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Flagstaff Today 69°:
38°
Week 16 Day 107 Air Quality: Fair Moderate Partly Mostly Cloudy
Overcast Smoky Red
Flag Warning Sunshine Active
Fire: 14 miles away Risk of Fire:
Extreme Wind 10 mph Gusts 19 mph Nearest lightning: 406 miles away Apr Averages: Temps: 60°\29°
Moisture: 2 Days |
Weekly Observations
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6-19 Passiontide (Begins on 5th
Sunday of Lent and goes for 2 weeks) 11-17 Black Maternal Health Week Orthodox Holy Week Holy Week |
13-20 Pesach or Passover National Student Employment
Week Link Osteopathic Medicine Week Link |
Daily Observations
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Bat Appreciation Day |
High Five Day Link |
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
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Thoughts for the day
It is a little cooler today but still
very nice.
I had lunch with Andy and Faith. They
are heading back tomorrow for their Phoenix place. Faith’s brother, her sister,
and brother-in-law are coming for a visit in May. I’m looking forward to
meeting up with them again. It will be a busy month for the Tah’s with this
visit, their grandson’s graduation, and in early June a cruise to Alaska. I’ll
be watering their property while they are gone.
On Monday, RFK, Jr. promised a big
announcement regarding the causes of autism for today. Today he announced that
he has a committee of doctors studying the causes of autism. That was the big
announcement.
Ancient Civilizations Few Have Heard Of…
The Kingdom Of Axum: Ethiopia ©Charles Heath / After Henry
Salt on Wikimedia
From 100 CE to 940 CE, the African empire of Axum stood as
one of the world’s dominant trading powers. Known for its colossal obelisks and
early adoption of Christianity, Axum’s trade routes linked Africa, Arabia, and
the Roman Empire.
Random Thoughts…
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The world’s longest-running
laboratory experiment “demonstrates the fluidity and high viscosity of pitch, a
derivative of tar once used for waterproofing boats.” In 1930 pitch
was left in a glass funnel to drip out and has only dropped 9 times: about once
every 10 years, most recently on April 17, 2014.
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If your shirt isn’t tucked into
your pants, then your pants are tucked into your shirt.
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If the United States grew to
have 53 states. We would literally be one nation, indivisible. #math
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The first animated full-color
movie produced was 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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Plagiarism is passing off
another’s work as your own. Forgery is passing off your own work as another’s.
Taught in High School but not true…
Dinosaurs are completely extinct
If you didn’t already know this fun fact, you can rejoice
that you walk the earth with dinosaurs! It’s now understood that birds are descendants
of theropod dinosaurs, meaning dinosaurs are not completely extinct.
Paleontologist Steve Brusatte, author of the book The Rise and Fall of the
Dinosaurs, told Reader’s Digest, “Today’s birds evolved from
dinosaurs, which makes them every bit as much of a dinosaur as T. rex or
Triceratops.”
Historic Events
Click here for the history on
17 Apr
Birthdays
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77 – Jan Hammer, Czech pianist, composer, producer |
@78 – Thornton Wilder, American novelist, playwright
(d. 1975; heart failure) @77 – Rod Steiger, American character actor (d. 2002; kidney
failure)
@75 – J.P. Morgan, American banker and financier,
founded J.P. Morgan & Co. (d. 1913; long failing health) @73 – Olivia Hussey, Argentinian-English actress (d. 2024; breast cancer) @68 – Harry Reasoner, American TV Journalist (d. 1991; blood clot) @63 – William Holden, American actor (d. 1981; bled to death after
fall) @61 – Roddy Piper, Canadian professional wrestler, actor (d. 2015; heart attack) |
…The End for today…
