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Post by sandipaws on Jul 26, 2024 22:47:35 GMT -5
Who Knew???Add National Coffee Milkshake Day on July 26 and coffee lovers to those who participate in National Ice Cream Month. Today, we are whipping up a caffeinated way to cooly celebrate one of the hottest times of the year. While a milkshake sounds refreshing at the end of July, a coffee milkshake sounds even better. The combination of creamy ice cream blended with coffee perks up even the most extended workday. Add chocolate, and this treat becomes a mocha, too!
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Post by BillG on Jul 27, 2024 5:36:23 GMT -5
Who Knew??? July 27TH is "National Day Of The Cowboy"!
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Post by johnmori on Jul 27, 2024 5:44:01 GMT -5
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July 27, 1949 Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
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Post by soutxed on Jul 27, 2024 9:06:00 GMT -5
July 27, 1996, Centennial Olympic Park celebrations shattered by pipe bomb. A pipe bomb detonates after midnight at an outdoor music venue in Atlanta during the Summer Olympic Games, and although crowds had been mostly evacuated from the area, the explosion kills two and injures 111 others. A religious extremist, Eric Rudolph, will be convicted of committing the attack
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 27, 2024 21:20:51 GMT -5
When a Male Lion Takes Over a Tribe, He Kills All the Cubs. We may imagine lions as noble creatures, but they can be plenty brutal, too. As Livescience explains, "When male lions take over a new territory, they almost always kill the prides' cubs, since they are not biologically related and do not want to spend energy ensuring that other lions' genes will be passed on." Guess they aren't interested in being stepfathers. Who knew?
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Post by johnmori on Jul 28, 2024 6:13:10 GMT -5
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July 28, 1896 The city of Miami is incorporated.
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Post by BillG on Jul 28, 2024 6:14:29 GMT -5
Who Knew??? July 28TH is "World Nature Conservation Day"!
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Post by soutxed on Jul 28, 2024 7:36:03 GMT -5
July 28, 1868, US Secretary of State William H. Seward announces the ratification of the 14th Amendment by the states, granting citizenship to ex-slaves.
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 28, 2024 22:22:54 GMT -5
Who Knew???
NATIONAL WATERPARK DAY
July 28 is National Waterpark Day and we are encouraging everyone to experience the laughter and fun at a waterpark. From the youngest family member to grandma and grandpa, there's a splashable, relaxable experience for all. On National Waterpark Day, enjoy all the memory-making waterparks have to offer!
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 28, 2024 22:40:27 GMT -5
A Traffic Jam Once Lasted 12 Days. You think your commute is bad, but this should give you some perspective: In August 2010, a traffic jam in Beijing lasted a dozen days, stretching 62 miles along the Beijing-Tibet expressway and China National Highway 110. It finally dissipated after authorities allowed more trucks to enter Beijing — the city has strict "road space rationing" laws — around the clock and got trucking companies to take alternate routes. Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Jul 29, 2024 5:27:38 GMT -5
Who Knew??? July 29TH is "National Lasagna Day"!
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Post by johnmori on Jul 29, 2024 7:16:42 GMT -5
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July 29, 1948 Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London
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Post by soutxed on Jul 29, 2024 8:42:47 GMT -5
July 29, 1958, US President Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, establishing NASA.
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Post by MidnightSun on Jul 29, 2024 21:03:55 GMT -5
Without Empty Space, the World's Atoms Could Fit Into a Grain of Salt. We are surrounded by empty space — not just between ourselves and the outside world, but between and even within our atoms. As the BBC explains, "That means even the most solid-looking objects we see are predominantly nothingness. Put another way, if you were to remove all the empty space in the atoms that make up a human being, he or she would be a lot smaller than a grain of salt." Who knew?
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Post by sandipaws on Jul 29, 2024 23:13:19 GMT -5
Who Knew??? National Cheesecake Day on July 30 offers a slice of one of America’s favorite desserts. Order up a cheesecake with your favorite topping. Get it delivered or make it at home.
This smooth dessert hits the spot when the end of the meal rolls around. While most cakes have a crumb, cheesecake’s texture is nothing like cake. Indeed, its creamy, thick pudding-like character comes from the soft cheese used as the main ingredient. Depending on the recipe, either cream cheese or cottage cheese is used. When the cheese is mixed with sugar, eggs, and other ingredients, the batter is added to a crust.
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