| Revision as of 07:48, 16 May 2020 view sourceSpinningspark (talk | contribs)89,216 edits It wasn't a Confederate officer, who put that in? It wasn't the approved hook.← Previous edit | Revision as of 07:50, 16 May 2020 view source Spinningspark (talk | contribs)89,216 edits contiguous links aren't too clever eitherNext edit → | ||
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| {{main page image|image=Civil War Signal Corps Kit.jpg|caption=Wigwag flags and torches|width=160 <!-- Use 120 for vertical images, 140 for square images, and 160 for horizontal images-->}}<!--See ] for other parameters--> | {{main page image|image=Civil War Signal Corps Kit.jpg|caption=Wigwag flags and torches|width=160 <!-- Use 120 for vertical images, 140 for square images, and 160 for horizontal images-->}}<!--See ] for other parameters--> | ||
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| * ... that an officer continued to send ''']''' |
* ... that an officer continued to send ''']''' ''(example flags pictured)'' with a bedsheet after the flagman retreated during ] in 1863? | ||
| * ... that ''']''' and ] scientifically described the smell of rain, for which Thomas coined the term "]"? | * ... that ''']''' and ] scientifically described the smell of rain, for which Thomas coined the term "]"? | ||
| * ... that ''']''', built in the 1950s, was described as "a rare survivor" just five years before it was closed? | * ... that ''']''', built in the 1950s, was described as "a rare survivor" just five years before it was closed? | ||
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Wigwag flags and torches
- ... that an officer continued to send wigwag flag signals (example flags pictured) with a bedsheet after the flagman retreated during Pickett's Charge in 1863?
- ... that Richard Grenfell Thomas and Isabel Bear scientifically described the smell of rain, for which Thomas coined the term "petrichor"?
- ... that Taunton bus station, built in the 1950s, was described as "a rare survivor" just five years before it was closed?
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