For we've slaved away four years of our life and earned about three pound ten
I have a sore throat and a steadily climbing fever and just discovered I missed a documentary on whaling tonight. It had better re-air. Preferably at some point when I can focus on the screen. Today: not success. Tell me something historically weird.

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Awesome/historical facepalm. What were the actual two mistakes?
In the meantime, the new bridge that accompanied the tunnel was named after Leonard P. Zakim, a Jew who led the local chapter of the Anti-Defamation League.
I knew none of that and it certainly qualifies as weird, with a side order of depressing. Has the city of Boston named anything after Russell?