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or Cuss. Not worth a curse. I don't care a curse (or cuss). Here “curse” is a corruption of cerse or kerse. Similarly, the Latin nihil [nihilum ] is ne hilum, not [worth] the black eye of…
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Here is a table of staffed space flights including the names of astronauts, duration of the flights, and launch dates.
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