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Post by MidnightSun on May 11, 2022 0:03:31 GMT -5
Salem "Witches" Were Never Burned at the Stake. The popular image of the Salem witch trials involve the unfortunate women being burned at the stake. But, while these women were horrifyingly treated, that is one cruelty they did not suffer. Of the 20 people who were "convicted" of being witches, those who were sentenced to death were hung, not burned.
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Post by johnmori on May 11, 2022 6:49:17 GMT -5
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May 11, 1997
Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
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Post by BillG on May 11, 2022 9:47:20 GMT -5
Who knew??? Ysterday, May 10th was "National German Shepherd Day". How could I have missed that?
 
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Post by sandipaws on May 11, 2022 10:08:35 GMT -5
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National Odometer Day on May 12th each year provides an opportunity to learn a little bit about the odometer.
An odometer is an instrument that indicates the distance traveled by a vehicle.
It may be electronic, mechanical or a combination of both.
The word odometer comes from the Greek words hodos meaning path or gateway and metron, meaning measure.
In some countries, an odometer is called a mileometer, kilometer, or tripometer.
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Post by MidnightSun on May 12, 2022 1:26:53 GMT -5
The First Fax Machine Was Patented the Year the Oregon Trail Began. We think of fax machines are relatively modern technologies with their heyday in the 1980s. But as Paul Tamburro explains, "Scottish inventor Alexander Bain put forward the patent for the first fax machine, then known as the facsimile machine, in 1843 — the same year that the "Great Migration" on the Oregon Trail began.
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Post by johnmori on May 12, 2022 1:35:09 GMT -5
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May 12, 1933
President Roosevelt signs legislation creating the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the predecessor of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Post by BillG on May 12, 2022 7:05:32 GMT -5
Who knew??? May 12th is "National Nutty Fudge Day".
 
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Post by soutxed on May 12, 2022 8:12:13 GMT -5
May 12, 1986, the military action-drama film “Top Gun,” starring Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis and released by Paramount Pictures, had its world premiere in New York.
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Post by sandipaws on May 12, 2022 22:00:46 GMT -5
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Each year on May 12th, millions of people observe National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.
This day shares the spotlight with other May 12th awareness days such as International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, Fibromyalgia Awareness Day,
International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases or International Awareness Day for MCS, ME/CFS and FM, which are observed globally.
Fibromyalgia affects more than 12 million Americans. It is a musculoskeletal syndrome and causes a variety of symptoms.
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Post by MidnightSun on May 13, 2022 5:14:03 GMT -5
Cleopatra Was Not Egyptian. As best as historians can tell, she was actually Greek — a descendent of Alexander the Great's Macedonian general Ptolemy. It is probable that she had some Egyptian blood, although the amount is uncertain. Certainly it was no more than half, and probably less. The best evidence is that she was three quarters Macedonian Greek and one-quarter Egyptian. There is no room for anything else, certainly not for any black African blood.
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Post by johnmori on May 13, 2022 6:46:18 GMT -5
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May 13, 1917
Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
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Post by soutxed on May 13, 2022 7:59:38 GMT -5
May 13, 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia (the colonists went ashore the next day).
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Post by sandipaws on May 13, 2022 9:56:15 GMT -5
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If you’ve been celebrating the food holidays routinely, National Fruit Cocktail Day on May 13th may be a way to improve the calorie count.
Many of us have childhood memories of a dish of fruit cocktail regularly served with a meal.
Fruit cocktail consists of various kinds of fruit served in a liquid of its juices or syrup.
While we purchase it in cans and individual serving cups, we can also make it fresh with berries and other fruits.
Cafeterias serve fruit cocktail as a healthy fruit option in schools and at buffets, too.
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Post by BillG on May 13, 2022 10:39:29 GMT -5
Who knew??? May 13th is "National Apple Pie Day".
 
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