TODAY IS Merchant Navy Remembrance Day in Canada.
QUOTE
"As you slide down the banister of life, may the splinters never point the wrong way."
- Old Irish Blessing
FACT
There is great variation in the number of sounds used in the world's languages. In any given language, the number of consonants range from 6 to 95, and the number of vowels range between 3 and 46. On average, a language uses 23 consonants and 9 vowels.
HISTORY
1650 - The Scots were routed by the English, led by Oliver Cromwell, at the Battle of Dunbar in Scotland.
1826 - Nicholas I was crowned Tsar of Russia in Moscow.
1999 - Mario Lemieux's ownership group officially took over the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins. Lemieux became the first player in the modern era of sports to buy the team he had once played for.
2009 - A private funeral service was held in Glendale, Calif. for singer Michael Jackson, whose body was entombed in a mausoleum.
NAME THAT TUNE
But there's booze in the blender
The Last Tune was - Tik Tok by Ke$ha
Congratulations to "GoGo" Smithers, Jude, Everhart & Shane O'Mac for the correct answer.
RIDDLE ME THIS
You live in a one story house made “entirely of redwood”. What color would the stairs be?
The Last Riddle was - He doesn’t swim at all, he is dead.
Congratulations to "GoGo" Smithers, Jude, Cat Slave, Everhart & Shane O'Mac for the correct answer.
Spawn
TODAY IS VJ Day
QUOTE
"Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone."
- Anthony Burgess
FACT
Newborn babies are not blind. Studies have shown that newborns have approximately 20/50 vision and can easily discriminate between degrees of brightness.
HISTORY
490 B.C. - Phidippides of Athens was sent to seek help against the invading Persian Army. The runner was the inspiration for the 26-mile marathon of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.
1945 - Today United States President Harry S Truman proclaimed as Victory-over-Japan Day otherwise known as V-J Day or Victory Day. While an informal surrender was given by Japan on August 14, 1945, today was so named because it was this day that the official ratification of the Japanese surrender to the Allies was made aboard the "USS Missouri" in Tokyo Bay (Far Eastern Time).
2009 - Pfizer agreed to pay a record $2.3 billion settlement for illegal drug promotion.
NAME THAT TUNE
Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack
The Last Tune was - Material Girl by Madonna
Congratulations to "GoGo" Smithers & Furf for the correct answer.
RIDDLE ME THIS
There is a frog, dead in the middle of an island. If he swims north, the distance to the mainland is 2 meters. If he swims south, the distance to the mainland is 3 meters. If he swims east or west, the distance is 4 meters. Which way does he swim?
The Last Riddle was - Your Age.
Congratulations to "GoGo" Smithers for the correct answer.
Spawn
TODAY IS National No Ryme (Nor Reason) Day
QUOTE
"Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort."
- John Ruskin
FACT
When female wasps return to the colony after foraging, they may initiate aggressive encounters with males and stuff them head first into empty nest cells. Cornell University researchers who observed the behavior call it "male-stuffing," and believe it contributes to the colony's fitness by making more food available to larvae.
HISTORY
891 - Arnulf defeated the Vikings from Scandinavia at the battle of Louvain in Belgium.
1986 - At his annual telethon on Labor Day weekend, Jerry Lewis raised a record $34 million for Muscular Dystrophy.
2006 – Luxembourg becomes the first country to complete the move to all digital television broadcasting.
NAME THAT TUNE
If they don't give me proper credit I just walk away
The Last Tune was - Candle in the Wind by Elton John
Congratulations to Jude & Furf for the correct answer.
RIDDLE ME THIS
What goes up and never comes down?
The Last Riddle was - I am Fire.
Congratulations to Jude & "GoGo" Smithers for the correct answer.
CHUCK NORRIS FACT
#1,132 - Chuck Norris doesn't have Twitter, because he's already following you.
Spawn
TODAY IS Day of Solidarity and Freedom in Poland
QUOTE
"Love me when I least deserve it, because that's when I really need it."
- Swedish proverb
FACT
Because microwave ovens cook so fast, microbes can survive on the surface of the food. To counteract this problem, cover the cooking dish with another dish of glass or ceramic, not plastic. The steam that accumulates will heat the surface, thus killing any surviving microscopic critters.
HISTORY
1887 - Thomas Edison patented the kinetoscope, the first device for producing motion pictures.
1955 - The first sun-powered automobile was demonstrated in Chicago, Illinois. Solar-powered cars use an array of photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity. The electricity either goes directly to an electric motor powering the vehicle, or to a special storage battery.
2006 – Stolen on August 22, 2004, Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
NAME THAT TUNE
You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled
The Last Tune was - Cowboy by Kid Rock
Congratulations to V-Pac, Jude, "GoGo" Smithers, Furf, Bree & Shaft for the correct answer.
RIDDLE ME THIS
No legs have I to dance,
No lungs have I to breathe,
No life have I to live or die
And yet I do all three.
What am I?
The Last Riddle was - Four. The four fathers could be grandfathers and are definitely sons already.
Congratulations to Jude, Cat Slave, "GoGo" Smithers & Everhart for the correct answer.
Spawn
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