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  1. 2020-07-28, 07:46 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #187
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    Quote Originally Posted by eee View Post
    In other news, mystery seeds are showing up in people's mailboxes. Obviously, Ysengrin.

    https://wtop.com/local/2020/07/virgi...il-from-china/
    There's actually a fairly mundane explanation for this: brushing. It's illegal, and consists of a seller placing fake orders on itself to increase its ranking on services like Ali Baba.

    EDIT: A more complete explanation: https://www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshe...hing-about-it/
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    Quote Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
    I thought Tom Bombadil dreadful — but worse still was the announcer's preliminary remarks that Goldberry was his daughter (!), and that Willowman was an ally of Mordor (!!).
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