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+{{cquote|Wikipedia is as invaluable a resource as there is on the internet today. As a kid I used to thumb endlessly through my parents' World Book encyclopedia set, many times, without even a specific direction.
+This has translated quite easily later in life into entire mornings and afternoons I can and have spent here - one of my "Wikipedia days" - often looking up one thing specifically, then branching off on a journey of 25 other related subjects, without even realizing it, with 6 browser tabs open at a time. Then at some point I realize, wow, 7 hours have just gone by. ^_^
+It's just a great idea from its foundation.. a compendium of information on subjects ranging almost entirely across the world's history, submitted by users, fact checked and verified by users, verified, effortlessly self-referencing, and enjoyed by all.
+In the toolbox that is the internet, Wikipedia would at least be the phillips-head screwdriver.
+Btw, I just looked up the correct spelling of "phillips," via a quick Wikipedia side-search. ^_^
+I'm more than happy to donate $20 for its immeasurable and continued use in my daily life. Thanks Wikipedia. }}
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 {{cquote|As a person of intense curiosity and creative impulse, I've always wondered why am I like this? As a child I was bothered by my difference from others around me and at the time I was convinced that there was something wrong with me.