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Post by johnmori on May 16, 2024 10:20:48 GMT -5
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May 15, 1905
The city of Las Vegas is founded in Nevada, United States
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Post by MidnightSun on May 16, 2024 21:08:30 GMT -5
The largest scoop of ice cream weighed more than 3,000 pounds. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! And fans of the chilly treat will surely squeal over the largest scoop of ice cream ever, which weighed 3,010 pounds. In June 2014, Kemps in Cedarburg, Wisconsin served up a strawberry-flavored scoop that measured nearly 6 feet by 6 feet. It took around 733 household containers of ice cream to create the massive serving, which was put together by five nationally ranked snow sculptors before being portioned out and handed off to attendees at the Cedarburg Strawberry Festival.
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Post by VanIsleRover on May 16, 2024 22:49:38 GMT -5
Who knew?? 16 May 1986 The action blockbuster Top Gun was released in American theaters, and it made Tom Cruise an international star.  (2022)  1975 Tabei Junko of Japan, accompanied by Ang Tsering of Nepal, became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 1966 American rock group the Beach Boys released their masterwork, Pet Sounds, a bittersweet pastiche of songs recalling the pangs of unrequited love and other coming- of-age trials. 1929 The first Academy Awards were presented; Janet Gaynor and Emil Jannings won for best actress and actor, respectively. |
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Post by VanIsleRover on May 16, 2024 23:14:27 GMT -5
Who knew?? 16 May 1866 The U.S. Congress passed legislation that called for the creation of a five-cent piece composed of nickel and copper; the currency became known as the nickel.  |
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Post by BillG on May 17, 2024 6:45:32 GMT -5
Who Knew??? May 17TH is "NASCAR Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on May 17, 2024 7:39:14 GMT -5
May 17, 1989, Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa.
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Post by johnmori on May 17, 2024 9:56:35 GMT -5
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May 17, 1939
The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City.
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Post by VanIsleRover on May 17, 2024 12:43:07 GMT -5
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17 May
1875 The first Kentucky Derby was run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, and the winning horse was Aristides.
1900 L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published, and it became a classic of children's literature;
the 1939 film adaption is among the most beloved movies in American cinema.
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Post by MidnightSun on May 17, 2024 17:01:22 GMT -5
The human nose can detect more than 1 trillion smells. In the past, scientists believed that humans could only smell around 10,000 different scents. However, according to a 2014 study published in Science, we may actually be able to detect around 1 trillion smells. "People have been talked into this idea that humans are bad at detecting smells," said Rockefeller University neurobiologist Leslie Vosshall, who led the study. Incredibly, it seems like we're not so bad at it at all!
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Post by sandipaws on May 18, 2024 1:02:27 GMT -5
Who Knew???On May 18th, National No Dirty Dishes Day suggests taking a break from your regular daily routine.
The problem with dirty dishes is no one likes them.
In fact, if we could produce a 5 course meal without dirty dishes, we probably would.
Dirty dishes pose a number of problems, besides more work.
 In fact, dirty dishes can cause some life threatening diseases such as:
Salmonella; Campylobacteria; Clostridium perfringens; Norovirus; and Staphylococcus aureus (Staph).
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Post by VanIsleRover on May 18, 2024 6:24:48 GMT -5
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On this day, 18 May
2012
Facebook, an American company offering online social networking services, held its initial public offering, which raised $16 billion.
1980
Following an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale, Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted in one of the greatest volcanic explosions ever recorded in North America.
1974
India detonated a nuclear weapon in the Rajasthan desert.
1953
American aviator Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier.
1933
The U.S. government established the Tennessee Valley Authority to control floods and produce electrical power along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.
1860
Abraham Lincoln became the Republican candidate for the U.S. presidency on the third ballot at the Republican National Convention in Chicago.
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Post by BillG on May 18, 2024 7:30:03 GMT -5
Who Knew??? May 18TH is "Armed Forces Day"!
 
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Post by Unclebal on May 18, 2024 7:48:46 GMT -5
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May 18th,
1980 - Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage.
2005 – A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra.
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Post by johnmori on May 18, 2024 7:53:14 GMT -5
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May 18, 2001
101-year-old Harold Stilson becomes oldest golfer to record a hole-in-one when he aces the 108-yard, par-3, 16th hole at Deerfield CC, FL
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Post by soutxed on May 19, 2024 7:37:46 GMT -5
May 19, 1963, Excerpts from a landmark civil rights letter published. Jailed for civil disobedience in Birmingham, Alabama, Martin Luther King, Jr. pens a letter outlining his nonviolent civil rights struggle. Parts of the forceful 'Letter from Birmingham Jail' are published in the New York Post Sunday Magazine and will inspire both debate and devotion to King's cause.
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