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4.2.16 Week: 13 \ Day: 93
April Averages: 58°\27°
86004 Today: H 53° \ L 28° Average
Sky Cover: 10%
Wind ave: 6mph\Gusts: 20mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 72°[1966] Record Low: -2°[1975]
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Quote of the Day
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Observances Today
American Crossword Puzzle Days
Every Day is Tag Day Link
International Children's
Book Day
International Pillow Fight Day Link
National Ferret Day Link
National Love Your Produce Manager Day
Tangible Karma Day Link
World Autism Day Link
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Observances This Week
1-7
APAWS Pooper Scooper Week
Golden Rule Week Link
Laugh at Work Week
Medication Safety Week
Testicular Cancer Awareness Week (aka Get A Grip Day!) Link
2-3
International Tree Climbing Days Link
Just Pray No! Worldwide Weekend of
Prayer and Fasting
2-10
National Robotics Week Link
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US Historical Highlights for Today
1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de
León claims Florida for Spain as the first known European to reach Florida
1792 The Coinage Act is passed
establishing the United States Mint and authorizing the $10 Eagle, $5
half-Eagle & 2.50 quarter-Eagle gold coins & silver dollar, ½ dollar,
quarter, dime & half-dime
1819 1st successful agricultural
journal ("American Farmer") begins
1866 US President Johnson ends
civil war in Ala, Ark, Fla, Ga, Miss, La, NC, SC, Tn & Va
1877 1st Easter egg roll held on
White House lawn
1902 "Electric Theatre",
the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles,
California
1917 Jeannette
Rankin (Rep-R-Mont) begins her term as 1st woman member of US House of
Reps
1921 Albert Einstein lectures
in New York City on his new "Theory of Relativity"
1968 "2001 A Space
Odyssey" directed by Stanley Kubrick premieres in Washington,
D.C.
1972 44th Academy Awards -
"The French Connection", Gene Hackman & Jane
Fonda win
1974 46th Academy Awards -
"The Sting", Glenda Jackson & Jack Lemmon win
1975 A 3 day National Conference
on Indian Water Rights is convened today in Washington,D.C. Representatives
from almost 200 tribes will attend the meeting.
1977 Fleetwood Mac's
"Rumours" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks
1978 Velcro was 1st put on the
market
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World Historical Highlights for
Today
1801 Napoleonic Wars: naval Battle
of Copenhagen - The British led by Horatio Nelson destroy the Danish
fleet.
1884 London prison for debtors
closed
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My Rambling Thoughts
Still a little windy, but got my running
around done.
Soccer news…what is going on? Women’s soccer
draws bigger crowds than men’s, but are paid about ¼ of men’s pay. This makes
no sense in 2016.
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Brain Teasers
(answers at the end of post)
Feeling Hot Hot Hot
Rebus brain teasers use words or
letters in interesting orientations to represent common phrases.
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Difficulty:
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Mr. Ixolite was in Mexico on his
holidays and was looking to try the hottest chili he could find.
He went into a restaurant and ordered a hot one. After the fire in his mouth
had been put out, and he sat there gasping for breath, the waiter came up to
him and said,
"Excuse me, Senor Ixolite, we are very sorry, but we accidentally gave you
the wrong chili. We gave you the mild one instead of this very hot one. Would
you like it?"
MrIxolite paled, but being unable to speak, grabbed a napkin and wrote out the
following rebus:
Hose A)
Hose B) Way
Hose C) Way
What was Mr. Ixolite trying to say? Mr. Ixolite was in Mexico on his
holidays and was looking to try the hottest chili he could find.
He went into a restaurant and ordered a hot one. After the fire in his mouth
had been put out, and he sat there gasping for breath, the waiter came up to
him and said,
"Excuse me, Senor Ixolite, we are very sorry, but we accidentally gave you
the wrong chili. We gave you the mild one instead of this very hot one. Would
you like it?"
Mr Ixolite paled, but being unable to speak, grabbed a napkin and wrote out the
following rebus:
Hose A)
Hose B) Way
Hose C) Way
What was Mr. Ixolite trying to say?
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…Harper’s Index…
5,429-Number of applicants for a US refugee
program created in 2014 for Central American children
0-Number of children accepted to date.
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…Instagram Photo of the Day…
Photography by @ (Roger Bird). Ice sculptures in Midway, Utah.
