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Post by johnmori on Mar 18, 2021 4:10:35 GMT -5
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March 18, 1968 Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 18, 2021 8:40:01 GMT -5
March 18, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Gideon v. Wainwright, ruled unanimously that state courts were required to provide legal counsel to criminal defendants who could not afford to hire an attorney on their own.
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 18, 2021 19:49:11 GMT -5
Who Knew??? A great combination is celebrated each year on National Chocolate Caramel Day. On March 19th, enjoy chocolate and caramel in your favorite candy bar, ice cream, or dessert. It will put a smile on most people’s faces! The combination also invokes some cravings for chocolate caramel coffee, milkshakes, or just about any treat with this hard-to-resist combination.
While Milton Hershey receives a lot of credit for making chocolate caramel popular (he did make his living making caramel first), recipes for chocolate caramels existed as early as the 1880s. At about the same time, the first mass-produced chocolate bar became available.
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 18, 2021 21:14:03 GMT -5
Flipping a shark upside down renders it immobile for up to 15 minutes. If only the people of Amity, Long Island, had known this, the movie Jaws would have ended differently! A shark’s Achilles heel is turning it upside down. Some species of sharks enter a state of tonic immobility due to the loosening of muscles and the respiratory system. The shock puts them into a trance that can make them look like they’re dead. About 15 minutes later, they’ll become responsive again and return to normal. Some killer whales even exploit this trait by forcibly flipping sharks so they can access prey more easily. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Mar 19, 2021 7:09:31 GMT -5
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March 19, 1918 The US Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 19, 2021 8:30:51 GMT -5
March 19, 1931, Nevada Gov. Fred B. Balzar signed a measure legalizing casino gambling.
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Post by BillG on Mar 19, 2021 9:05:49 GMT -5
Who knew??? On March 19th, 1962 American musician Bob Dylan released his eponymous debut album to mixed reviews.
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 19, 2021 20:25:28 GMT -5
Who Knew???Spring begins on the March or vernal equinox, which is when the amount of sunshine is approximately 12 hours long. The amount of sunlight will incrementally increase until the first day of Summer.
The vernal equinox marks the moment the sun crosses the celestial equator. This is the imaginary line in the sky above the Earth’s equator, from south to north. The vernal equinox happens on March 19, 20, or 21 every year in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Southern Hemisphere, this same event marks the beginning of fall. Meteorologists mark the spring from March 1 through May 31st.
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 19, 2021 22:47:19 GMT -5
Male students at Brigham Young University in Utah need special permission to grow a beard. BYU is the Mormon flagship university and has a number of other equally strict guidelines that ban premarital sex, tattoos, and alcohol, to name a few. Until 2015, it was against school policy for any student to grow a beard. Now, the guidelines have been adjusted to allow people with medical conditions, actors who need a beard for a role, and certain religious people to grow a beard if absolutely necessary. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Mar 20, 2021 5:10:56 GMT -5
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March 20, 1915 Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 20, 2021 8:53:10 GMT -5
March 20, 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono marry. After the wedding in Gibraltar, the artists spent their honeymoon in Amsterdam with a Bed-In for Peace, which lasted a whole week.
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 20, 2021 23:35:01 GMT -5
Who Knew??? National West Virginia Day on March 22nd recognizes the last state to be created from one of the original thirteen colonies.
When Virginia voted to secede from the Union, Western Virginians held firmly to their Union loyalties, created their own constitution and approached Congress for statehood. West Virginia, the 35th state, was admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863. It was the only state formed from another state and one of two created during the Civil War.
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 21, 2021 0:11:56 GMT -5
When Koko the gorilla met Mr. Rogers, she took off his shoes as she had seen him do on his TV show. Koko, the beloved gorilla famous for her warm personality, love of cats, and ability to communicate through sign language had a favorite show: Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. When she finally met Mr. Rogers for the first time, she recognized him right away and immediately helped him untie his shoes and take them off, just as she had seen him do on his show. In the same meeting, she also embraced him and cradled him in her arms to demonstrate that she loved him. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Mar 21, 2021 5:27:33 GMT -5
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March 21, 1965 Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 21, 2021 7:57:54 GMT -5
March 21, 2006, the social media website Twitter was established with the sending of the first “tweet” by co-founder Jack Dorsey, who wrote: “just setting up my twttr.”
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