Class of 2020 — HN Hall of Fame

December 2020

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The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to "The Office"

www.ribbonfarm.com Essays & writing 24 submissions · 24 people · 16.4 years

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A Spellchecker Used To Be A Major Feat of Software Engineering

prog21.dadgum.com Essays & writing 9 submissions · 9 people · 17.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-12 Resurfaced 2025-08-09

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Computer latency: 1977-2017

danluu.com Essays & writing 17 submissions · 14 people · 8.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-12 Resurfaced 2022-11-20

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Tiddlywiki – A non-linear personal web notebook

tiddlywiki.com Software & code 20 submissions · 17 people · 19.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-12 Resurfaced 2026-04-28

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Source of the famous “Now you have two problems” quote (2006)

regex.info Essays & writing 12 submissions · 12 people · 14.1 years

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A Great Old-Timey Game-Programming Hack

blog.moertel.com Essays & writing 9 submissions · 7 people · 11.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-12 Resurfaced 2022-03-08

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Laws of Tech Economics: Commoditize Your Complement

www.gwern.net Essays & writing 14 submissions · 12 people · 4.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-12 Resurfaced 2021-01-03

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Using GNU Stow to manage your dotfiles (2012)

brandon.invergo.net Books & learning 8 submissions · 8 people · 10.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-12 Resurfaced 2022-07-27

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November 2020

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The True Size Of Countries: Mercator projection

thetruesize.com Tools, games & demos 21 submissions · 20 people · 9.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2025-04-26

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Quine Relay

github.com Software & code 25 submissions · 25 people · 12.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2022-05-28

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Doomsday planning for less crazy folk

lcamtuf.coredump.cx Books & learning 17 submissions · 16 people · 7.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2020-11-11

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Dear ImGui – Bloat-free graphical user interface library for C++

github.com Software & code 15 submissions · 12 people · 9.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2023-12-20

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New Mac Mini

www.apple.com Sites & organizations 6 submissions · 6 people · 10.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2023-01-17

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Why Japanese web design is so different (2013)

randomwire.com Essays & writing 6 submissions · 6 people · 8.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2022-03-02

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Vigil: A programming language with eternal moral vigilance

github.com Software & code 8 submissions · 6 people · 10.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2023-09-03

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Why There Aren't More Googles (2008)

paulgraham.com Essays & writing 7 submissions · 7 people · 13.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2020-11-06

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October 2020

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Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses

www.mjt.me.uk Essays & writing 13 submissions · 13 people · 12.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-10 Resurfaced 2020-10-29

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Don't Use VPN Services

gist.github.com Essays & writing 11 submissions · 11 people · 7.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-10 Resurfaced 2023-05-23

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Show HN: HN Replies – Get notified of replies to your comments

www.hnreplies.com Sites & organizations 16 submissions · 12 people · 10.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-10 Resurfaced 2022-04-10

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Single-file C/C++ public-domain/open source libraries with minimal dependencies

github.com Reference 6 submissions · 6 people · 7.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-10 Resurfaced 2020-10-26

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Pandoc

pandoc.org Software & code 6 submissions · 6 people · 5.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-10 Resurfaced 2020-10-24

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The Coming Civil War over General Purpose Computing (2012)

boingboing.net Essays & writing 6 submissions · 6 people · 10.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-10 Resurfaced 2020-10-23

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The Programmer's Price: Want to hire a coding superstar? Call the agent

www.newyorker.com Essays & writing 7 submissions · 7 people · 5.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-10 Resurfaced 2020-10-11

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.NET Orleans

dotnet.github.io Software & code 6 submissions · 6 people · 5.4 years

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September 2020

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Universal Paperclips

www.decisionproblem.com Tools, games & demos 29 submissions · 27 people · 8.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2023-08-02

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Pijul: A intuitive VCS unlike Git that's based on sound theory of patches

pijul.org Software & code 16 submissions · 15 people · 10.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2026-04-07

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Incomplete list of mistakes in the design of CSS

wiki.csswg.org Reference 14 submissions · 11 people · 10.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2025-12-11

