Massachusetts
About Massachusetts
Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode Island to its south, New Hampshire and Vermont to its north, and New York to its west. Massachusetts is the seventh-smallest state by land area. With an estimated population of over 7.1 million, it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the United States, and the third-most densely populated U.S. state after New Jersey and Rhode Island.
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In 1816, in Massachusetts, there was a guy who was called George Pierce who was arrested for riding on a Sunday, because in America, you weren't allowed to ride your horse on a Sunday. He was arrested as acting against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and he was put in prison, and then he was only let out on a Monday, but then he sued the officer for false arrest because he said you're not allowed to do anything on Sundays, including arresting me, and he won his court case, and he got $500 of damages from the police officer for arresting him.
from 328: No Such Thing As A Romantic Lollipop, 2020-07-03 at 00:07:55 · read transcript
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It sounds so frustrating, recreating it like hand forging the individual nails with which they make it, hand sewing the canvas sails, because that's how they did it, they must have thought at some points, is this, what the fuck is the point in this? Apparently, according to the Wikipedia page, and this is taken from a pamphlet that's issued by the Plymouth Museum in Massachusetts, which is where it is now.
437: No Such Thing As A Face Mite With A Laptop, 2022-07-29 · listen
The world's largest chair is a really epic battle between lots of different places. It started in 1905. Strap yourselves in. This is going to be a long anecdote. It started in 1905, and Gardner, Massachusetts, erected a 12-foot tall chair. Then a place called Thomasville, North Carolina, made one that was 13 feet 6 inches. Then those two places just got more and more bigger and bigger chairs. Eventually, there was an 18-foot chair in Thomasville.
160: No Such Thing As A Sausage Jacuzzi, 2017-04-13 · listen
Apparently, according to the... the Wikipedia page and this is taken from a pamphlet that's issued by the Plymouth Museum in Massachusetts which is where it is now when they built this replica in England they employed the skills of elderly traditional workmen so that they could build a vessel that reflected the original How old were they?
No Such Thing As A Face Mite With A Laptop, 2022-07-28 · listen
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