WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1291 – A pact was made to form the Swiss Confederation. The anniversary “It’s pretty clear now that of this founding is celebrated what looked like it might with paper lantern parades, bonfires, and fireworks. have been some kind of counterculture is, in reality, 1834 – The Slavery Abolition Act just the plain old chaos of

took effect, outlawing slavery in the

undifferentiated weirdness.” British Empire.

1893 – Henry Perky received a ~ Jerry Garcia patent for a machine to make “little whole wheat mattresses,” now known worldwide as shredded Happy Birthday! wheat. In 1901, he opened a factory in Jerry Garcia (1942–1995) was Niagara Falls, New York, born in San Francisco, California. which is still producing He is best known for forming the the cereal today. group the Grateful Dead in the ’60s. With albums like American Beauty, Inventor Trivia the band toured for decades with fans known as “Deadheads” Marion Donovan, a following the band on tour. In the post–World War II 1970s, Garcia released mother, invented the numerous projects as a disposable diaper. solo artist and with This followed her innovative diaper other musicians, such cover with pinless snaps. Pampers as his well-known went on the market in 1961. Touch of Gray album.

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EDNESDAY UGUST W , A 1, 2018

Today is Rounds Resounding Day. Celebrate by singing your favorite

rounds, catches, or canons. “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” and “Three Blind Mice” are perennial favorites, as is “Frere Jacques (Are You Sleeping?).”

Silver Memories Root of the Matter

On this date 25 years ago, the Every cloud has a silver lining Mississippi and Missouri Rivers When told that every cloud has a broke through levees in Illinois, in silver lining, you should take heart what became known as that some good may come from the Great Flood of 1993. even the worst situation. This Storms began in April, phrase originated with the English and in some places the poet John Milton, who first wrote, rainfall was 750% above normal. “…did a sable cloud turn forth her On August 1, the Mississippi River silver lining on the night?” Milton crested at almost 50 feet in St. Louis wrote that in the dark of night, a and was kept out of the city by black cloud shined a hopeful the 52-foot high and 11-mile long silvery light upon the earth. After St. Louis Floodwall. The flood put this poem was published, writers 30,000 square miles under water, often referred to both silver linings making it one of the worst natural and Milton’s clouds, and the disasters in U.S. history. saying grew in popularity. Who Said So?

This American newscaster said, Word Scramble

“A successful man is one who can Y L T L A lay a firm foundation with the

bricks others have thrown at him.” A current score or account

TALLY ANSWER: Brinkley David ANSWER:

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1610 – Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay, “If it’s anything I can’t stand, thinking he had made it through the it’s yes-men. When I say no, Northwest Passage and reached the I want you to say no, too.” Pacific Ocean. ~ Jack Warner 1909 – The first passenger flight in

Canada was made in Nova Scotia. The Silver Dart Happy Birthday! airplane flew five times that day Jack L. Warner (1892–1978), born before crash in London, Ontario, was a co- landing. Both the pilot and founder and production executive passenger were uninjured. Today, for Warner Bros. Studios in the plane is on display at the Canada Burbank, California. His career Aviation and Space Museum. spanned some 45 years, during which 1991 – The Viking longship replica he kept pace with Gaia landed in Newfoundland rapid changes in the (Vinland) for the 1,000th anniversary industry. His many of Leif Eriksson’s voyage. box office hits

range from The Jazz Singer (1927) to My Daily Trivia Fair Lady (1964). Warner was known as an insensitive tyrant at the The extinct colossus penguin stood studio and often banned actors from about 6 feet 8 inches and weighed the executive dining room, saying, about 250 pounds, about the same “I don’t need to look at actors size as LeBron James. when I eat.”

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HURSDAY UGUST T , A 2, 2018

Today is Coloring Book Day. The modern coloring book was invented in

the 1880s by the McLoughlin Brothers publishing company. They created The Little Folks’ Painting Book, illustrated by Kate Greenaway.

