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Jul 8, 2020 Week: 28 Day: 190
86004:
H 85° \ L 51° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:
8mph\Gusts: 16mph Visibility:
10mi
Nearest lightning: 357mi.; Nearest active fire: 68mi.
Extreme Risk of Fire
Record High: 92°[2002]
Record Low: 32°[1955]
Jul Averages: 82°\52° (8 days with rain)
Today’s Quote
"Keep smiling, because life is a beautiful thing
and there's so much to smile about."
-Marilyn Monroe
Random Tidbits
The hybrid 'Pepper X' was created by Ed Currie in 2017. At over 3 million Scoville
heat units it is the hottest pepper in the world and is judged to be too
dangerous for human consumption in its pure form.
Carolina Reaper. The second-hottest pepper in the world, the
Carolina Reaper clocks in at an astonishing 2.2 million Scoville heat units.
Trinidad Moruga Scorpion. The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion briefly held
the world record in 2012, before being replaced by the Carolina Reaper. People
who've dared to eat it say the heat doesn't seem so bad at first, but mounts
fast and keeps on climbing.
Have a smile
Thanks to one of my readers
Whenever
someone calls me ugly
I get
super sad and hug them,
because
I know how tough life
is for
the visually impaired.
Will
Ferrell
Remember these movie quotes?
#71 "Wait
a minute, wait a minute. You ain't heard nothin' yet!"
Al Jolson The Jazz Singer 1927
Observations This Week
Tour de
France: 27-7/19 Link Moved to August due to COVID-19
Freedom Week: 4-10
Be Nice To New Jersey Week: 5-11
National Farriers Week: 5-11
National Theraputic Recreation Week: 5-11 Link
Nude Recreation Weekend: 5-12
Creative Maladjustment Week: 7-14 Link
Observations
for Today
Coca Cola Day Link
Fast of Tammuz
Math 2.0 Day (Founding Day) Link
National
Blueberry Day
National Chocolate with Almonds Day
National Freezer Pop Day Link
National Video Games Day Link
SCUD Day (Savor the Comic, Unplug the Drama)
My Rambling Thoughts
The wind last night woke me a couple of times as gusts
rushed through my bedroom. It’s warm and a little windy today.
Just learned that Seattle Washington has a 16foot bronze
statue of Lenin on a street corner. It was made by Polish sculptor who brought
it there during the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in 1989.
The Small Business Administration has released $7.3
billion of forgivable loans to various religious organizations. No surprise
that the largest amounts went to those who support Trump.
Some have started decrying the violence in our largest
cities and it is certainly something to be concerned about. Statistics show
Black on Black crime is lower than White on White crime. In the US it is more
likely to be robbed or shot by a person of your own race than by a person of
another race.
Today’s Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
Delete one letter from JAIL
ARCH POCKET and fall into a trap.
Historical Events
1776 - The Liberty Bell rang at Pennsylvania State
House (now Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, inviting citizens to the first
public reading of the Declaration of Independence.
1800 - Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gave the smallpox
vaccination to his son, Daniel. It was performed in the US, using cowpox serum
to prevent smallpox.
1876 - White supremacists killed five Black
Republicans in Hamburg, South Carolina.
1889 - The first issue of The Wall Street Journal was
published.
1932 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average reached its
lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
1947 - Newspapers begin reporting on a UFO crash in
Roswell, NM that had happened one day earlier.
1948 - The United States Air Force accepted its first
female recruits into a program called Women in the Air Force (WAF).
1994 - Kim Jong-il assumed supreme leadership of North
Korea upon the death of his father, Kim Il-sung.
1990 12:34:56 on 7/8/90 (1234567890)
1999 "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of
Azkaban" the 3rd book of the series by J. K. Rowling is published by
Bloomsbury in the UK
2000 "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire",
the 4th book in the series by J. K. Rowling is published in the UK (Bloomsbury)
and the US (Scholastic)
2017 Unesco declares Asmara, capital of Eritrea, a
world heritage site for its Art Deco buildings
2018 Four boys are the first to be rescued after 16
days, from Tham Luang cave, Thailand, by Thai and international rescue team
2019 US financier Jeffrey Epstein indicted on further
charges of sex trafficking of minors
Birthdays Today
@97 -
John D. Rockefeller, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the
Standard Oil Company (d. 1937)
85 -
Steve Lawrence [Sidney Liebowitz],
American actor and singer
@81 -
Craig Stevens, American actor (d. 2000)
@78 -
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin
Airship Company (d. 1917)
75 -
Jeffrey Tambor, American actor
71 -
Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-American chef and restaurateur
@70 -
Nelson Rockefeller, American businessman and politician, 41st US-VP (d. 1979;
heart attack)
68 -
Anjelica Huston, American actress
@63 -
Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (d. 1948; tooth abscess)
62 - Kevin Bacon, American Actor
@59 -
Eli Lilly, American soldier, chemist, and businessman, founded Eli Lilly and
Company (d. 1898; cancer)
59 -
Toby Keith, American singer-songwriter
@57 -
John Pemberton, American chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola (d. 1888;
stomach cancer)
@48 -
Marty Feldman, English actor (d. 1982; heart attack)
22 -
Jaden Smith, American actor and rapper
Puzzle Answer
Delete H and find Practical Joke
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