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Post by MidnightSun on Aug 11, 2022 22:30:31 GMT -5
There's a word for when you're waiting for someone to arrive. Anticipation isn't always easy to deal with, but when it happens, ideally you're waiting for something wonderful. Or perhaps you're waiting for someone — and in that case, you might be experiencing "iktsuarpok," which is an Inuit word for the feeling of anticipation you get while waiting for a visitor to arrive. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Aug 12, 2022 4:40:28 GMT -5
Who knew???
August 12, 1981 The IBM Personal Computer is released
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Post by BillG on Aug 12, 2022 7:37:44 GMT -5
Who knew??? On August 12th 1877, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison made perhaps his most original discovery, the phonograph, and his early recordings were indentations embossed into a sheet of tinfoil by a vibrating stylus.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 12, 2022 8:01:21 GMT -5
August 12, 1867, President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, with whom he had clashed over Reconstruction policies. (Johnson was acquitted by the Senate.)
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 12, 2022 12:01:33 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Aug 13, 2022 0:10:45 GMT -5
Humans are made from stardust. Whenever you start to feel inadequate, remember that you're made of actual stardust. "Everything we are and everything in the universe and on Earth originated from stardust, and it continually floats through us even today," Iris Schrijver, professor of pathology at Stanford University, told National Geographic. "It directly connects us to the universe, rebuilding our bodies over and again over our lifetimes." Who knew?
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Post by soutxed on Aug 13, 2022 8:39:40 GMT -5
August 13, 1961 Construction of Berlin Wall starts. The construction on the Berlin Wall, a wall that divided West Berlin from East Berlin started. It was built by the German Democratic Republic or East Germany.
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Post by johnmori on Aug 13, 2022 9:33:39 GMT -5
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August 13, 1889 William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 13, 2022 11:06:01 GMT -5
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National Filet Mignon Day on August 13th celebrates a specialty cut of beef. Usually, from a steer or heifer, a filet mignon is a steak taken from the smaller end of the tenderloin of the beef. Filet mignon is French for “cute fillet” or “dainty fillet.” In French, filet mignon may be called filet de boeuf, which translates to beef fillet in English. When found on a French menu, filet mignon may also refer to pork rather than beef.
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Post by MidnightSun on Aug 13, 2022 22:49:42 GMT -5
Playing music for plants helps them grow faster. You may have heard that talking to your plants can help them grow stronger, but were you aware of the fact that music can also help them flourish faster? According to Sciencing, vibrations that travel through sound waves may "stimulate growth factors" in nearby plants. And that's not all: "Evolution may have given plants 'ears' so they can hear warnings about predators." Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Aug 14, 2022 6:02:12 GMT -5
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August 14, 1935 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 14, 2022 7:45:03 GMT -5
Aug. 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II.
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Post by BillG on Aug 14, 2022 8:23:39 GMT -5
Who Knew??? August 14th is "National Creamsicle Day".
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 14, 2022 11:41:41 GMT -5
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Each year on August 14th, National Navajo Code Talkers Day honors the contributions of the Native Americans who brought their unique abilities to the World War II effort. The day also highlights their impact on U.S. code and the Native American language that made it possible.
While code talkers were instrumental during World War II, the United States military used the Native American language in their coded messages before. During World War I, the Choctaw tribe’s language was called upon to relate coded messages.
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Post by MidnightSun on Aug 14, 2022 19:59:24 GMT -5
Some stray dogs in Cuba are given homes in state institutions, including banks and museums. Around 21 formerly stray dogs in Cuba now live (and "work") in state institutions, including gas stations, museums, banks, and even a public toilet. "They stay here and nothing happens to them," Dalia Garcia, caretaker of a public toilet who oversees two of the dogs, told the Daily Mail in 2015. "Everyone takes care of them, no one hits them. They don't bark and they don't bite anyone." The dogs are issued special I.D. cards that note where they work; the tags mean they can't be detained by the local dog catcher. Who knew?
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