Who Am I? Mad Science

I was born into an aristocratic family, Suffer a small scratch, and your and both of my grandmothers blood will run bright red. The same served as ladies-in-waiting to Queen goes for most animals, except for Elizabeth. When I was born, my some lizards of New Guinea. Their family had been hoping for a boy, blood is bright and in their disappointment, they did green. Our blood not know what to name me for over a is red due to the week. My life changed dramatically iron in our hemoglobin. Strangely, when the Prince of England proposed these green-blooded lizards also to me. We married when I was just have hemoglobin, but their blood, 20 years old, and our marriage was bones, muscles, and eggs are green. an unhappy one. I became known as The green comes from biliverdin, a a humanitarian and was called the chemical byproduct of the iron in

“People’s Princess.” Who am I? dying red blood cells. Too much

ANSWER: Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales of Princess Spencer, Diana ANSWER:

biliverdin can kill a human, but these lizards survive with vast amounts. Lots of biliverdin, it turns out, shields the lizards from malaria. Buy a Vowel

Punny Business C _ _ L _ S C _

Come together as a whole Yesterday a clown held the door

open for me, which I thought COALESCE

ANSWER: ANSWER: was a nice jester.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day

1492 – Christopher Columbus set sail on the Santa María. “Marriage is the alliance of Two other ships, the Niña two people, one of whom

and Pinta, accompanied never remembers birthdays him. Columbus and crew and the other who never left Spain to begin the forgets them.” search for a water passage to India. Instead, on October 12, ~ Ogden Nash they landed on an island now known as San Salvador in the Bahamas. 1933 – The Mickey Mouse watch Happy Birthday! was introduced for the price of $3.25. Marcel Dionne, born in 1951, is The watch, created by Ingersoll- Waterbury, was such a hit that it saved a retired Canadian professional ice the Connecticut clock company from hockey centre who played 18 bankruptcy. More than 11,000 were seasons in the National Hockey sold at Macy’s in New York the first League for the Detroit Red Wings, day it was released. Los Angeles Kings,

and New York Did You Know? Rangers. He was the third of six men to reach the 700-goal plateau. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Henry Thoreau spent nine years Fame in 1992. Dionne currently writing his masterpiece Walden, or lives in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Life in the Woods. Thoreau’s owns Marcel Dionne Enterprises. writings inspired John Muir, Dionne’s younger brother, Gilbert, founder of the Sierra Club. also played in the NHL.

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RIDAY UGUST F , A 3, 2018

Today is Watermelon Day. This favorite summertime fruit is actually a

vegetable related to cucumbers and pumpkins. It contains so much water that explorers once used watermelons in lieu of canteens.

Wild Kingdom What’s the Difference?

The world’s tallest dog was a Great What’s the difference Dane named Zeus. He was 44 between hair and fur? inches tall and could reach seven Nothing. All hair is feet four inches when standing on made up of keratin, his hind legs. Great Danes were the same stuff that makes up skin, likely bred from two other massive nails, hoofs, claws, and horns. breeds: Irish wolfhounds and old Some people mistakenly think that English mastiffs. They were fur on an animal is denser, but originally bred to hunt wild boars, hair on a human’s head is just as so the dogs had to be strong and dense as fur on an ape or a mouse. brave. They were nothing like the In fact, human hair could gentle giants bred today. Over the accurately be called fur. One big millennia, these dogs have turned difference is whiskers. Whiskers from vicious hunters to perfect have nerves. When a cat’s whisker family pets. brushes an object, the whisker sends signals back to the brain about the cat’s environment. Word Wise Which word is not like the others?

What’s in a Name? stalwart immutable

dubious staunch This big-lipped American rocker

was born Steven Tallarico. others mean “steady” and “fixed.” and “steady” mean others

Steven Tyler, of Aerosmith of Tyler, Steven ANSWER: means “doubting”; the the “doubting”; means Dubious ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2018

On This Date

1892 – Andrew Borden and his Humor of the Day

wife, Abby, were murdered at their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. “I write my own quotes.

