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The magnetic North Pole is shifting and the poles may even flip–this is something geologists say happens regularly on the earth (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show). The current pole shift caused the Tampa International Airport to shut down one of its runways in order to repaint the North/South indicators at either end of it. The North Poles is gradually shifting towards Russia at the rate of about 40 miles per year. The number 36 runway pointed North at 360 degrees, but now it points 10 degrees north, so the airport decided to rename it number 1.
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Before I write about this incident, I need to include a preamble: When Whitley and I were a struggling young couple living in New York City, we used to cast about for inexpensive things to do on weekends. On one of these weekends we decided to visit Sunnyside, Washington Irving’s house in the Hudson Valley which has been turned into a museum (Irving was a 19th century write whose most famous works are "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Headless Horseman").
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