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What did Earth look like X million years ago?

dinosaurpictures.org Tools, games & demos 25 submissions · 23 people · 7.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2023-08-08

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List of falsehoods programmers believe in

github.com Reference 15 submissions · 14 people · 8.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2023-08-03

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On the foolishness of “natural language programming”

www.cs.utexas.edu Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 12.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2023-05-16

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Why Anti-Authoritarians Are Diagnosed as Mentally Ill (2012)

www.madinamerica.com Essays & writing 7 submissions · 6 people · 14.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2024-09-01

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Bash Pitfalls

mywiki.wooledge.org Reference 11 submissions · 11 people · 16.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-09 Resurfaced 2022-02-15

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August 2020

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Compiler Explorer

godbolt.org Tools, games & demos 32 submissions · 31 people · 13.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2022-10-16

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Laws of UX

lawsofux.com Reference 17 submissions · 17 people · 8.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2026-04-29

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New Racket Language Website

racket-lang.org Software & code 11 submissions · 11 people · 15.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2024-04-21

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Life is Short

paulgraham.com Essays & writing 14 submissions · 13 people · 10.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2022-12-25

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Git koans

stevelosh.com Essays & writing 12 submissions · 12 people · 12.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2020-12-23

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Never Use Black (2012)

ianstormtaylor.com Essays & writing 10 submissions · 6 people · 9.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2021-12-03

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MicroPython

micropython.org Software & code 9 submissions · 9 people · 11.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2022-06-06

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Beginner's guide to longevity research

www.ldeming.com Books & learning 8 submissions · 7 people · 4.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-08 Resurfaced 2022-02-27

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July 2020

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Low-Background Steel

en.wikipedia.org Reference 28 submissions · 27 people · 11.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-07 Resurfaced 2021-10-24

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Tufte CSS

edwardtufte.github.io Software & code 12 submissions · 12 people · 9.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-07 Resurfaced 2025-09-03

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How Developers Stop Learning: Rise of the Expert Beginner (2012)

daedtech.com Essays & writing 12 submissions · 12 people · 10.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-07 Resurfaced 2023-09-17

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Should I use a carousel?

shouldiuseacarousel.com Essays & writing 9 submissions · 9 people · 11.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-07 Resurfaced 2025-06-08

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Dsxyliea

geon.github.io Tools, games & demos 5 submissions · 5 people · 4.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-07 Resurfaced 2020-07-13

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June 2020

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Choose Boring Technology (2015)

mcfunley.com Essays & writing 41 submissions · 39 people · 11.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-06 Resurfaced 2023-10-01

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Google Earth for live radios

radio.garden Tools, games & demos 16 submissions · 16 people · 8.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-06 Resurfaced 2025-10-08

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Teach Yourself Computer Science

teachyourselfcs.com Reference 15 submissions · 11 people · 8.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-06 Resurfaced 2021-11-26

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The sound of the dialup, pictured (2012)

www.windytan.com Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 10.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-06 Resurfaced 2024-10-16

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No, really, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto (Tau Day, 2010)

tauday.com Essays & writing 7 submissions · 7 people · 14.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-06 Resurfaced 2016-06-28

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Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google integration

github.com Software & code 5 submissions · 5 people · 3.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-06 Resurfaced 2020-06-07

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Doing Business in Japan

www.kalzumeus.com Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 8.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-06 Resurfaced 2016-11-06

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May 2020

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Game Programming Patterns (2014)

gameprogrammingpatterns.com Books & learning 14 submissions · 14 people · 14.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2024-02-21

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Less is Exponentially More (2012)

commandcenter.blogspot.com Essays & writing 10 submissions · 10 people · 13.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2022-11-13

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Sonic Pi is a code-based music creation and performance tool

sonic-pi.net Software & code 8 submissions · 7 people · 11.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2022-11-08

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Terry Davis has died

www.templeos.org Software & code 8 submissions · 8 people · 12.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2020-05-08

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Room 641A

en.wikipedia.org Reference 8 submissions · 8 people · 15.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2024-09-11