Their daughter, Lizzie, was tried Except this one. I obviously but not convicted of the crime. The stole this from somebody

case was memorialized in a popular really clever.” rhyme beginning with “Lizzie Borden took an axe….” ~ Brian Celio 1922 – Every telephone in the U.S. and Canada went dead as AT&T and the Bell System shut down all its Happy Birthday! switchboards for one minute in memory of Alexander Graham Bell, Louis Vuitton (1821–1892) walked who had died two days earlier. to Paris as a teenager in search of

1944 – Acting on a tip from a Dutch work. He began as an apprentice informer, the Nazi Gestapo captured trunk maker and packer, and in 1853 15-year-old Jewish diarist Anne he was chosen to be the personal Frank and her family. box maker for the wife of Napoleon III. His original design of Did You Know? a stackable rectangular canvas bag replaced the heavy, Alexander Graham Bell believed domed trunks of the that his greatest invention was not day. Vuitton died in the telephone but rather the 1892, but his fashion photophone, which allowed for brand continues to voice transmission on a beam thrive and is known of light. It was a precursor to for its high-quality trunks, luggage, modern fiber-optic communication. and handbags.

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ATURDAY UGUST S , A 4, 2018

Today is Mustard Day. Mustard is an ancient condiment. The Romans

mixed unfermented grape juice, known as must, with ground mustard seeds to make mustum ardens, or “burning must,” which gives us the word mustard.

Passing Fancy Think-tionary

In 1968, comic book writer Robert nelipot Crumb published a one-page comic A. Someone who walks barefoot called Keep On Truckin’. The title or was a twist on the Blind Boy Fuller blues tune Truckin’ My Blues B. The largest and most dominant

Away. The comic was really fish in a small pond callused. and

ard ard h grown had feet nelipot’s The A. NSWER: nothing more than a collection of A cartoon men strutting with one big

foot in front of the other and the When Was It? torso reared in a back-heavy slant. Well, much to Crumb’s chagrin, It was during this year that the first hippies of the 1960s actually began players were elected into the Baseball to truck down the streets in this Hall of Fame and Joe DiMaggio outlandish manner. It became a made his major league debut. Modern rallying cry for those who wanted Times, by Charlie Chaplin, to express their individuality no was released. The Hoover matter how strange their behavior. Dam was fully completed. The Hindenburg made its Buy a Vowel maiden flight, 14 months before its dreadful disaster. Margaret Mitchell L _ _ N _ Z _ published her novel Gone with the Wind, and Life magazine was created.

Treat like a celebrity

1936 ANSWER: LIONIZE ANSWER: ANSWER: When was it?

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2018

On This Date 1583 – Explorer Sir Humphrey Proverb of the Day

Gilbert founded the first English colony in North America, near “The gem cannot be polished

Saint John’s, Newfoundland. The without friction, nor man colonists were mutinous, however, perfected without trials.” and the expedition quickly returned to England. Gilbert’s personal motto ~ Chinese proverb

was Quid non? (“Why not?”)

1858 – The first transatlantic

telegraph cable was laid from Ireland to Newfoundland. Happy Birthday!

Maureen McCormick, born in 1956, is best known for her role as eldest daughter Marcia Brady in the iconic sitcom The 1928 – Bobbie Rosenfeld, Jane Bell, Brady Bunch from Ethel Smith, and 1969 to 1974. After Myrtle Cook won the show ended, she Olympic Gold in had trouble finding the 4x100 relay in serious acting roles Amsterdam. and ended up acting in several Brady Did You Know? Bunch sequels. McCormick married Michael Cummings in 1985 and In 2008, Maureen McCormick they have one daughter. In 2016, she published an autobiography, Here’s appeared on Dancing with the Stars, the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady where she was eliminated after week and Finding My True Voice. seven in the competition.

