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Post by VanIsleRover on May 13, 2024 13:13:30 GMT -5
Who Knew?? 1637 According to tradition, France's Cardinal Richelieu invented the table knife; he reportedly had the tips rounded to stop dinner companions from using knives to pick their teeth. 13 May 1940 British politician Winston Churchill faced the House of Commons for the first time as prime minister and told the members that “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” www.britannica.com/video/23885/Winston-Churchill-Parliament-prime-minister-speech-May-13-1940 |
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Post by MidnightSun on May 13, 2024 20:52:33 GMT -5
Human teeth are just as strong as shark teeth. A shark's teeth might be more feared, but human teeth are just as strong. According to a 2012 study in the Journal of Structural Biology, the enamel on a human wisdom tooth is just as hard as the enamel coating on shark teeth. Both are made of mineral crystals bound together with proteins, which prevent teeth — shark and human alike — from shattering under a sudden impact.
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Post by sandipaws on May 13, 2024 23:57:36 GMT -5
Who Knew???
On May 14th, National Underground America Day recognizes the approximately 6,000 people who live in some form of underground architecture across North America.
The observance also celebrates the lifestyle, architecture, and benefits of underground living.
 Subterranean living boasts energy conservation as one of its top advantages.
Completely covered homes or earth-sheltered homes are covered on all sides with soil while earth-bermed homes leave one side exposed.
Both allow for more stable temperatures within the home and less exposure to the elements.
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Post by BillG on May 14, 2024 5:52:27 GMT -5
Who Knew??? May 14TH is "National Underground America Day"!
 
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Post by johnmori on May 14, 2024 9:14:50 GMT -5
Who knew???
May 14, 1973
Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
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Post by VanIsleRover on May 14, 2024 11:57:25 GMT -5
Who Knew??
This date - 14 May
1796 Edward Jenner administered the first vaccination against smallpox.
1804 Meriwether Lewis and William Clark embarked from the American Midwest on their famous expedition to the Pacific coast of North America.
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Post by BillG on May 14, 2024 17:23:38 GMT -5
Now how the heck did I do that? Wasn't on purpose.
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Post by sandipaws on May 14, 2024 19:19:25 GMT -5
No worries. Great minds think alike.
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Post by MidnightSun on May 14, 2024 23:10:17 GMT -5
The smell of chocolate makes people want to buy romance novels. The thought of romance conjures images of champagne and roses, sweet music, and even sweeter treats. In fact, so many people associate the smell of candy with a lovey-dovey vibe that 2013 research published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology found that the smell of chocolate in a bookstore makes people want to buy romance novels.
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Post by BillG on May 15, 2024 6:48:32 GMT -5
Who Knew??? May 15TH is "National Straw Hat Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on May 15, 2024 7:50:56 GMT -5
May 15, 1972, Assassination attempt fells US presidential candidate. Arthur Bremer shoots Alabama governor and US presidential hopeful George Wallace as he campaigns at a Maryland shopping center. Wallace survives the assassination attempt but will be paralyzed from the waist down the rest of his life.
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Post by VanIsleRover on May 15, 2024 13:39:16 GMT -5
Who knew?? 15 May 1940: In San Bernadino, California, brothers Maurice (“Mac”) and Richard McDonald opened a drive-in restaurant that gave rise to the fast-food chain McDonald's. 15 May 1940 Nylon stockings first went on sale to the general public, and American stores sold out in days. vintagedancer.com/1940s/1940s-stockings-history/15 May 1918 The first regular airmail route in the United States opened, between New York City and Washington, D.C. 1928 Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse made his debut with the premiere of the cartoon Plane Crazy. |
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Post by MidnightSun on May 15, 2024 21:58:17 GMT -5
Cleopatra lived closer in time to the moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Cleopatra is easily one of the most famous rulers of Egypt, but she actually lived closer to the moon landing than to the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The queen died in 30 B.C., while the great pyramid of Giza was built around 2560 B.C. That means that the pyramid was completed more than 2,500 years before Cleopatra's time.
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Post by BillG on May 16, 2024 5:28:46 GMT -5
Who Knew??? May 16TH is "National Barbecue Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on May 16, 2024 8:02:45 GMT -5
May 16, 1964, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Brown v Board of Education ruled racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
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