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Post by sandipaws on Jun 17, 2022 10:36:36 GMT -5
Who Knew???National Cherry Tart Day is a tart dispute. While usually observed on June 17th, it is also suggested that June 18th and 21st are also the days for this unofficial food holiday. To be on the safe side, make three. Now, if you are looking for a cherry pie, we’ve blown the top off that day. Or rather, it’s been left off entirely. A tart has a shallow crust, and the filling can be sweet or savory. On June 17th (18th or 21st), the choice is a sweet and lip-smacking cherry filling!
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 18, 2022 0:05:38 GMT -5
A chef's hat has exactly 100 pleats. Bon Appétit magazine brings us this tasty tidbit. A chef's tall hat (officially known as a "toque") is traditionally made with 100 pleats, meant to represent the 100 ways to cook an egg. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Jun 18, 2022 7:08:52 GMT -5
Who knew???
June 18, 1923 Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
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Post by soutxed on Jun 18, 2022 8:05:46 GMT -5
June 18, 1948 The LP record is introduced. The 33⅓ rpm microgroove vinyl Long Playing record developed by Columbia Records soon became the music industry's standard medium. It allowed for a total playing time of 20 minutes per side.
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 18, 2022 9:29:29 GMT -5
Who Knew???NATIONAL WANNA GET AWAY DAY | JUNE 18 With the summer travel season upon us, National Wanna Get Away Day celebrates our freedom to get away on June 18th. Planning memorable trips and get-aways brings out the adventurer in all of us! These get-aways take us to the family we long to see and historic places. We seek the sun, sand, big cities and the countryside, too. It is a national pastime with deep roots – one that connects all of us to the people and places most important in our lives. This is the perfect National Day for celebrating, dreaming, and planning all the adventures you will take this year and every year after!
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Post by BillG on Jun 18, 2022 10:02:26 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 18th is "National Wanna Get Away Day".
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 18, 2022 21:05:11 GMT -5
"OMG" usage can be traced back to 1917. One of the earliest uses — perhaps the earliest use — of "OMG" appeared in a letter to the then-member of Parliament, as The Atlantic reports. In 1917, British Navy Admiral John Arbuthnot Fisher wrote to Winston Churchill about rumors of new titles that would soon be bestowed. "I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis," he wrote. "O.M.G. (Oh! My God!) — Shower it on the Admiralty!" OMG, indeed. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Jun 19, 2022 5:39:01 GMT -5
Who knew???
June 19, 1910 The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
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Post by soutxed on Jun 19, 2022 8:17:58 GMT -5
June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free — an event celebrated to this day as “Juneteenth.”
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 19, 2022 9:39:27 GMT -5
Who Knew??? National Garfield the Cat Day | June 19
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 19, 2022 23:28:01 GMT -5
Some cats are actually allergic to humans. Though it's uncommon — since humans bathe more than your typical animal, and don't shed as much hair or skin — some animals can still be allergic to humans, according to Popular Science. However, it's more often because of the perfume or cologne we wear, or the soap we use. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Jun 20, 2022 5:09:17 GMT -5
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June 20, 1944 The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
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Post by BillG on Jun 20, 2022 7:30:20 GMT -5
Who knew??? June 20th is "Bald Eagle Appreciation Day".
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Post by soutxed on Jun 20, 2022 8:28:22 GMT -5
June 20, 1972, three days after the arrest of the Watergate burglars, President Richard Nixon met at the White House with his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman; the secretly made tape recording of this meeting ended up with the notorious 18 1/2-minute gap.
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