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UNDAY UGUST S , A 5, 2018

Today is Underwear Day. In the Middle Ages, men wore undergarments

called braies. In the 19th century women wore shifts beneath their dresses. Today, underwear comes in cotton, silk, polyester, and even leather.

Eye in the Sky Picture of the Day

If you were to shout at someone floating next to you in outer space,

they wouldn’t be able to hear you. This is because sound travels by making molecules vibrate against each other. On Earth, air and water are full of invisible molecules, and sound travels to our ears by vibrating these molecules. Space, on the other hand, is a vacuum. With no molecules to vibrate, there is no way for sound waves to move. An outdoor wedding was not the In truth, there are molecules in best choice of venue for the space, but they are so few and far groom’s hay fever. apart that sound waves have frequencies so low that they cannot Now it’s your turn to come up be heard by humans. with a good caption.

Riddle Me This Word Scramble

T E N A U T I have keys but no locks. I have space but no room. You can enter

To make aware of and attentive but cannot go outside. What am I?

keyboard A : NSWER A ATTUNE ANSWER:

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MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2018

On This Date Quote of the Day 1806 – The Holy Roman Empire came to an end when Francis II “An artist is somebody who formally resigned as its emperor produces things that people after losing territory to Napoleon. don’t need to have.” 1825 – The Republic of Bolivia was created after a 16-year struggle for ~ Andy Warhol independence from Spain. The nation was named after its revolutionary leader, Simón Bolívar. Happy Birthday!

1926 – Nineteen-year-old Gertrude Andy Warhol (1928–1987) was Ederle became the first a prolific painter woman to swim across best known for his the English Channel. “pop art” images, The American Olympic including the iconic champion’s time was 14 Campbell’s soup hours and 31 minutes, can. He also created beating the previous portraits of some of record (held by a man) the day’s biggest by nearly two hours. stars, like Marilyn

Monroe and Mick Jagger. He enjoyed Celebrity Trivia his celebrity status and was regularly seen in famous New York Night Warhol’s modest family clubs like Studio 54. Warhol also roots influenced his work: it’s dabbled in other types of art, such thought his mother’s choice of as sculpture and photography. His lunchtime staple prompted his work is said to both celebrate and Campbell Soup series. criticize American culture.

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ONDAY UGUST M , A 6, 2018

Today is Root Beer Float Day, according to A&W Root Beer. The idea of

a scoop of vanilla ice cream floated atop root beer is credited to Frank J. Wisner, who invented the drink in a Colorado Mining Camp.

You Are What You Eat Gadgets & Gizmos

The next time you fire up your barbeque, skip the burgers and try grilling dessert instead. Load a cast iron skillet with a pear and cranberry crumble topped with granola and bake it on a covered grill for five minutes. Want an alternative to strawberry shortcake? Grill some angel food cake and Humans love wearing mobile fitness then add whipped cream, vanilla trackers like Fitbits. Now there is ice cream, and fresh strawberries. an activity tracker for dogs. The Surprise your guests with some WonderWoof Bowtie sends signals dessert kabobs: Spear pieces of to your cell phone so that you can peaches, plums, and nectarines with track your pet’s whereabouts and little squares of pound cake and let see if they are asleep or active. it all sizzle over the coals.

Screen Gems Buy a Vowel This real estate hotshot says, “Only G _ _ R M _ T one thing counts in this life—get them

to sign on the line which is dotted.” One who knows about good food

(1992) Ross

Glen

GOURMET ANSWER: Glengarry in Blake as Baldwin c Ale ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1858 – Ottawa became the capital of Canada. At that time, the House of “If you think you are Commons and Senate were located too small to make a in the Victoria Memorial Museum, currently the Canadian Museum difference, try sleeping of Nature. with a mosquito.”

