufactured for Pope Francis’ visit to Bethlehem in 2014 is being transformed into a mobile health clinic to treat ill and wounded Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip — an initiative that he blessed in the months before he died.

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Post your getaway vehicle

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#maythe4thbewithyou #andor #starwars

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Rinsing bottles at Champagne Louis Royer in Aÿ, Champagne, around 1900.

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Living Colour releases their debut LP today in 1988 — with “Cult of Personality”, a song inspired by a chat during rehearsal about what makes a leader charismatic. “Vernon played a riff,” said drummer Will Calhoun. “And next we knew we had a song. All while we were setting up for sound check.”

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The average American has three friends.

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This is Donut. He wanted to pop out and say hi. Wondering where your personal chauffeur is. Said you can borrow his, if you'd like. 13/10

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Hayden Christensen and Samuel L. Jackson took the stage and surprised fans at a 20th anniversary screening of ‘Revenge Of The Sith’ last night at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. ✨

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Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, LOTR or Ghibli)

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Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs.

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/d...

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I think he's 0 for 5 today, but I may have lost count.

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So much losing today.

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It's the little things... (now do backwards compatibility)

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Andor is absolutely amazing.

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Looking at incoming vessels to the Port of Los Angeles (America's largest container port): 1.) This week we're still in frontrunning mode (57%+ YoY). 2.) Next week we're basically at normal (-8% YoY). 3.) Two weeks from now we're in The Bad Place (-44% YoY)

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Composition of Wine Production in Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), 2022 Only 19% are made from vinifera grapes, 81% are made from American and hybrid grapes. Note, Rio Grande do Sul accounts for approx 90% of Brazil's wine production

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Vineyard Area in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, 1900-2022

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