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Davebobman t1_je39vlu wrote

Probably not the case but I was imagining that there was just a standard prayer book aimed at Christians and this version was "abridged" by removing any parts that weren't applicable to Jewish practitioners.

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stallion_412 t1_je376z1 wrote

Lake Michigan flows through the Chicago River and (eventually) into the Mississippi. It didn't used to, but you can thank the Army Corp of Engineers for that.

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AFAIK, with a few exceptions (like Chicago) there's an international treaty for the Great Lakes that requires water/excess used by humans to be eventually returned to the lakes.

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