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No wonder the economy is tanking (hexbear.net)

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[-] miz@hexbear.net 69 points 3 days ago

Americans: more innumerate or more illiterate? the answer may surprise you

[-] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 43 points 3 days ago

Remember when 56% of people surveyed were in favor of banning Arabic numerals?

[-] miz@hexbear.net 38 points 3 days ago

Poll: 30% of GOP voters support bombing Agrabah, the city from Aladdin

[-] departee@hexbear.net 27 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They kinda did

As with Woolverton's screenplay, several characters and plot elements were based on The Thief of Bagdad,[33][34] although the location of the film was changed from Baghdad to the fictional Arabian city of Agrabah due to the Gulf War.[35] Because the war prevented them from travelling to Baghdad for research, most of their research took place at the Saudi Arabian expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center.[36]