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Post by MidnightSun on Jan 14, 2021 0:53:48 GMT -5
Inca people used knots to keep records. Instead of handwritten notes, Inca people used knots tied on pendants and cords to do their accounting. Called quipu, the types of knots and their location relative to the top of the cord would modify the meaning of the apparatus. About 600 examples of quipu have been discovered so far.
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Post by BillG on Jan 14, 2021 7:40:38 GMT -5
Who knew??? On January 14th, 1639 Connecticut's first constitution, the "Fundamental Orders," was adopted.
 
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Post by johnmori on Jan 14, 2021 8:53:41 GMT -5
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January 14, 1952
NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway.
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Post by soutxed on Jan 14, 2021 9:29:46 GMT -5
On this date in 1963, George C. Wallace was sworn in as governor of Alabama with the pledge, “Segregation forever!” — a view Wallace later repudiated.
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Post by sandipaws on Jan 14, 2021 20:19:44 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Jan 15, 2021 0:17:39 GMT -5
Mmm, strawberry ice cream for me, please.Water bottle expiration dates are for the bottle, not the water. Eventually the plastic will start leaching into the liquid. How long is that? 2 months to 100 years. It depends on the chemical makeup of the plastic.
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Post by BillG on Jan 15, 2021 7:02:16 GMT -5
Who knew??? On January 15th, 1943 the Pentagon was dedicated as the world's largest office building, in Arlington, VA. The structure covers 34 acres of land and has 17 miles of corridors.
 
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Post by johnmori on Jan 15, 2021 8:29:58 GMT -5
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January 15, 1967
The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
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Post by soutxed on Jan 15, 2021 9:15:27 GMT -5
On Jan. 15, 2020, Chinese officials said they couldn’t rule out the possibility that a new coronavirus in central China could spread between humans, though they said the risk of transmission appeared to be low. What we know now...!
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Post by sandipaws on Jan 15, 2021 23:13:14 GMT -5
Who Knew??? Each year on January 16th, people across the nation recognize National Nothing Day.
The observance was created as a day to provide Americans with one National Day when they can just sit without celebrating, observing or honoring anything. (National Day Calendar only reports the Days, sometimes they may contradict themselves.)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on the third Monday of January which means that one-in-seven January 16th’s will fall on the same day as Nothing Day, effectively usurping the nature of Nothing Day.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jan 16, 2021 2:38:47 GMT -5
A Japanese man rents himself out to do nothing. Shoji Morimoto, 37, has over 270,000 Twitter followers, appearances on national television, interviews in magazines, and even his own books and manga on Amazon. Shoji has earned an enormous online following and a modest living by renting himself out to the bored, lonely or needy as a companion who does nothing. Under the trade name, “Rental Person Who Does Nothing”, he has received thousands of requests for his services despite a lack of any particular personal or professional skills. For 10,000 yen ($96) plus expenses for travel and meals, he will meet, have a drink and chat a little, but nothing more.
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Post by johnmori on Jan 16, 2021 9:16:13 GMT -5
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January 16, 1972
Super Bowl VI, Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA: Dallas Cowboys beat Miami Dolphins, 24-3; MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
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Post by sandipaws on Jan 16, 2021 16:26:39 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Jan 17, 2021 0:00:42 GMT -5
Cold water is just as cleansing as hot water. When using modern detergent, clothes will be equally clean whether warm or cold water is used. There is one major difference: warm water uses much more energy (about 75 percent of the energy used for a load of laundry comes from warming the water).
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Post by johnmori on Jan 17, 2021 6:52:51 GMT -5
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January 17, 1950
The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
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