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Flagstaff Today 34°:
16° Week 2 Day 10 Air Quality: Fair Overcast Smoky Wind 11 mph Gusts 21 mph Active
Fire: 98 miles away Risk of Fire:
Low Nearest lightning: 1510 miles away Jan Averages: Temps: 44°\18°
Moisture: 4 Days |
Weekly Observations
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National Personal Trainer Awareness Week: 4-11 |
Daily Observations
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Asarah B'Tevet: Jewish fast
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National Hockey Mom Day |
Today’s Quote
Today’s Memes
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Thoughts for the day
It is a cold and windy day. It is
overcast but no moisture in the forecast. I had a nice lunch with Faith and
Andy. Good conversation and great soup!
President Carter’s funeral was very
nice. Long, but nice.
Inventions…
Joseph Friedman - Bendy Straw
Joseph Friedman invented the bendy straw in 1937 after
watching his young daughter struggle with a straight straw. He inserted a screw
into a straight straw, wrapped dental floss around the grooves, and created the
accordion-like bend. The flexible straw design made drinking easier for
hospital patients and young children. His invention later became standard in
hospitals and homes worldwide.
Random Thoughts…
I want hang a map of the world in my house. Then I’m gonna put pins into all the locations
that I’ve traveled to. But first, I’m gonna have to travel to the top two
corners of the map so it won’t fall down.
A group of Hyenas is called a Cackle or Clan.
Sushi was originally a
preservation method for the fish. Only later did
people begin to eat the rice.
Domestic cats kill between 1.4 and 3.7 billion birds and between 6.9 and 20.7 billion
mammals each year in the United States
Until 1954, STOP
signs featured black writing on a yellow background, but the invention of a red finish that resisted fading allowed for the
standardization of the idea that “red means stop” across both traffic lights
and signs.
Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Origin of city nicknames…
Cleveland, Ohio: ‘The Mistake on
the Lake’
Hardly the most affectionate of
nicknames, ‘The Mistake on the Lake,’ was originally used by locals as a
dismissive term for the unloved Cleveland Municipal Stadium. However, it came
to be applied to the whole city in the 1960s. Like many urban centers at the
time, Cleveland was going through hard times, with failing industry, a
declining population and increasing racial tensions. Use of the
disparaging moniker was a deliberate attempt to draw attention to its failings,
countering an earlier, somewhat optimistic, campaign to promote the city as the
‘Best Location in the Nation.’
Historic Events
Birthdays
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@66 –
Charles Phillip Ingalls, the father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902;
cardiovascular disease)
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…The End for today…
