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Post by BillG on Mar 11, 2022 8:45:20 GMT -5
Who knew??? All countries have access to the same petroleum prices of international markets but then decide to impose different taxes. As a result, the retail price of gasoline is different. For example,
Gasoline prices, 07-Mar-2022:
Russia $1.41
Iraq $1.94
Qatar $2.18
Egypt $2.28
Equador $2.55
Pakistan $3.18
Indonesia $3.39
Argentina $3.70
Panama $4.01
Mexico $4.08
Taiwan $4.39
USA $4.46
Vietnam $4.53
Poland $4.84
Brazil $4.87
Turkey $4.94
India $5.05
Australia $5.09
etc... and the winner is,
Hong Kong $10.72
For more see: Gasoline prices
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Post by soutxed on Mar 11, 2022 9:28:07 GMT -5
March 11, 1918, what were believed to be the first confirmed U.S. cases of a deadly global flu pandemic were reported among U.S. Army soldiers stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas; 46 soldiers would die. (The worldwide outbreak of influenza claimed an estimated 20 to 40 million lives.)
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 11, 2022 12:16:54 GMT -5
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NATIONAL 311 DAY
On 3/11, National 311 Day offers an annual reminder that 311 is a resource for communities around the country to connect with their city and non-emergency services. The 311 system is the non-emergency number to call in many cities across the country for residents to report issues, find out about city services, and ask questions.
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 12, 2022 0:03:51 GMT -5
The Mom of a "Monkees" Singer Invented White-Out. Mike Nesmith of The Monkees, a pop quartet on television in the late 1960s and one of the original "boy bands," was the son of an unsung inventor. While Betty Nesmith was working as an executive secretary at a bank in 1951, she began using white tempera paint to cover up typing mistakes. After perfecting the formula and naming it "Liquid Paper," she offered to sell her invention to IBM, but they passed, so she began marketing it herself. It wasn't until the mid-'60s that she started making substantial money from it; then, when she sold the rights to the Gilette Corporation in 1979, she received a $47.5 million paycheck, plus royalties on future sales.
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Post by johnmori on Mar 12, 2022 5:25:39 GMT -5
Who knew???
March 12, 2009
Financier Bernie Madoff pleads guilty to one of the largest frauds in Wall Street's history.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 12, 2022 9:29:27 GMT -5
March 12, 1938 Hitler invades Austria. The occupation of Hitler's homeland is known as Anschluss, which is the German word for annexation.
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 12, 2022 10:27:13 GMT -5
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March 12th celebrates National Baked Scallops Day and a popular delicacy, the scallop.
Scallops are a cosmopolitan family and can be found in all of the world’s oceans.
They are one of the most popular shellfish in the world and highly prized as a food source.
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A day at water's edge is a good one
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Post by esty on Mar 12, 2022 15:25:53 GMT -5
Who knew? The first "selfie" was over 80 years ago!
You are Robert Cornelius, and you have just taken the world’s first-known photographic self portrait—the world’s first selfie. On the back of the photo’s paper mounting, you write, “The first light Picture ever taken. 1839.” Friends and strangers who see your selfie will encourage your craft. Next year, in 1840, you will open Philadelphia’s first portrait studio—the second such studio in all of America. You will take many portraits of pompous-looking men in black coats, but none of them look as cool or as chill as you do in your selfie. Perhaps you think of this each time a bespectacled old man sits down in front of your camera. Perhaps the fun was in the self-discovery. After a few years of this, you will abandon your studio and return to the family lamp trade. Tidbit: In the 1840s, a big—dare we say, cheesy—grin was seen as childish, so one London photographer told people to say “prunes” to keep their mouths taut. 
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 12, 2022 20:50:04 GMT -5
The First Webcam Was Created to Check a Coffee Pot. Nowadays, people use FaceTime and Skype to see and chat with friends all over the world. However, webcam technology originated with a slightly less ambitious goal. In 1993, researchers at the computer science department at the University of Cambridge just hated getting up from their chairs to check the coffee pot only to find that it was empty. They wired up a system that would stream images — three per minute — from the Trojan Room where the pot was kept to the internal computer network. By the end of the year, the stream made it onto the new World Wide Web and the Trojan Room coffee pot briefly attained international fame.
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Post by johnmori on Mar 13, 2022 6:41:22 GMT -5
Who knew???
March 13, 1969
Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
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Post by soutxed on Mar 13, 2022 7:49:11 GMT -5
March 13, 1943 German troops liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków. Thousands of men, women and children were murdered by the Nazi's or deported to extermination camps. The horrific event is portrayed in the film, Schindler's List.
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Post by sandipaws on Mar 13, 2022 10:28:58 GMT -5
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March 13th recognizes National K9 Veterans Day and the dedicated K9 units who’ve served since World War II.
A lot of things changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. We rationed oil, leather, and rubber.
The military draft men into service. Women rolled up their sleeves and built war supplies. Dogs were called to duty.
During the first world war, the United States took notice of the European use of canines as sentries, message carriers, and several other functions.
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Post by MidnightSun on Mar 13, 2022 21:28:49 GMT -5
Berries Aren't What You Think They Are. Botanists provide us with a very specific definition of a berry. It must have three layers: a protective outer layer, a fleshy middle, and an inner part which holds the seeds. It must also have two or more seeds and come from a flower with only one ovary. By this definition, blueberries and cranberries are berries, but strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and cherries aren't. Things that are berries? Bananas, kiwis, watermelons, peppers, tomatoes, and even eggplants. But don't stress about it — the scientific classification came after the coining of words like "strawberry." Plus, nobody wants eggplant on top of their pancakes!
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