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Post by sandipaws on Nov 23, 2020 23:05:39 GMT -5
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November 24th National Sardines Day
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 24, 2020 3:32:28 GMT -5
Grooves in the road on Route 66 play "America the Beautiful." It's on a desolate ΒΌ mile stretch of Rt 66 between Albuquerque and Tijeras, NM Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Nov 24, 2020 6:52:14 GMT -5
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November 24, 1971 During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
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Post by BillG on Nov 24, 2020 7:01:59 GMT -5
Who knew??? On November 24th, 1963, Dallas nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed President John F. Kennedy's accused assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in a Dallas police station. Broadcasting live from the scene, television cameras captured Oswald's murder and shocked television viewers became unwitting witnesses to the crime.
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 24, 2020 7:23:34 GMT -5
Saw this shooting on live TV.
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Post by BillG on Nov 24, 2020 8:56:27 GMT -5
Saw this shooting on live TV. Same here. I was 7 years old.
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Post by jimco22 on Nov 24, 2020 16:50:09 GMT -5
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Like most lizards, geckos can lose their tails in defense, a process called autotomy or self-amputation, the behaviour whereby an animal sheds or discards one or more of its own appendages usually as a self-defense mechanism to elude a predator's grasp or to distract the predator and thereby allow escape.
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 25, 2020 0:27:49 GMT -5
Elvis Presley's manager sold "I Hate Elvis" badges. Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley's manager, came up with the idea to sell badges that read "I Hate Elvis," "Elvis is a Jerk," and "Elvis the Joik" ("jerk" in a New York accent). Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Nov 25, 2020 0:46:57 GMT -5
Who knew??? On November 25th, 1914 Joe DiMaggio was born in Martinez, California. During his career he was selected for the All-Star Game in every season he played. He achieved a 56-game hitting streak in 1941, which is thought to be one of the greatest feats in all of sports. He has been voted as one of the world's five best ever baseball players. His private life also became major news when he married Marilyn Monroe in 1954.
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Post by johnmori on Nov 25, 2020 6:34:30 GMT -5
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November 25, 1915 Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
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Post by soutxed on Nov 25, 2020 8:51:59 GMT -5
Nov. 25, 2002, President George W. Bush signed legislation creating the Department of Homeland Security, and appointed Tom Ridge to be its head.
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Post by sandipaws on Nov 25, 2020 22:31:14 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 26, 2020 5:04:17 GMT -5
Began my T Day yesterday morning w/a huge turkey meal. More today... and tomorrow into the w/e!Paper bags can be worse for the environment than plastic ones. Bans on plastic bags are regularly being enacted. According to research, paper bag production emits 70 percent more pollution, uses four times as much energy, and takes more time to break down, when compared to plastic bags. Guess the best option is to carry reusable bags with you. Who knew?Plastic vs paper
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Post by BillG on Nov 26, 2020 9:09:58 GMT -5
Who knew??? On November 26th, 1942 the movie "Casablanca", set in the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca during World War II, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, has its world premiere at the Hollywood Theater in New York.
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Post by soutxed on Nov 26, 2020 9:13:17 GMT -5
November 26, 1789, Americans observed a day of thanksgiving set aside by President George Washington to mark the adoption of the Constitution of the United States.
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