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Post by BillG on Aug 31, 2024 4:40:43 GMT -5
Who Knew??? August 31ST is "World Stop Sign Day"!
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Post by johnmori on Aug 31, 2024 8:30:23 GMT -5
Who knew???
August 31, 2006 Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 31, 2024 9:12:24 GMT -5
August 31, 1972, Soviet gymnast wows the world. All 4' 11" and 84-pounds, the USSR's Olga Korbut has the Olympic crowds cheering in Munich as she performs nearly flawless, and boldly athletic, gymnastics. Cold War tensions melt as the sweet-faced 17-year-old 'Sparrow from Minsk' wins three gold medals for her individual routines
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Post by VanIsleRover on Aug 31, 2024 15:01:34 GMT -5
Who Knew?? (https://www.britannica.com/) August 31 1966: The Harrier “jump-jet” fighter-bomber made its first flight. Harrier, single-engine, “jump-jet” fighter-bomber designed to fly from combat areas and aircraft carriers and to support ground forces. It was made by Hawker Siddeley Aviation and first flew on Aug. 31, 1966, after a long period of development. (Hawker Siddeley became part of British Aerospace in 1977, and the latter firm, in partnership with McDonnell Douglas in the United States, continued to manufacture the Harrier.) The several versions of the Harrier could take off straight up or with a short roll (Vertical and Short Take-off and Landing, or V/STOL), and thus the Harrier did not need conventional runways. Powered by a vectored-thrust turbofan engine, the plane diverted its engine thrust downward for vertical takeoff using rotatable engine exhaust ports. It could carry a combination of armaments, including air-to-air missiles, air-to-surface antiship missiles, rockets, and bombs. Ground-attack versions of the Harrier could carry two 30-millimetre cannons as well as rockets and bombs. The Sea Harrier saw combat in the British campaign during the Falkland Islands War of 1982. A larger and heavier version built for the U.S. Marines was used for both air defense and support of ground forces.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Aug 31, 2024 15:14:23 GMT -5
Remembering.. a sad day
31 August 1997: Diana, princess of Wales (born July 1, 1961, Sandringham, Norfolk, England—died August 31, 1997, Paris, France)
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Post by MidnightSun on Sept 1, 2024 1:42:22 GMT -5
The Oceans Hold $771 Trillion Worth of Gold. Not that you'd be able to get at any of it. But scientists estimate that the oceans of the world contain approximately 20 million tons of gold. Not on the ocean floor — in the water itself, in tiny particles of approximately 13 billionths of a gram per liter. Who knew?
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Post by soutxed on Sept 1, 2024 7:49:40 GMT -5
September 1, 1547 Holy Roman Emperor Charles V demands creation of an Imperial League (German state).
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Post by johnmori on Sept 1, 2024 9:20:41 GMT -5
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September 1, 1982 The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
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Post by sandipaws on Sept 1, 2024 18:43:14 GMT -5
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National No Rhyme Nor Reason Day on September 1st recognizes words that do not rhyme with any other words in the English language.
While September celebrates many random and capricious days, this observance focuses on specific words. Words that don't rhyme with any other word are called refractory rhymes. Some unrhymable (or nearly unrhymable) words in the English language include: Orange, Month, Silver, Spirit, Chimney, Purple, Woman, Ninth, Pint
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Post by MidnightSun on Sept 1, 2024 21:57:25 GMT -5
Earth Once Had Two Moons. That's the theory at least, put forward by a computer model that attempted to figure why the side of the moon that faces Earth is relatively low and flat and the one that faces away has a much thicker crust. The model suggests that there was once a "companion moon" that collided with the far side of our current moon. Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Sept 2, 2024 6:32:51 GMT -5
Who Knew??? September 2ND is "V-J Day"! (Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) would officially be celebrated in the United States on the day formal surrender documents were signed aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay: September 2, 1945.
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Post by soutxed on Sept 2, 2024 7:30:01 GMT -5
September 2, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman captures and occupies Atlanta, Georgia, ending the Atlanta Campaign in the US Civil War.
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Post by johnmori on Sept 2, 2024 10:25:24 GMT -5
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September 2, 1963 CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
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Post by MidnightSun on Sept 2, 2024 21:41:37 GMT -5
Earth Might Still Have Two Moons. That's right — some scientists believe we still have a second moon. That's not to say another giant white planet in the sky, more like a small asteroid that has been pulled into the Earth's orbit. This was found by a team of scientists running simulations on a supercomputer that determined that at least one mini-asteroid (about three feet in diameter — compared to the moon's three thousand miles of diameter) circling the planet at any given time. Who knew?
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Post by sandipaws on Sept 2, 2024 22:22:14 GMT -5
Who Knew???
National Blueberry Popsicle Day on September 2nd also kicks off National Blueberry Popsicle Month. Scheduled in the midst of the dog days of summer, it's a delicious way to cool off. Purchase a box of blueberry-flavored Popsicles or make your own. Either way, the treat will be a tasty one! With the end of summer at hand, now is the time to celebrate this National Day.
In San Francisco, California, in 1905, 11-yr-old Frank Epperson was outside on his porch, mixing water with a white powdered flavoring to make soda. Upon going inside, he left it there on the porch with the stirring stick still in it. That night the temperature reached a record low and the following morning, Frank discovered the drink had frozen to the stick.
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