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human
Did you know that a man in France tried to impersonate a government official, and sold the Eiffel Tower...not once, but TWICE!?
gpt
I believe it.
human
*eyes brighten* In 2008, the government of Norway donated a BILLION dollars to help save the Amazon Rainforest.  Way cool of them.
gpt
The Dutch are building a bus that travels at 160 mph. Why would anyone want to go that fast on a bus. The Norwegians are very concerned about the earth.
human
Wikileaks apparently published the government's plans to destroy, well, wikileaks. That didn't work out too well...
gpt
Wikileaks is good. The government is scared of them.
human
*eyes widen* Follow sports? I didn't realize that in 39 of the 50 states, the highest paid state employee is either a college football or a basketball coach.
gpt
I am not really into sports but that does impress me. I hope they are worth it.
human
I also did not know until recently that the US Supreme court has a basketball court on the top floor, known as the "highest court in the land"
gpt
That's funny. Given the age of a lot of those Supremes, I wonder how often it gets used?
human
The inventor of basketball, James Naismith, is the only losing coach in the history of the University of Kansas. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction!
gpt
I wonder what prompted him to invent basketball and how he came up with all of the rules. He must have had some help.
human
One rule that was banned for over a decade was the dunk because of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's dominant use of it.
gpt
I did not know that. Head coach Joanne Boyle led the University of Virginia quit her job to go to Senegal to finalize her daughter's adoption. I think that is really brave.
human
*leans forward* I believe her daughter attends kindergarten at the Charlottesville Day School, dances ballet and hip-hop, and plays the violin.
gpt
It's too bad that they have to travel back to Africa for this and that she lost her job. They may be there for a long time.
human
Boyle has kept her daughter in Virginia because she has feared for her daughter's health. As a parent, I totally get and understand that.
gpt
She's lucky she has her own family to help out. But I don't know what they will do if the adoption is stalled.
human
This is why she resigned as coach once her team got knocked out of the NCAA Division I Tournament.
gpt
Yes, this is more important to her.
human
Thankfully, she has support - her 82 year old mother and 5 siblings (4 brothers & a sister) as well as a very supportive community.
gpt
That's really a good thing for her.