1888 – Theophilus Van Kannel of ~ Dalai Lama Philadelphia received a patent for the revolving door. His invention was intended to replace swinging Happy Birthday! doors that let in drafts Carl Switzer (1927–1959) is best and made it difficult to control the temperature known for playing Alfalfa in the of buildings. Despite some stories to Our Gang short films from the the contrary, there is no evidence 1930s. Switzer was that Van Kannel did not like holding a gifted singer and doors open for women. musician, though he was always typecast and did not get Daily Trivia many serious acting The fat in milk roles. One of his contains carotene, later roles was a small part in which gives the milk It’s a Wonderful Life. In addition to a yellowish color. acting, he bred and trained hunting That is why nonfat dogs for some of the Hollywood milk is whiter than elite, including Roy Rogers, James whole milk. Stewart, and Henry Fonda.

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UESDAY UGUST T , A 7, 2018

Today is Lighthouse Day. The world’s oldest working lighthouse, built by

the Romans in the second century, is in Galicia, Spain. The 180-foot Tower of Hercules became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2009.

Household Tips Fashion of Yesteryear

It has happened again. You want to Shoulder pads first hit the women’s cook dinner, but you forgot to fashion scene in the 1930s. Designer defrost your frozen meat. What is Elsa Schiaparelli experimented with the quickest method of defrosting? daring designs and unconventional Place the meat in a resealable patterns, fabrics, and colors. She plastic bag and submerge it in tepid also experimented with water, replacing the water as it shoulder pads, putting becomes cold. While submerging them in women’s suits, your bagged meat in hot water coats, and dresses. One may be tempting, and a quicker of the first celebrities to thaw, the higher temperature may sport shoulder pads was Hollywood encourage the growth of bacteria. starlet Joan Crawford. She was self- Another suggestion is to flatten conscious about her shoulders, and your meat before freezing it to the costume designer at MGM increase the surface area, speeding adopted Schiaparelli’s idea. the thaw.

Who Said So? Word Wise Which word is not like the others? This first lady of New York and the eider brant United States said, “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss

petrel shrike events; small minds discuss people.” seabirds. are others

Roosevelt Eleanor ANSWER: based bird; the the bird; based - land a is shrike A ANSWER:

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1907 – Bill Miner escaped from a penitentiary in British Columbia, “My bed is a magical place where he was serving time for a where I suddenly remember train robbery, one of a series of everything I forgot to do.”

robberies and escapes throughout ~ Anonymous his life. He had a ballerina tattooed

on his arm that the authorities often used to identify him. The movie Happy Birthday! The Grey Fox was based on his life. Matthew Henson (1886–1955) was 1942 – Six Nazi saboteurs were an African American explorer who executed by electric chair at the was best known for being a Washington, DC, jail. member of the exploration team of 1975 – Hank Williams Jr. suffered Commander Robert Peary. Trained major head injuries in a mountain- as a ship’s cabin boy, Henson climbing accident. After re-learning accompanied Peary on several how to speak and sing, he became a Arctic expeditions, country music star. His signature including when look includes a beard and sunglasses Peary reached the that hide his facial scars. North Pole for the

first time. Peary Celebrity Trivia relied heavily on Henson, at one Kit Kat, the chocolate-covered point stating, “Henson must go all wafer bar, is a big hit in Japan, in the way. I can’t make it without part because kit kat translates to him.” They reached the North Pole “You will surely win.” They are on April 6, 1909, with only six of often given as good luck charms the original 24 men; the rest had to students ahead of school exams. turned back.

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EDNESDAY UGUST W , A 8, 2018

Today is International Cat Day. Cats have been domesticated for 4,000

years—2,000 years before they were the pets of Egypt’s pharaohs—and they are still the most popular pet in the world.

