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Post by johnmori on Jun 8, 2022 7:10:40 GMT -5
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June 8, 1949 George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published.
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Post by soutxed on Jun 8, 2022 7:52:55 GMT -5
June 8, 1966, a merger was announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970.
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 8, 2022 14:45:17 GMT -5
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Each year on June 8th, National Upsy Daisy Day is set aside to encourage you to face the day positively and to get up ‘gloriously, gratefully and gleefully’ each morning.
Every day is a gift and if we remember that as we rise each morning, it will help us carry a good attitude throughout the day, whatever the day may bring us. Life is full of challenges and bumps in the road, and it is our attitude that helps us over the bumps and through the challenges to move onward with a smile.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 8, 2022 21:08:55 GMT -5
Lobsters communicate with their bladders. Lobsters have bladders on either side of their heads, so they communicate by urinating at each other. If they want another lobster to know that they're happy or sad or angry or interested in a relationship, they say it with pee! Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Jun 9, 2022 5:08:24 GMT -5
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June 9, 1973 In horse racing, Secretariat wins the U.S. Triple Crown.
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Post by BillG on Jun 9, 2022 7:03:56 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 9th is "National Donald Duck Day."
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Post by BillG on Jun 9, 2022 7:04:51 GMT -5
Lobsters communicate with their bladders. Lobsters have bladders on either side of their heads, so they communicate by urinating at each other. If they want another lobster to know that they're happy or sad or angry or interested in a relationship, they say it with pee! Who knew? So now we know why the oceans are so salty!
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 9, 2022 11:40:33 GMT -5
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On June 9th of each year, National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day recognizes a delicious and seasonal pie. A tart vegetable, rhubarb is often paired with sweet fruits making for a pleasing dessert. Around the country, rhubarb is a perennial favorite for home gardens. One of the first fruits of their labors, gardeners begin to harvest rhubarb in the middle of May and early June, and it finds its way into desserts and preserves. Since it takes on the flavor of the fruit or vegetable it is paired with, it is an excellent complement to many recipes.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 9, 2022 21:39:10 GMT -5
A man actually changed his name because he lost a bet. After losing a drunken poker bet in 2009, a New Zealand man had his name legally changed to "Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova." It took five years, but the name was finally approved by the government. All 99 characters of his new name are on his passport. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Jun 10, 2022 6:37:19 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 BillG on Jun 10, 2022 8:14:20 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 10th is "National Egg Roll Day".
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 10, 2022 10:05:00 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 10th - National Black Cow DayNational Black Cow Day, on June 10th each year recognizes an ice cream float beverage also known as a Root Beer Float. That’s right, the beverage made with root beer and vanilla ice cream was also called a Black Cow. It was originally made with vanilla ice cream but sometimes it’s made with chocolate ice cream or even plain cola flavor. Frank J. Wisner of Cripple Creek, Colorado, gets the credit for inventing the Black Cow way back in August of 1893.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 11, 2022 3:10:52 GMT -5
Carrots just might turn you orange. A funny fact. If you eat enough carrots — about three large carrots a day for several weeks — it increases the beta-carotene in your blood and could turn your skin orange. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Jun 11, 2022 5:06:56 GMT -5
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June 11, 1944 USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
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Post by soutxed on Jun 11, 2022 6:35:11 GMT -5
June 11, 1817 The first predecessor of the bicycle is demonstrated. Using his revolutionary Laufmaschine, also known as Draisine, a two-wheeler without pedals, German inventor Karl Drais completed a 14 km test run in less than an hour, presenting a viable alternative to transportation by horse.
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