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171.

171 years ago in 1835 Acetylsalicylic
acid (ASA) was first extracted from the plant Meadowsweet (Spiraea Ulmaria) in 1835 by a French chemist. It was considered little more than a curiousity at that time, and as the process was lengthy, further messing around with it was put on the shelf.
 
177. 1776 was the year that a bunch of slave owning, aristocratic white males, told King George III of England to **** off, because they didn't want to pay their taxes.
 

Perilypos

Retired Moderator
§ 178 in my Grammar of Classical Greek Language:

Declension of nouns and adjectives with stems in -i and -y (paradigms: "polis", "ichthys" and "glykys-glykeia-glyky"
 

Perilypos

Retired Moderator
184 years ago (exactly on 27th September 1822) Francois Champolion released his decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs.
 
185.
My Maserati does 185
I lost my license, now I don't drive
I have a limo, ride in the back
I lock the doors in case I'm attacked

A line from Joe Walsh-Life's Been Good
 
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