"TIL that Poppy flowers became associated with the military after a Canadian poet was inspired by a field of poppies near a mass grave in Belgium following World War 1. The poppies grew there after the bombing and trench warfare churned up the soil, exposing dormant poppy seeds to the sunlight."
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Cyrenius 2 year s ago
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
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Delbert 2 year s ago
#37 the base story is a good read:
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Playing-With-Money-How-a-95-093-35-junk-mail
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https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Playing-With-Money-How-a-95-093-35-junk-mail
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Eustacia 2 year s ago
#39 A more impressive stat is that if you took away all of his goals he would still be the leading scorer on assists alone.
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Playing-With-Money-How-a-95-093-35-junk-mail
-2588766.php