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Post by VanIsleRover on Oct 3, 2024 21:52:46 GMT -5
Who knew?
1952: The first British atomic weapons test, called Hurricane, was successfully conducted aboard the frigate HMS Plym.
1960: The Andy Griffith Show debuted on American television and was an immediate success.
1961: The Dick Van Dyke Show, a pioneer of the sitcom genre, began airing on CBS.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 3, 2024 22:56:32 GMT -5
If you were to write out every number (one, two, three, etc.), you wouldn’t use the letter "b" until you reached one billion. You'll have to trust me on this one: If you spelled out every number, you'd get all the way to one billion before you'd need the second letter in the alphabet. Who knew?
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 3, 2024 23:35:15 GMT -5
Who Knew???
Each year on the first Friday in October, World Smile Day devotes a day to smiles and spreading random acts of kindness.
If someone smiles at you, you’re bound to smile back. A smile often expresses a feeling, encouragement to someone, or serves as a greeting.
If you don’t smile enough, #WorldSmileDay is the perfect day to start.
7 Benefits of Smiling: Improves mood, Lowers blood pressure, Relieves stress Betters relationships,Boosts the immune system, Relieves pain & Increases life expectancy
Who wouldn’t want all those benefits? All it takes is smiling. And the more often, the better!
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Post by BillG on Oct 4, 2024 6:04:36 GMT -5
Who Knew??? October 4TH is "National Manufacturing Day"!
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Post by soutxed on Oct 4, 2024 7:55:19 GMT -5
October 4, 1957, Launch of Soviet's Sputnik sparks space race.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 4, 2024 10:12:44 GMT -5
Who knew???
October 4, 1883 First run of the Orient Express.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Oct 4, 2024 12:19:14 GMT -5
Who Knew?? 4 October 1535: The first complete Bible in English was published abroad, most likely in Antwerp, in 1535, the work of Miles Coverdale. Myles Coverdale (1488-1569), an Augustinian friar from Yorkshire educated at Cambridge, 'faithfully and truly translated it out of Douche [German] and Latin into English'. 1582: The Gregorian calendar was introduced, and over the following centuries numerous countries adopted it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar1970: American singer Janis Joplin, who was known for her fierce and uninhibited musical style, died of an accidental overdose of heroin.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 4, 2024 21:11:38 GMT -5
Casu Marzu cheese is purposely infested with maggots. If you ever come across maggot-infested food (yuck!), the best course of action is usually to throw the item into the trash as quickly as possible. However, those who make Casu Marzu cheese welcome the fly larva. With a name that literally translates to “rotten cheese,” the Sardinian delicacy starts as Pecorino Sardo.
But, instead of being soaked in brine, it’s left out so that Piophila casei cheese flies can lay their eggs inside of it. The larva eventually hatches from the eggs and eats the cheese, which produces enzymes that lead to fermentation and decomposition in what will become the Casu Marzu. I Love Cheese describes it by saying that it’s a “highly pungent, super soft cheese that oozes tears (‘lagrima’), and fittingly so, as it tends to burn on the tongue.” Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Oct 5, 2024 5:52:17 GMT -5
Who Knew??? October 5TH is "International Off-Road Day"!
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Post by johnmori on Oct 5, 2024 10:08:49 GMT -5
Who knew???
October 5, 1970 The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded
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