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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 18, 2024 20:13:39 GMT -5
Humming is good for your sinuses. On the other hand, humming, while annoying to the people around you trying to do work, is a good way to fight off sinus infections. Since keeping air flowing steadily between nasal cavities and sinuses is the key to preventing infection, humming is an ideal way to keep your sinuses healthy. One 2002 study published in The American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that humming resulted in a 15-fold increase in nasal nitric oxide in the airflow.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Nov 19, 2024 1:45:13 GMT -5
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19 November
2007: Amazon.com began selling the Kindle, a wireless electronic reading device that played a key role in popularizing e-books.
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Post by soutxed on Nov 19, 2024 9:09:19 GMT -5
November 19, 1805, Lewis and Clark Expedition, led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, reaches the Pacific Ocean, the first European Americans to cross the West.
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Post by johnmori on Nov 19, 2024 9:30:49 GMT -5
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November 19, 1863
American Civil War: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the dedication ceremony for the military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 20, 2024 0:33:49 GMT -5
Ravens can learn to speak better than parrots. Parrots have the reputation as the most talkative birds in the animal kingdom, but ravens could hold their own in a debate any day. In captivity, the animals can be trained to mimic human speech, saying basic words like "hello" and "hi" and even coughing like a person. Note: It's not clear if they can be taught to say "nevermore."
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Post by BillG on Nov 20, 2024 8:41:17 GMT -5
Who Knew??? November 20TH is "National Peanut Butter Fudge Day"!
 
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Post by soutxed on Nov 20, 2024 9:00:14 GMT -5
November 20, 1945, Nazi leaders go on trial for World War II atrocities. Judges from the US, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union preside over the military tribunals in Nuremburg opening today to try Nazi officials for crimes against humanity, among other charges. Twelve Nazi leaders will be sentenced to death. Adolf Hitler won't be among them, having already shot himself.
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Post by johnmori on Nov 20, 2024 11:49:53 GMT -5
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November 20, 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, U.S. President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Caribbean nation.
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Post by VanIsleRover on Nov 20, 2024 17:18:44 GMT -5
Who Knew?? 1998: American tobacco companies signed an agreement with the governments of 46 U.S. states to settle the states' claims for reimbursement of Medicaid funds they had expended to treat smoking-related illnesses, the settlement costing the tobacco manufacturers $206 billion beyond the $40 billion they had agreed to pay four other states in 1997. 1992: A massive fire erupted at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, England, causing the destruction of 115 rooms, though the priceless art collection was largely untouched; it took nearly five years to repair the damage. 1947: The future Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey. :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(999x0:1001x2)/queen-elizabeth-prince-phillip-wedding-10-92be95fc48b44ea9a878e44783d3c893.jpg) |
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Post by sandipaws on Nov 20, 2024 19:30:49 GMT -5
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On November 20th, National Absurdity Day reigns supreme.
Oddness and weirdness take over. We're not sure why, but it does. Throughout history, bizarre occurrences mark the calendar.
It may seem absurd today to send your child cross country by airplane, but people do.
There's a process, attendants, an adult on the other side waiting to retrieve the precious package.
When the postal service first launched in 1913, children falling within the shipping weights were sent cross country by parcel service.
Mailed babies were shipped off to Grandma's house, some for as low as 15 cents plus insurance.
This day was created as a day to recall and note some of the entirely off-the-wall and
ridiculous things in history, in our country, and in our lives.
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Post by MidnightSun on Nov 21, 2024 0:06:47 GMT -5
The Easter Island heads have torsos. You know the heads of the Easter Island figures, but often overlooked is the fact that they also have bodies. Archaeologists at the University of California, Los Angeles have developed the Easter Island Statue Project to dig deeper into these Pacific Island icons and explore what's below the surface. The answer? Full-bodies statues measuring as much as 33 feet high.
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Post by BillG on Nov 21, 2024 7:16:47 GMT -5
Who Knew??? November 21ST is "National Gingerbread Cookie Day"!
 
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Post by johnmori on Nov 21, 2024 7:43:47 GMT -5
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November 21, 1902
The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeat the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first-ever professional American football night game.
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Post by soutxed on Nov 21, 2024 8:48:23 GMT -5
November 21, 1976 "Rocky" directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Sylvester Stallone premieres in New York (Best Picture 1977).
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Post by VanIsleRover on Nov 21, 2024 18:02:14 GMT -5
Who Knew?? Signing of Mayflower Compact On this day in 1620, 41 male passengers on the Mayflower, prior to landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, signed the Mayflower Compact, by which they agreed to abide by the laws of the new government they would establish.   1783: The first crewed hot-air balloon flight was made by Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, traveling from the Château de la Muette across the Bois de Boulogne on the edge of Paris in a balloon made by Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier. 1931: The horror classic Frankenstein, based on a stage adaptation of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's 1818 novel, was released in the United States, and it helped make the hulking monster, who was portrayed by Boris Karloff, one of the most recognizable characters in film history. |
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