Fact Of The Day

Ardee - You missed the edit.

 

Quite a coincidence that Nick Offerman and Aubrey Plaza have the same birthday.

 

If you wanna kill a few hours, google "subway surfing" and related terms.

 

A few hours? I couldn't.
I've seen it in person in NYC and MA and it ain't pretty.

 

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The Hashtag symbol is technically called an octothorpe.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionay, the "octo-" prefix refers to the eight points on the popular symbol, but the "thorpe" remains a mystery. One theory claims that it comes from the Old English word for "village," based on the idea that the symbol looks like a village surrounded by eight fields.


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In early 1937, a second-class adult one-way ticket from Europe to North America on the Hindenburg was US $400 ($7730 when adjusted for inflation).

 

Oh, the humanity!

 

Born on this date -

Helen Keller
Willie Mosconi
Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo)
Ross Perot
Rico Petrocelli
Vera Wang
Toby Maguire
Khloe Kardashian

 

The copper roof of Arizona's capitol building in Phoenix is undeniably impressive, especially once you learn that it's the equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies. That's a heck of a lot of pocket change!

 

The Kardashians keep getting richer , Today Kylie sister launched her new cosmetics line.

https://www.kyliecosmetics.com/collections/kendall-collection sold out already, Wow

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/kylie-jenner-had-her-basement-134100858.html
big party to celebrate the launch.

 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in Buffalo, New York, Debt Collector is a more common job title than bartender or construction worker.

 

Owe snap!

RICHARD

 

Born on this date -

Henry VIII
Peter Paul Rubens
John Wesley
Richard Rogers
Mel Brooks
Noriyuke "Pat" Morita
Al Downing
Gilda Radner
Kathy Bates
John Elway
John Cusack
Elon Musk

 

You'd think if a spacial body met a phenomenally fiery fate right above our heads, we'd notice. But when a meteor hit our atmosphere on Dec. 18, 2018, and exploded with a force that was 10 times the energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, it wasn't discovered by NASA scientists until after the fact. Turns out, it went largely undetected because it took place over the Bering Sea in an area that was close, but not directly on, the path of commercial planes flying between North America and Asia.

 

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Happy Birthday to my favorite American director, writer, actor, comedian, producer and composer. Wishing you well at 94 years young today, Mel Brooks.



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During Revolutionary War times, commissioned officers in the British armed forces were presumed to be of independent means, and were therefore responsible for providing their own uniforms, weapons, horses (for those in mounted units), and were often times billed for meals served to them in the course of their service.

 

Born on this date -

Nelson Eddy
Louis Burton Lindley Jr (Slim Pickens)
Robert Evans
Harmon Killebrew
Eva Boyd (Little Eva)
Gary Busey
Dan Dierdorf
Sharon Lawrence

 

Mr Potato Head was the first toy to be advertised on nationwide network television. The kit was designed by George Lerner and distributed by Henry and Merrill Hassenfeld, better known as Hasbro, short for Hassenfeld Brothers. The original kit retailed for 98 cents.

 

Born on this date -

Willie Sutton
Susan Hayward
Harry Blackstone, Jr.
Florence Ballard
Ron Swoboda
David Alan Grier
Sterling Marlin
Vincent D'Onofrio
Mike Tyson
Michael Phelps

 

You missed the most important birthday. The smartest living man alive, and my avatar. thomas sowell.