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Post by BillG on Oct 16, 2024 4:57:07 GMT -5
Who Knew??? October 16TH is "National Fossil Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Oct 16, 2024 8:18:12 GMT -5
October 16, 1854, Abraham Lincoln presents his Peoria Speech, denouncing recent federal legislation extending slavery, on the lawn of the Peoria County Courthouse in Peoria, Illinois.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 16, 2024 12:10:30 GMT -5
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October 16, 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
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Post by VanIsleRover on Oct 16, 2024 13:31:51 GMT -5
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16 October 1847
English novelist Charlotte Brontë (under the pseudonym Currer Bell) published Jane Eyre, which became a classic noted for giving new truthfulness to the Victorian novel.
1846
William Thomas Green Morton first demonstrated the use of ether as a general anesthetic before a gathering of physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 16, 2024 20:25:52 GMT -5
The oldest still-operating amusement park in the world opened in Denmark in 1583. The Guinness World Records lists Bakken in Klampenborg, Denmark, as the oldest still-operating amusement park in the world. The park, which opened in 1583, 441 years ago, features more than 150 attractions, including a wooden roller coaster that was built in 1932.
According to the records book, Bakken wasn't totally unique in its time. "In medieval Europe, most major cities featured what is the origin of the amusement park: the pleasure gardens," they write. "These gardens featured live entertainment, fireworks, dancing, games, and some primitive amusement rides."
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 16, 2024 22:50:38 GMT -5
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National Liqueur Day on October 16 annually celebrates the myriad classes and flavors of liqueur. Cheers! 
The word liqueur comes from the Latin liquifacere, which means to liquefy.
A liqueur is an alcoholic beverage made from a distilled spirit. Distillers flavor the spirit with fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers, or nuts.
Next, they bottle it with added sugar or other sweeteners.
While liqueurs are typically considerably sweet, distillers do not usually age their product long.
They do, however, allow a resting period during production, which allows the flavors to marry.
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Post by BillG on Oct 17, 2024 6:26:11 GMT -5
Who Knew??? October 17TH is "National Pasta Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Oct 17, 2024 8:03:46 GMT -5
October 17, just minutes before Game 3 of the World Series is scheduled to start in San Francisco's Candlestick Park, a violent earthquake hits Northern California, severely pounding the San Francisco Bay Area. The quake collapses bridges and freeways, causes $7 billion in damage, nearly 4,000 injuries, and 67 deaths.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 17, 2024 10:36:38 GMT -5
(Earthquake was in 1989)
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Post by VanIsleRover on Oct 17, 2024 12:20:42 GMT -5
Who Knew?? Did you know that there are land, sea and freshwater snails? earthsky.org/earth/land-snails-lifeform-of-the-week/  Snails are gastropod mollusks. That is, they are invertebrate animals: They do not have bones or joints. Their bodies can be divided into three parts: head, shell and foot. Snails have tentacles. The four little horns on their heads are flexible and move in all directions. The top two have eyes at the ends, although they can only distinguish changes in light intensity, as if to differentiate day from night. The two little horns below are sensory organs that snails use to feel the terrain and guide themselves. Snails have their sense of smell in all four tentacles. Snails are hermaphrodites, which means they are both male and female at the same time. Furthermore, land snails are able to move on the blade of a knife without cutting themselves. And they have thousands of teeth. |
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Post by johnmori on Oct 17, 2024 13:47:23 GMT -5
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October 17, 1965
The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
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Post by sandipaws on Oct 17, 2024 21:49:11 GMT -5
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National Get Smart About Credit Day on the third Thursday in October annually promotes learning about good credit.
It is a national campaign where volunteer bankers help counsel young people on responsible credit habits.
The importance of sound financial management is something that can and should be taught at a young age.
Learning healthy credit habits can be one of the most valuable lessons a young person can learn.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 17, 2024 23:37:29 GMT -5
Penguins used to be almost seven feet tall. Researchers from the La Plata Museum in Argentina found fossils in the Antarctic of a "colossus penguin," measuring six feet, eight inches in height. According to the researchers, the larger penguins would have been able to dive underwater for 40 minutes at a time!
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Post by johnmori on Oct 18, 2024 8:11:44 GMT -5
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October 18, 1867
United States takes possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million. Celebrated annually in the state as Alaska Day.
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Post by BillG on Oct 18, 2024 8:58:40 GMT -5
Who Knew??? October 18TH is "National Chocolate Cupcake Day"!
 
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