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12.1.16 Week: 48 \ Day: 336
December Averages: 44°\17°
86004 Today: H 40° \
L 1° Average Sky Cover: 1%
Wind ave: 0mph\Gusts: 0mph Visibility: 10 mi
Record High: 63°[1926] Record Low: -7°[1905]
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Quote of the Day
The good life is
one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
~Bertrand Russell
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Observances Today
Antartica Day
Basketball Day
Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day
Civil Air Patrol Day
Day With(out) Art Day
National Christmas Tree Lighting (DC)
National Salesperson Day
Rosa Parks Day
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Observances This Week
1-7
Cookie Cutter Week Link
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Today’s US Historical Highlights
▼ Today’s World
Historical Highlights
▼ 1640 Portugal
regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1641 Massachusetts
becomes the first colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
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1750 First
school in America to offer manual training courses opens in Maryland
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▼ 1821 Santo
Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence
from Spain
1824 US
House of Representatives begins to decide outcome of election deadlock between John
Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson (Adams wins)
1831 Erie
Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
1878 1st
White House telephone installed
▼ 1887 Sherlock
Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet"
1896 1st
certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)
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1903 "The
Great Train Robbery", the 1st Western film, released
1909 1st
Christmas Club payment made, to Carlisle Trust Co, Pa
1913 1st
drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts)
1917 Boys
Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb
1936 Bell
Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
1942 Gasoline
rationed in US
▼ 1943 FDR,
Churchill, Stalin agree to Operation Overlord (D-Day)
1952 The
New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation
1953 Hugh
Hefner publishes 1st edition of Playboy magazine, featuring Marilyn
Monroe as the magazine's 1st centerfold
1955 Rosa
Parks is arrested for refusing to move to the back of a bus and give her
seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama
1958 Our
Lady of Angels School burns, killing 92 students & 3 nuns (Chic)
▼1959 12
nations sign treaty for scientific peaceful use of
Antarctica
1967 Wilt
Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses
1969 US
government holds its 1st draft lottery since WW II
1973 Jack
Nicklaus becomes 1st golfer to earn $2M in a year
1978 US
President Jimmy Carter more than doubles national park system size
▼ 1988 Benazir
Bhutto named 1st female Prime Minister
of a Muslim country (Pakistan)
1989 "Day
Without Art" - Artists demonstrate against AIDS
1997 Westinghouse
formally changes its name to CBS
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My Rambling Thoughts
Damn
cold last night…so glad I have a good heating system. Closed blinds and drapes
on big windows and glass door for the first time this winter season. By the
time I got the paper, about 8a, it was a sweltering 28°.
Did
my Sam’s Club and grocery store Wednesday run…but waited until almost 11a when
it was finally above freezing. Got bird seed for the very cold feathered ones.
The grocery store has Old People’s day on the first Wed. of the month, so I
just picked up some essentials. Surprised when my receipt printed out the Old
People’s 10% discount on every item. I asked and she said not to worry as there
would be another one next week. Nice surprise.
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Brain Teasers
(answers
at the end of post)
Anagram
Power V
Language
brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think
about and manipulate words and letters.
Find
an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues
in Group B.
Group A Group B
1. Optic 1.
Painter’s stand
2. Civet 2. Singing voice
3. Toner 3. Golf clubs
4. Rosin 4. Subject
5. Lease 5. Throw out
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“Contronym”—word that is its own antonym
Off means ‘deactivated,’
as in "to turn off," but also ‘activated,’ as in "The alarm went
off."
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Today’s Trivia Hive
(answers
at the end of post)
Where
can most of the world's volcanoes be found?
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…Harper’s Index…
45 – Percentage by which a ‘cool’ 13 year-old is more
likely than other teens to have a future substance-abuse problems
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2 jokes for the day
Why
do Barbers make for good drivers?
Because they know all the short cuts!
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Bob
had this problem of getting up late in the morning and was always late for
work. After a few weeks of this, his boss was mad and threatened to fire him if
he didn't do something about it.
So Bob went to his doctor, who gave him a pill and told him to take it before
he went to bed. He got a great night's sleep and actually beat the alarm in the
morning. After a leisurely breakfast, he cheerfully drove to work.
"Boss," he said, "The pill my doctor subscribed me actually worked!"
