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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 8, 2020 14:23:02 GMT -5
Alex Trebek, host of Jeopardy aged 80, died this morning at his home in Los Angeles, CA (11.8.20) after a year and a half battle of pancreatic cancer. AP announced this news at 9:30 AM PST.
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Post by sandipaws on Nov 8, 2020 14:47:46 GMT -5
Very sad to hear the news about Alex Trebek.
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Post by sandipaws on Nov 8, 2020 23:21:42 GMT -5
Who Knew???
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 9, 2020 0:23:58 GMT -5
Hannah Courtoy's tomb is supposedly a time machine. Hannah who had a well-known respect for ancient Egyptians' astrological (and perhaps mystical) knowledge is buried in London's Brompton Cemetery. She's buried there, along with two of her daughters, in a massive 20-foot granite mausoleum that includes a pyramid peak and a bronze door decorated with Egyptian hieroglyphs. The entryway also features a keyhole, but the key that unlocks it was lost, which—along with Courtoy's history—sparked the tomb's peculiar reputation. Because no one can get inside to confirm or deny superstitious suspicion, there's a local legend that says it isn't a tomb at all, but a time machine. However, historian Stephen Coates told Mental Floss, "It's not a time machine. It's a teleportation chamber." Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Nov 9, 2020 6:33:04 GMT -5
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November 9, 1965 Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
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Post by soutxed on Nov 9, 2020 8:22:29 GMT -5
On Nov. 9, 1989, communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West; joyous Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall.
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Post by BillG on Nov 9, 2020 12:50:22 GMT -5
Who knew??? On November 9, 1960 Senator John F. Kennedy wins the election for the president of the United States.
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Post by sandipaws on Nov 9, 2020 23:16:15 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 10, 2020 1:27:05 GMT -5
Sumo wrestlers make babies cry for good luck. It's a 400-year old Japanese tradition that if a sumo wrestler can make your baby cry, it means he or she will live a healthy life. Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Nov 10, 2020 7:14:27 GMT -5
Who knew??? On November 10, 1970 China opened up the Great Wall of China to tourism for the first time in history.
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Post by johnmori on Nov 10, 2020 7:39:00 GMT -5
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November 10, 1871 Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
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Post by soutxed on Nov 10, 2020 9:15:50 GMT -5
November 10, 1938, Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on her CBS radio program.
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Post by sandipaws on Nov 10, 2020 23:55:48 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 11, 2020 0:51:17 GMT -5
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Post by johnmori on Nov 11, 2020 7:03:41 GMT -5
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November 11, 1926 The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
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