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Post by MidnightSun on Jan 10, 2021 23:03:08 GMT -5
There's an encrypted monument outside the CIA. A sculpture outside CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, fittingly includes uncracked codes. Created by artist Jim Sanborn, the sculpture features four inscriptions, three of which have been cracked, but the fourth is still a mystery. (In 2010 the artist offered one clue: The letters NYPVTT are an encryption of the word BERLIN.)
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Post by johnmori on Jan 11, 2021 4:57:52 GMT -5
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January 11, 1935
Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
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Post by BillG on Jan 11, 2021 7:30:19 GMT -5
Who knew??? On January 11th, 1962 the volcano Huascaran in Peru erupts, with the resultant avalanches killing 4,000.
 
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Post by soutxed on Jan 11, 2021 9:29:41 GMT -5
On this date In 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued “Smoking and Health,” a report that concluded that “cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certain specific diseases and to the overall death rate.”
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Post by sandipaws on Jan 11, 2021 23:53:06 GMT -5
Who Knew??? Join millions of people across the nation on January 12th as they participate in the annual National Marzipan Day. Delve into a sweet confection on National Marzipan Day. On January 12th, the celebration kicks off with creatively formed confections that delight the eyes and mouth!
For anyone who does not know, Marzipan is a confection made primarily of sugar or honey and ground almonds, sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract. Although it is often made into sweets such as marzipan-filled chocolate and small imitations of fruits and vegetables, it is also commonly rolled into thin sheets and used as a glaze for icing cakes. Some people specialize in creating small, marzipan animal figures. In some countries, they incorporate this tradition into their New Year’s Day celebrations.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jan 12, 2021 3:06:28 GMT -5
NYC tap water isn't kosher. Tiny crustaceans (copepods) are in the tap water of New York City (the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Staten Island). While these creatures pose no health threat, they technically disqualify the water from being considered kosher.
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Post by johnmori on Jan 12, 2021 5:31:47 GMT -5
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January 12,1991
Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
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Post by BillG on Jan 12, 2021 7:56:50 GMT -5
Who knew??? On January 12th, 1929 "Seatrain Lines" (railroad cars on ships) service begins. First route is New Orleans to Havana, Cuba.
  
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Post by soutxed on Jan 12, 2021 9:36:11 GMT -5
On this date in 2010 an earthquake kills 316,000 in Haiti.
Most of the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, was destroyed during the disaster.
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Post by sandipaws on Jan 12, 2021 23:15:18 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Jan 13, 2021 0:18:23 GMT -5
Timothy Leary, the high guru of psychedelics, busted out of prison. That's a dramatic way of putting it. In fact, the altered state of consciousness advocate, serving a sentence for marijuana possession, simply walked away from the minimum security prison in which he'd been placed in September 1970 by changing out of his prison uniform at a nearby gas station.
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Post by BillG on Jan 13, 2021 6:55:41 GMT -5
Who knew??? On January 13th, 1908 Henri Farman becomes the first person to fly an observed circuit of more than 1km, winning the Grand Prix d'Aviation.
  
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Post by johnmori on Jan 13, 2021 7:16:55 GMT -5
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January 13, 1993
Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
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Post by soutxed on Jan 13, 2021 9:35:49 GMT -5
On Jan. 13, 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River while trying to take off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people, including four motorists on the bridge; four passengers and a flight attendant survived.
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Post by sandipaws on Jan 14, 2021 0:13:10 GMT -5
Who Knew??? Ratification Day on January 14th annually recognizes the act the officially ended the American Revolution. The day commemorates the ratification of the Treaty of Paris on January 14, 1784, at the Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland by the Confederation Congress.
Since the Declaration of Independence was signed, nearly eight years had passed. Through the treaty, Great Britain recognizes the United States as a sovereign entity. It is the most enduring premise of the treaty. The treaty also defined boundaries, specifically the Northwest Territory which included Ohio and rich prairie land of Indiana and Illinois. Michigan, Wisconsin, and parts of Minnesota were also included. Several of the nation’s founding fathers negotiated the peace treaty, including John Adams, John Jay, and Benjamin Franklin.
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