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Re:Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded by Negitivefrags on Monday October 07, 2019 @02:47PM (#21184519)
I have heard of Larry Niven and never heard of Millard Fillmore.

Being outside the US I never covered past US presidents in school.

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Re:Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded by untreasure on Monday October 07, 2019 @04:16PM (#21185484)
Even if the US, he isn't someone who would be covered.
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Re:Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded by dwoozle on Monday October 07, 2019 @10:01PM (#21187953)
Probably fewer than 10% of Harvard graduates could tell you anything substantive about Millard Fillmore’s presidency. He isn’t covered here either.
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Re:Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded by perl4ever on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @11:11PM (#21210484)
I'm possibly only aware of Millard Fillmore because of the Infocom game "Bureaucracy" and oddly enough:

"Jerry Pournelle named Bureaucracy as his game of the month for October 1987, stating that he and Larry Niven became "engrossed""

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