May 27,
2021 Week: 22 Day: 147
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Visibility: 10 miles Ave. Sky Cover: 90% |
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Local: H 69°\ L 36° |
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Wind: 3mph/ Gusts: 6mph EXTREME Risk of Fire:
Active fire: 159mi Nearest Lightning: 583mi. |
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May Averages: 68°/34° (3 days w/moisture) |
Today’s Quote
Courage is fear holding
on a minute longer.
George S. Patton
Humor
Just keep driving. When something changes, you’ll know you’re out of
Nebraska.
Real Cities
Okay, Oklahoma is a town along the east bank of the
Verdigris River in Wagoner County, Oklahoma. The population was 620 at the 2010
census, a 3.9 percent increase over the figure of 597 recorded in 2000
The name Okay was adopted on 18 October 1919 after the
"O. K. Trucks" brand of oil tankers made at a factory built there in
1915 by the Oklahoma Auto Manufacturing Company
True Things
Devil in the Details
An unnamed teenager in
Thailand was excited by the surprisingly low price he found online for an Apple
iPhone, and even though the shipping seemed a little high, he went ahead and
ordered it, Oddity Central reported. The surprise came when he received a box
nearly as tall as he was and found inside a coffee table shaped like an iPhone.
The teen posted photos of his acquisition on social media and admitted he had
been so anxious to snag the bargain that he didn't read the listing carefully.
[Oddity Central, 3/23/2021]
Weekly Observations
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National Playground Safety Week
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Thru
30 |
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National African Violet Week |
23-29 |
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Healthy and Safe Swimming Week Link |
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Undergraduate Research Week Link |
24-28 |
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Mule
Days Link (Moved
from April) |
25-31 |
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Fleet Week (NY) |
26-31 |
Today’s Observations
Cellophane Tape Day
Eat More Fruits &
Vegetables Day Link
Joe Cool Day Link
National Grape Popsicle Day
My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts
I woke up to an overcast sky. Checked the weather report, yep…overcast
and no precipitation in the forecast.
It took 5 days before the House Republicans spoke about MTG’s ridiculous
statement regarding the holocaust. A tad late. A whole lot of babble that
really said nothing.
I’m glad I don’t live in Texas. The governor is set to sign a bill
that will require no background checks, no training, and no need for a carry
permit or license to carry a handgun. The wild west seems to be having a
revival.
Another mass shooting…this time in San Jose, CA. One of the only good
things from Covid was there were no mass shootings during the quarantine.
The news media went bonkers yesterday about the newest Trump
revelations. I’ll not be holding my breath for an indictment.
I have always wondered where the Covid virus came from. It is the only
way science will be able to prevent another outbreak. I hope that they find out
if it was from a lab or from a live market. It is so unfortunate that both
sides have politicized this issue so much. I have always known that ‘science’
is, and always has been ‘evolutionary’. I also understand that many in the public
have always questioned ‘science’. I don’t understand why this is the way humans
react.
Daily Puzzle
Answer: bottom of the page
Enter the eight remaining numbers from 1 to 16 exactly once in the blank
swquares so that the sum of the four number in each row, each column, and the
two diagonals adds up to 34.
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Historical Events
1199 – John (December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216) became King of
England. He’s the one who signed The Magna Carta, which was the first document
to offer people individual rights.
1796 – The patent (#X0116) for a piano was issued to James Sylvanus
McLean of New Jersey, for “an improvement in piano fortes.”
1890 – Two U.S. patents (#428,750,#428,751) for the first jukebox were
issued to Louis Glass and his business associate, William S. Arnold for a “coin
actuated attachment for phonographs.”
1919 – Pyrex glass was issued a patent (#1,304,623). The inventors,
Eugene C. Sullivan and William C. Taylor for Corning Glass Works.
1930 – Masking Tape was patented (#1,760,820) by Richard G. Drew of
St. Paul, Minnesota for his employers, 3M.
1931 – Auguste Piccard and Charles Knipfer took man’s first trip (in a
pressurized cabin) into the stratosphere when they rode their balloon to an
altitude of 51,800 feet.
1933 – The Walt Disney Company released the cartoon Three Little Pigs,
with its hit song Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
1937 – The Golden Gate Bridge, connecting San Francisco with Marin
County, California opened. Today was “Pedestrian Day” – cars were allowed the
following day.
1967 – The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy was launched
by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
1986 – Dragon Quest, the first major role-playing video game, was
released in Japan.
1987 – U2 played in Rome so loud that they set off earthquake alarms
in 2 different neighborhoods.
1994 – The National League and American League Baseball MVPs were Jeff
Bagwell and Frank Thomas, respectively. Jeff and Frank were both born on the
exact same day: May 27, 1968.
1998 – Oklahoma City bombing: Michael Fortier was sentenced to 12
years in prison and fined $200,000 for failing to warn authorities about the
terrorist plot.
1999 The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
indicts Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against
humanity committed in Kosovo
2012 A NATO airstrike kills a family of eight, including six children,
in Afghanistan
2013 The largest flag ever made at 5 tons with 44 miles of thread is
unveiled in Romania
2016 3 ships in 3 days sink carrying immigrants across the Mediterranean,
drowning over 700 people
2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Hong Kong no longer has
autonomy from China, doesn't merit special trade relationship, in note to
Congress
Birthdays Today
98 – Henry Kissinger, German-American political scientist, politician,
Nobel Prize laureate
@93 – Christopher Lee, English actor (d. 2015)
86 – Lee Meriwether, American model and actress, Miss America 1955
@82 – Cornelius Vanderbilt, American businessman, philanthropist (d.
1877)
@82 – Vincent Price, American actor (d. 1993)
@56 – Rachel Carson, biologist, environmentalist, author (d. 1964;
cancer)
@39 – [James Butler]’Wild Bill’
Hickok, folk hero (d. 1876; shot in card game)
Puzzle Answer
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