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The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
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Therneiser's Demon
The people of bozzle killed a moose. The murder weapon was an apple stuffed with broken needles. In 15 71, the last franciscan monk of berlin's gray abbey died and leonhard therneiser moved into the vacant grounds. He established there a scientific library, a grand botanical garden and the first animal menagerie in the region. And his pal, duke razwill of polish lithuania gave him a very special present, the moose. When he brought it back to basl in 15 79, where his reputation was quite a bit different. Therneiser was regarded charitably as a philanderer and a hothead. Less char
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