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2 jokes for the day
What did the gangster's son tell his
dad when he failed his school examination?
"Dad, they questioned me for 3 hours but I told them nothing!"
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What do you call a fly with no
wings?
A walk?
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Yep, It Really Happened
*---------- Don't Say You Weren't Warned ----------*
A homeowner who has a sign with the words 'We
don't dial 911' right above the image of a handgun hanging outside her house
shot an armed intruder who broke into her Indianapolis home. A mother
reportedly heard the man enter her home through a window in her baby's room, so
she took out her firearm. Neighbors say the man fired his gun at her first, and
she fired back, striking him multiple times. The man was taken to an
Indianapolis hospital, police said. Authorities also revealed that the intruder
was carrying zip ties and a walkie talkie.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Historians think that April Fools'
Day was created due to a calendar error made by France, when in 1582, the
country switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. This
caused the celebration of New Year's Day to move from April 1 back to Jan. 1.
And anyone who continued to celebrate the arrival of the new year at the
beginning of April was labeled a fool.
While the origins of the holiday are still somewhat unknown, it IS known that
England made April Fools' Day happen in 1700, as a day for people to play
pranks on each other. The tradition quickly gained popularity throughout the UK
during the 18th century.
The Scots, those jokesters, made April Fools' Day a two-day celebration, and
the second day is called Tailie Day, when pranks involving people's butts are
encouraged.
In 1957, BBC ran a story that farmers in Switzerland were having a record year
with their spaghetti crops, and that noodles were growing on trees.
One classic prank has turned into a beloved tradition. Since 1986, a press
release is created each year to promote the annual New York City April Fools'
Day parade. There is no parade, but we're going on the 31st year of this
nonexistent event.
In 1996, Taco Bell released a full-page ad in several newspapers stating that
it had purchased the Liberty Bell in Philly and was renaming it "The Taco
Liberty Bell."
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Ways to Spot an
American Abroad
Going to McDonald's
From a practicality standpoint, it
doesn't make sense to go to the expense of traveling abroad, paying for plane
tickets, lodging, and transportation only to eat the same subpar hamburger
you can get two miles from your house. But people do it—in fact, they seem to
be the largest audience for McDonald's overseas, so much so that "Are they
eating McDonald's?" is one question locals ask themselves to figure out
whether a foreigner is American or not.
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Birthdays Today
“( )” indicates age at death
(95) Buddy Ebsen, Belleville Il, actor (Beverly
Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones) (d.2003)
(86) Alec Guinness, London, British actor (Bridge on River
Kwai), (d.2000)
74- Leon
Russell, Lawton KS, pianist/singer (Carny)
(73) Giacomo Casanova, Italian writer, adventurer and
famous lover, born in Venice, Italy (d. 1798)
(71) Charlemagne, 1st Holy Roman emperor (800-14), born
in Liège, Frankish Kingdom (d. 814)
71- Linda
Hunt, Morristown, NJ actress (Bostonians, Eleni, Silverado)
(70) Hans Christian Andersen, Odense, Denmark Danish
author of 150 fairy tales (The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen),(d. 1875)
69- Emmylou
Harris, Birmingham Alabama, country singer (Together Again)
(63) Ron Palillo, Ct, actor (Arnold Horshack-Welcome
Back Kotter), (d. 2012)
(62) Jack Webb, Santa Monica, Ca, actor (Joe
Friday-Dragnet)(d.1982)
55- Christopher
Meloni, actor (Law & Order-SVU)
50- Bill
Romanowski, NFL linebacker (Eagles, Broncos-Super Bowl 32)
(47) Rodney King, Sacramento, African American motorist
beaten by LA cops, (d. 2012)
(44) Marvin Gaye (Jr), Washington, D.C. singer
(Sexual Healing)
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Historical Obits Today
@84-2005 Pope John Paul II, Polish Roman Catholic Pope
@80-1872 Samuel Morse developer of electric telegraph
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Brain Teasers Answers
NO WAY JOSE!
(No Way at Hose A)
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Disclaimer:
All opinions are mine…feel free to agree or disagree.
All ‘data’
info is from the internet sites and is usually checked with at least one other
source, but I have learned that every site contains mistakes and sadly once the
information is out there, many sites simply copy it and is therefore difficult
to verify. Also for events occurring before the Gregorian calendar was adopted
[1582] the dates may not be totally accurate.
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