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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 12, 2024 19:32:00 GMT -5
A majority of the Sahara Desert is covered in gravel. Not sand. Gravel. The Sahara, which is the largest desert in the world at 3,600,000 sq miles, fills nearly all of northern Africa with tiny rocks that are red, black, and white.
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Post by BillG on Jun 13, 2024 5:12:45 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 13TH is "National Golf Cart Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Jun 13, 2024 8:10:14 GMT -5
June 13, 2019, Toronto Raptors win their first-ever NBA championship.
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Post by johnmori on Jun 13, 2024 9:47:34 GMT -5
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June 13, 1967
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 13, 2024 18:15:17 GMT -5
There's a year-round ice hotel. Icehotel is a world-famous hotel and art exhibition made of ice and snow. It was founded in 1989, and it's literally rebuilt every year in the Swedish village of Jukkasjärvi. Now, there is also Icehotel 365, a permanent structure that includes 20 luxury suites and a large ice bar that serves champagne. This one can be visited year-round, and is cooled by solar panels during the summer.
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Post by johnmori on Jun 14, 2024 6:29:24 GMT -5
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June 14, 1954
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
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Post by soutxed on Jun 14, 2024 8:12:46 GMT -5
June 14, 1940 German troops occupy Paris. The fall of Paris marked the end of Germany's attacks on the western front. In the Armistice of Compiègne, three-fifths of France was declared occupied.
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Post by BillG on Jun 14, 2024 8:35:27 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 14TH is "National Cucumber Day"!
 
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Post by VanIsleRover on Jun 14, 2024 12:06:21 GMT -5
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14 June
1777 The Continental Congress approved the Stars and Stripes as the first national flag of the United States.
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Post by sandipaws on Jun 15, 2024 1:01:00 GMT -5
Who Knew???June 15 is Nature Photography Day as a day nature lovers and photographers capture the breath-taking
beauty all around us and encourage others to see the wonders of our natural Earth.
Join us and the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA), along with millions of
photographers and photography lovers, as we share our appreciation of nature through photography. 
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 15, 2024 1:06:20 GMT -5
Movie trailers used to screen after the feature film. This is why they're called trailers — because they used to "trail" the main attraction. The first trailer premiered in 1912, but it was for a Broadway show (The Pleasure Seekers), not a movie. Gradually, trailers started spreading in popularity. Originally, they were produced by theaters themselves, but by 1916, movie studios took the reins.
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Post by BillG on Jun 15, 2024 5:58:23 GMT -5
Who Knew??? June 15TH is "National Megalodon Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Jun 15, 2024 8:54:50 GMT -5
June 15, 1964, the musical British Invasion began when the Beatles landed in New York City.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Jun 15, 2024 12:04:39 GMT -5
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June 15
2007 After more than 30 years, American game show host Bob Barker stepped down as host of The Price Is Right.
1864 Arlington National Cemetery was established when 200 acres (81 hectares) of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's estate in Virginia
—which had been seized by the U.S. government—was authorized for a national cemetery.
1846 The United States and Britain signed the Oregon Treaty, establishing the border between Canada and the United States at latitude 49° N.
1844 Charles Goodyear received a patent for the process of rubber vulcanization.
1775 George Washington was named commander in chief of the colonies by the Continental Congress.
1215
Magna Carta sealed by King John
Magna Carta—a charter of English liberties that occupies a unique place in the popular imagination as a symbol and a battle cry against oppression—was sealed this day, under threat of civil war, by King John in 1215.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jun 15, 2024 22:24:36 GMT -5
George Washington never actually lived in Washington, D.C. That's right: The first president of the United States never lived in Washington, D.C. He lived in New York, the nation's first capital, and Philadelphia. John Adams was actually the first U.S. president to live in D.C. And as for why Washington never lived in the White House? He died before the establishment was finished.
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