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E-Prime: English without the verb 'to be'

en.wikipedia.org Reference 9 submissions · 9 people · 16.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2021-05-26

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Detecting the use of "curl | bash" server-side

www.idontplaydarts.com Essays & writing 7 submissions · 7 people · 6.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2020-12-09

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How Recursion Got into Programming (2014)

vanemden.wordpress.com Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 8.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-05 Resurfaced 2022-10-07

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April 2020

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Why should I have written ZeroMQ in C, not C++ (2012)

250bpm.com Essays & writing 8 submissions · 8 people · 11.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-04 Resurfaced 2022-08-12 archived copy

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I could do that in a weekend (2016)

danluu.com Essays & writing 13 submissions · 10 people · 7.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-04 Resurfaced 2023-09-27

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Things That Turbo Pascal Is Smaller Than (2011)

prog21.dadgum.com Essays & writing 10 submissions · 10 people · 14.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-04 Resurfaced 2024-10-20

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For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off from All Human Contact (2013)

www.smithsonianmag.com Essays & writing 12 submissions · 12 people · 9.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-04 Resurfaced 2024-01-11

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When the U.S. air force discovered the flaw of averages

www.thestar.com Essays & writing 7 submissions · 7 people · 6.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-04 Resurfaced 2022-07-09

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March 2020

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Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy (2008)

paulgraham.com Essays & writing 15 submissions · 15 people · 17.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-03 Resurfaced 2023-01-18

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The Philosophy of Computer Science (2017)

plato.stanford.edu Reference 12 submissions · 12 people · 15.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-03 Resurfaced 2023-02-20

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It's like JSON. but fast and small.

msgpack.org Software & code 9 submissions · 9 people · 14.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-03 Resurfaced 2025-01-11

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CSS Zen Garden

www.csszengarden.com Tools, games & demos 7 submissions · 7 people · 12.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-03 Resurfaced 2021-12-24

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1% rule

en.wikipedia.org Reference 8 submissions · 8 people · 9.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-03 Resurfaced 2020-03-18

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February 2020

6 links

Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code

github.com Software & code 27 submissions · 26 people · 9.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-02 Resurfaced 2024-07-04

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Unix Toolbox

cb.vu Reference 7 submissions · 7 people · 11.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-02 Resurfaced 2020-02-19

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Markdeep – plain text documents with diagrams, equations, and Markdown syntax

casual-effects.com Software & code 9 submissions · 7 people · 8.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-02 Resurfaced 2022-07-09

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The Simpsons in CSS

pattle.github.io Audio, video & images 6 submissions · 5 people · 11.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-02 Resurfaced 2020-02-27

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Linux containers in 500 lines of code

blog.lizzie.io Books & learning 7 submissions · 6 people · 6.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-02 Resurfaced 2022-03-10

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Unix as IDE

sanctum.geek.nz Books & learning 6 submissions · 5 people · 3.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-02 Resurfaced 2020-02-27

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January 2020

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Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)

johnsalvatier.org Essays & writing 19 submissions · 17 people · 9.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2025-02-18

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Lisping at JPL (2002)

www.flownet.com Essays & writing 22 submissions · 19 people · 16.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2025-05-22

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Null References: The Billion Dollar Mistake

www.infoq.com Audio, video & images 16 submissions · 16 people · 13.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2023-02-28

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The magic of the Kalman filter, in pictures

www.bzarg.com Books & learning 8 submissions · 8 people · 8.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2024-04-03

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An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)

www.newyorker.com Essays & writing 19 submissions · 11 people · 9.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2025-04-23

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“My wife has complained that OpenOffice will never print on Tuesdays” (2009)

bugs.launchpad.net Essays & writing 11 submissions · 11 people · 10.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2020-01-27

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Aether – Free, privacy-sensitive public communities

getaether.net Software & code 12 submissions · 12 people · 11.1 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2018-11-03

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Paris syndrome

en.wikipedia.org Reference 14 submissions · 14 people · 10.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2020-01-11

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