"That's all fine," said the boss, "But where were you
yesterday?"
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Yep, It Really Happened
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A Vampire Love Story ------------*
According
to court documents, a Missouri man was curious about sucking someone's blood,
so his girlfriend, 19-year-old Victoria Vanatter, allegedly gave him permission
to cut her arm with a razor and drink some of her blood in the kitchen of a
Springfield home. The blood sucking, police say, was followed by arguing. Court
documents say there was some yelling and slapping before Vanatter grabbed a
knife and stabbed the man several times. Vanatter then "came to" and
called 911. According to a statement, Springfield police were sent to the home
after a crying woman called 911 and said someone was bleeding. When officers
arrived, they found Vanatter and the man covered in blood. The statement says
Vanatter told a Springfield police detective that she drew "I'm
sorry" and a heart in blood on a wall in the living room after stabbing
the man several times. So at least she was remorseful.
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Somewhat Useless Information
Archibutyrophobia
(pronounced A'-ra-kid-bu-ti-ro-pho-bi-a) is the fear of getting peanut butter
stuck to the roof of your mouth.
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The
south has the best climate for growing peanuts in the United States. Sixty
percent them are grown in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama and Half of that 60
percent is used to make peanut butter.
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The
world's largest peanut butter and jelly sandwich, made in Grand Saline, T.X.,
weighed 1,342 pounds.
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It
takes one acre of peanuts to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
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We
spend almost $800 million a year on peanut butter in the United States.
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Peanuts
aren't nuts. They're legumes. So it's technically inaccurate to call it a nut
butter, but it's usually referred to one anyway.
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Birthdays Today
▼ indicates age at death
▼ 88- Marie
Tussaud, French founder of Madame Tussaud's wax museum, born in
Strasbourg (d. 1850)
▼88- Rex
Stout, American mystery writer (Nero Wolf novels), born in Noblesville, Indiana
(d. 1975)
▼81- Woody Allen,
[Allen Konigsberg], director and actor (Zelig, Annie Hall), born in Brooklyn,
New York
▼80- Cyril
Ritchard, Australian actor (Peter Pan, Hans Brinker), born in Sydney, New South
Wales [d1977]
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▼76- Mary Martin,
American actress (Peter Pan) and Larry Hagman's mom, born in Weatherford, Texas
(d. 1990)
▼72- Lou
Rawls, vocalist (Dean Martin's Golddigers, Natural Man), born in Chicago,
Illinois (d. 2006)
71- Bette
Midler, actress and singer (Beaches, Wind Beneath my
Wings), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
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▼67- David
Doyle, American actor (Charlie's Angels, Rugrats), born in Omaha, Nebraska
[d1997]
▼65- Richard Pryor,
American comedian and actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy), born in
Pecoria, Illinois (d. 2005)
65- Treat
Williams, Rowayton CT, actor (Flashpoint, Hair)
▼63- Dick
Shawn, actor (Producers, Maid to Order, Angel), born in Buffalo, New York
[d1987]
62- Bob
Goen, TV host (Wheel of Fortune, Entertainment Tonight)
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58- Charlene
Tilton, actress (Lucy Ewing-Dallas), born in San Diego, California
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46- Sarah
Silverman, American actress and comedian
▼44- Pablo Escobar,
Colombian drug lord, born in Rionegro, Colombia (d. 1993)
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▼21-Matthew
Shepard, American murder victim (d. 1998)
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Historical Obits Today
@87-1973 David
Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel
@86-1994 Lionel
Stander, actor (Max-Hart to Hart)
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@76-1866 George
Everest, Welsh surveyor and namesake of Mt. Everest
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@61-1986 [Irving]
Lee Dorsey, American Pop and R&B singer ( "Working in the Coal
Mine"), emphysema
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Brain Teasers Answers
1.
Easel (5)
2. Tenor (3)
3. Irons (4)
4. Topic (1)
5. Evict (2)
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Trivia Hive
Answers
The
Pacific Ring of Fire
This
burning ring of fire isn't a ring. The Pacific Ring of Fire actually spans
25,000 miles in a rough horseshoe shape around the Pacific Ocean. About 75
percent of all active volcanoes in the world can be found here. Source:
National Geographic
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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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