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Ten things to ponder on 11-11-11

The St. Louis Cardinals forced a Game 7 in the 2011 World Series with a stunning comeback that pushed Game 6 into 11 innings. St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa probably summed it up best. "You had to be here to believe it," he said. The Cardinals went on to win the World Series. Above, Gerald Laird celebrates after David Freese hits a home run to win the game.

The St. Louis Cardinals forced a Game 7 in the 2011 World Series with a stunning comeback that pushed Game 6 into 11 innings. St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa probably summed it up best. “You had to be here to believe it,” he said. The Cardinals went on to win the World Series. Above, Gerald Laird celebrates after David Freese hits a home run to win the game.   (Ezra Shaw / Getty Images)

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7-Eleven

7-Eleven is the world’s largest operator of convenience stores. Initially, the stores were open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., hours unprecedented in their length at the time. The company began to use the 7-Eleven name in 1946. It began offering the popular Big Gulp, above, in 1980.  (Joe Raedle / Getty Images)

Chapter 11

The chapter in the U.S. Bankruptcy Code allows a financially troubled company to reorganize rather than liquidate. Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., which listed $639 billion in assets as of its Chapter 11 filing in 2008, is the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. Above, a Lehman Bros. employee outside the firm’s London offices after the bank’s collapse.  (Andy Rain / EPA)

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