Centennial Memories Root of the Matter

On this day 100 years Method to my madness ago, the Allies launched If there is a method to your the Hundred Days madness, then you know that your Offensive during World crazy idea isn’t truly crazy, but you War I. This was the final campaign of do, in fact, have a plan. This saying the Great War on the Western Front. comes from William Shakespeare’s A series of attacks finally broke the play Hamlet, published in 1602. German line in France that had Polonius believes that Hamlet had created a stalemate. The action began been driven mad with melancholy, with the Battle of Amiens, where but when he hears Hamlet’s ravings, 10 Allied divisions, employing more they do seem to make sense. Polonius than 500 tanks, created a 15-mile gap says, “Though this be madness, yet in the German defenses. The German there is method in ’t.” Polonius is army lost 30,000 men, and that day more correct than he realizes, for came to be known as “the Black Day Hamlet is merely feigning craziness of the German Army.” as he plots his revenge against a foe. Word Scramble Punny Business U R J O R

One sworn to deliver a verdict I don’t know why the machine at

JUROR ANSWER: the coin factory suddenly stopped working. It doesn’t make any cents!

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1930 – Canada’s Percy Williams established a world record of 10.3 “Fine! He is being passive

seconds for the 100-metre dash at the aggressive with me, and it’s inaugural British Empire Games. He gonna backfire; I’m gonna had already won two gold medals at the 1928 Olympics. be active friendly.”

1930 – Betty Boop made her first ~ Natalya Vorobyova appearance in the cartoon Dizzy

Dishes. The character was modeled

after Helen Kane, a Happy Birthday! famous singer of the 1920s, and Clara Bow, Pamela Lyndon Travers (1899– a popular actress in 1996), born in Australia, was an the 1920s. actress, journalist, poet, and novelist 1971 – Leroy “Satchel” best known as the author of Mary Paige, the pitching legend, Poppins (1934) and its seven sequels. was inducted into the She disliked the 1964 Disney film Baseball Hall of Fame in Mary Poppins because she felt that Cooperstown, New York. the movie made the character too sweet, and she also disapproved of the animation used in the movie. Daily Trivia She was interested in In 1965, at the age of 59, Satchel mythology and spent Paige pitched three scoreless two summers living innings for the Kansas City among the Navajo, Athletics in a game against Hopi, and Pueblo the Boston Red Sox. He peoples studying gave up just one hit. their mythology.

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HURSDAY UGUST T , A 9, 2018

On this day in 1930, Betty Boop first appeared in the cartoon Dizzy

Dishes. She was a caricature of the American jazz singer Helen Kane. Kane filed an unsuccessful lawsuit claiming Boop infringed upon her image.

What’s the Difference? Where Am I?

What’s the difference between vanilla I stand before one of the most and French vanilla? All vanilla recognizable buildings in the world. comes from the beans of the At any given moment I could enter to tropical vanilla plant. The type of find performances of pop music, vanilla bean depends on where it is classical, musical theater, or dance, grown, such as beans from Tahiti, even though it is best known as an Mexico, or Madagascar. French opera house. The place looks like a vanilla does not mean the vanilla series of concrete shells fanning out beans have been grown in France. from each other, a design so fantastic This term is used exclusively with that this place has been named a regards to the UNESCO World Heritage site. Some French method of have even called it an urban sculpture making ice cream, that blends perfectly with its which uses an egg- waterfront location, rather than just

custard base. The addition of eggs

a building. Where am I?

Sydney Opera House, Australia House, Opera Sydney ANSWER: makes the vanilla flavor deeper, richer, caramelized, and even slightly floral.

Buy a Vowel Name Three

Can you name three herbs that C _ R _ _ N

begin with the letter C?

cilantro, caraway cilantro, Move in an uncontrolled way

CAREEN ANSWER:

chervil, chives, chives, chervil, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2018

