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Post by soutxed on Jun 10, 2021 8:00:45 GMT -5
Who knew? June 10, 2004, singer-musician Ray Charles died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 73.
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Post by johnmori on Jun 10, 2021 13:35:09 GMT -5
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June 10, 2003
The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 10, 2021 22:06:23 GMT -5
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Some call it “corn-stick,” others go with “sweet pole,” but we like to call it amazing — especially when you use those cute plastic corn on the cob handles. National Corn on the Cob Day falls on June 11 — the perfect pre-summer date. (Although, for most home gardens, mid-June is still too early for the harvest.) But you can’t blame anyone for being in a hurry. The sweetness doesn’t hang around for very long. It has to be picked at its freshest, otherwise there’s a risk of — nothing really — it’s just slightly less incredible tasting.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 11, 2021 0:49:53 GMT -5
Goats have accents. In 2012, according to NPR, researchers from Queen Mary's School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the University of London studied baby goats from when they were just starting to socialize and found that the little animals eventually began to sound like each other, i.e. they had accents. Scientists believe that the accents help the animals determine whether another goat is from their same area or from some place unfamiliar to them.
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Post by soutxed on Jun 11, 2021 8:01:50 GMT -5
Who knew? June 11, 1993, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that people who commit “hate crimes” motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment.
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Post by johnmori on Jun 11, 2021 8:02:20 GMT -5
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June 11, 1776
The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
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Post by BillG on Jun 11, 2021 9:18:55 GMT -5
Who Knew??? The corn cob holder ("Ear-corn holder") was patented in 1909 by Charles P Townsend.
 
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 11, 2021 22:08:20 GMT -5
Who Knew??? National Red Rose Day is celebrated on June 12th Every year. The National Red Rose day is celebrated mainly to honor the Red Rose which is considered as the symbol of Love and Romance. Red Rose is the Well-Known Symbol of Love. Red Rose is also known for its decorative purposes. People use red roses for decorating a function hall, receptions, and other events as well. Red Roses bring beauty to the place where they are placed. It is considered the most beautiful flower and these are the most important reasons for honoring the beautiful red rose on this Red Rose day.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 11, 2021 23:10:54 GMT -5
A relative of the T. rex stood just 3-feet tall. The Tyrannosaurus rex is known as one of the largest, most ferocious species of dinosaur to ever have existed — which was more than 60 million years ago. However, an early T. rex relative, Suskityrannus hazelae, lived around 92 million years ago and stood at a modest height of three feet and only weighed between 45 and 90 pounds, according to Smithsonian magazine.
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Post by johnmori on Jun 12, 2021 5:54:35 GMT -5
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June 12, 1939
The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
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Post by BillG on Jun 12, 2021 8:24:16 GMT -5
Who Knew??? On June 12th, 1991 Boris Yeltsin becomes Russia's first President. (Factoid: He was missing the thumb and index finger on his left hand due to playing with grenades as a young boy.)
 
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Post by soutxed on Jun 12, 2021 8:36:49 GMT -5
Who knew? Hard to believe it has been 5 years. June 12, 2016 Mass Shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida Kills 49 People
In what is now thought to be one of the deadliest incidents of violence against LGBTQ people in history, the shooting committed by 29-year old Omar Mateen is also the second deadliest terrorist attack on US soil since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 12, 2021 21:19:51 GMT -5
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Oftentimes it takes just one gentle word or small token to help overcome darkness. On June 13th, National Random Acts of Light Day encourages us to bring light to the darkness of cancer by surprising someone with an act of kindness.
“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.” ~ Edith Wharton
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 12, 2021 23:00:06 GMT -5
Your brain is sometimes more active when you're asleep than when you're awake. Even when you fall into a deep sleep, the activity inside your head is still buzzing in order to keep your body running while processing your subconscious thoughts — so much so, says National Geographic, that your brain is at times more active while you're sleeping than it is when you're awake.
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Post by johnmori on Jun 13, 2021 6:14:30 GMT -5
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June 13, 1983
Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune.
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