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Post by MidnightSun on Dec 3, 2020 1:10:54 GMT -5
The World's Population By Eye Color
Rank Eye Color Estimated Percentage of World Population
1 Brown 70% to 79%
2 Blue 8% to 10%
3 Hazel 5%
4 Amber 5%
5 Gray 3%
6 Green 2%
7 Red/Violet <1%
8 Heterochromia <1%
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Source: World Atlas
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Post by BillG on Dec 3, 2020 7:01:47 GMT -5
Who knew??? On December 3rd, 1967 Dr. Christiaan Barnard of South Africa performed the first human heart transplant, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town.
 
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Post by soutxed on Dec 3, 2020 9:37:24 GMT -5
Dec. 3, 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India.
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Post by soutxed on Dec 3, 2020 9:38:05 GMT -5
Dec. 3, 1967, a surgical team in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the donor organ, which came from Denise Darvall, a 25-year-old bank clerk who had died in a traffic accident.
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Post by johnmori on Dec 3, 2020 16:14:49 GMT -5
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December 3, 1973
Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
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Post by sandipaws on Dec 3, 2020 21:53:12 GMT -5
Who Knew??? NATIONAL COOKIE DAY
National Cookie Day on December 4th serves up a sweet treat. Bakers across the country warm up the ovens for holiday baking, and we enjoy giving tins of cookies to friends and family all season long.
We can thank the Dutch for more than windmills and tulips. The English word “cookie” is derived from the Dutch word koekie, meaning “little cake.”
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Post by MidnightSun on Dec 4, 2020 0:40:45 GMT -5
Cookies and ice cold milk, please.
Charles Darwin's personal pet tortoise didn't die until it was 176 y/o.
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Post by BillG on Dec 4, 2020 6:53:43 GMT -5
Cookies and ice cold milk, please.Charles Darwin's personal pet tortoise didn't die until it was 176 y/o.
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Post by BillG on Dec 4, 2020 7:00:25 GMT -5
Who knew??? On December 4th, 1952 a deadly smog created by the smoke soot and sulfur dioxide from the factories, cars and coal fires in local homes begins to hover over London, England, which continues for four days, leading to the deaths of at least 4,000 people. It caused major disruption by reducing visibility and even penetrating indoor areas, far more severely than previous smog events, called "pea-soupers". Government medical reports in the following weeks estimated that up to 8 December, 4,000 people had died as a direct result of the smog and 100,000 more were made ill by the smog's effects on the human respiratory tract. More recent research suggests that the total number of fatalities may have been considerably greater, one paper suggesting about 6,000 more died in the following months as a result of the event.
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Post by johnmori on Dec 4, 2020 8:17:36 GMT -5
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December 4, 1967
Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
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Post by soutxed on Dec 4, 2020 9:05:26 GMT -5
December 4, 2000, in a pair of legal setbacks for Al Gore, a Florida state judge refused to overturn George W. Bush’s certified victory in Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a ruling that had allowed manual recounts.
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Post by sandipaws on Dec 4, 2020 22:17:11 GMT -5
Who Knew??? On December 5th, National Repeal Day commemorates the day Prohibition ended in the United States.
Prohibition grew out a practice of moderation rooted in the Protestant churches in America. By the 1830s, consumption of alcohol, especially hard spirits, was affecting the nation. Most participants were male. Those who supported who joined the Temperance movement saw alcohol as the root of all evil. The movement took hold at a time when women had few rights, and the country was debating slavery. Ethics and mores were changing. The Temperance movement shifted the view on alcohol use from moderation to eradication.
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Post by MidnightSun on Dec 5, 2020 0:51:42 GMT -5
The average person will spend six months of their life waiting for red lights to turn green.
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Post by BillG on Dec 5, 2020 9:23:14 GMT -5
Who knew??? On December 5th, 1792 George Washington was re-elected president; John Adams was re-elected vice president.
 
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Post by soutxed on Dec 5, 2020 10:12:35 GMT -5
December 5, 1933 End of prohibition in the U.S.
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