On This Date

1876 – Alexander Graham Bell Humor of the Day

made the world’s first long-distance “I told my psychiatrist that telephone call. He rang the Bell everyone hates me. He said homestead in Paris, Ontario, using a 13 km-long line strung from I was being ridiculous — Brantford. Soon after, Bell offered everyone hasn’t met me yet.” to sell the telephone patent outright to Western Union for $100,000. The ~ Rodney Dangerfield president of Western Union balked, believing that the telephone was nothing but a toy. Two years later, he said he would consider it a Happy Birthday! bargain if he could get the patent for $25 million. Antonio Banderas, born in 1960, is a Spanish actor who moved to 1966 – A daylight meteor streaked the United States in the early 1990s across the sky from Utah to when he began to receive Canada. It is the only known meteor international recognition for his to skip through Earth’s atmosphere work in Spain. He is and leave it again. best known in the United States for Did You Know? his roles in Evita and The Mask of Zorro. Banderas also portrayed the voice of “Puss in Tootsie Rolls were introduced in Boots” in the Shrek series of movies 1896 by Leo Hirshfield. He named and in the movie Puss in Boots. He them after his daughter, whose has a daughter with his former wife, nickname was “Tootsie.” actress Melanie Griffith.

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RIDAY UGUST F , A 10, 2018

On this day in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was created. English

scientist James Smithson, in his will, declared that his estate should go to the U.S. government as a means to spread knowledge.

Mad Science Think-tionary

This past May, the Kilauea volcano gleimous in Hawaii grabbed big headlines for A. Slimy and full of phlegm its large unexpected explosions, but

or the volcano has been continuously

erupting since 1983, making it B. The sparkle of sunlight on water

one of the longest eruptions ever home. go to me asked boss my that NSWER: A. My cough was gleimous enough enough gleimous was cough My A. NSWER:

recorded on Earth. Granted, the A current eruptions are far more dramatic than previous volcanic Toys of Yesteryear activity. Massive fissures spewing lava and smoke ripped through The Wham-O toy company gets a residential neighborhood, while credit for mass-producing brightly earthquakes measuring 6.9 on the colored Hula-Hoops, but the simple Richter scale shook the island. The toy has ancient origins. In 3000 BC, volcano even shot a plume of ash the Egyptians were fashioning hoops 30,000 feet into the air and sent out of reeds, which were boulders into a nearby parking lot. swung around the waist, rolled along the ground, Word Scramble and hurled into the air. Greek and Roman children made C E O S N their hoops out of scrap metal. Even

Eskimo children rolled hoops and

Biscuit-like breakfast cake

SCONE ANSWER: threw spears through them as a form of target practice.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1883 – The first CPR construction train puffed into Calgary, a tent city “If this is coffee, please bring whose only permanent structures me some tea; but if this

were the barracks of the North West is tea, please bring Mounted Police and the stores of the me some coffee.” Hudson’s Bay and the I.G. Baker ~ Abraham Lincoln trading companies.

1901 – The first patent for instant Happy Birthday! coffee was issued to Satori Kato, a Japanese scientist. It was entitled Paul Soles, born in 1930, was “Coffee Concentrate and Process of one of the original Making Same.” He introduced the hosts of the CBC’s powdered substance to the public at popular TV program the 1901 Pan American Exposition. Take 30, which went on the air in 1962. 1909 – The steamship Arapahoe was The daytime series the first ship to use the radio distress evolved into a call SOS. The ship found itself in showcase for serious journalism, trouble off Cape Hatteras, North airing documentary reports and Carolina, and radioed for help. interviews. In 2001, he played the role of Shylock in the Stratford

Did You Know? Festival of Canada production of Morse code is still widely The Merchant of Venice. For recognized, even if it is not as decades, Paul Soles has been a popular as it once was. It is still fixture in Canadian theatre, radio, popular among amateur radio television, and film. Soles and his enthusiasts, and navies use it to wife, Lucy, have several children communicate by signal lamps. and grandchildren.

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ATURDAY UGUST S , A 11, 2018

Today is Garage Sale Day. You may find a treasure. Take the guy who found

a copy of the Declaration of Independence, an official copy commissioned by John Quincy Adams himself, which was worth half-a-million dollars.

Passing Fancy Wild Kingdom

Chuck Lamb is an unassuming A white ghost haunted computer programmer from Sweden in 2017, until Columbus, Ohio. Like many, he the mysterious ghost dreamed of one day leaving his was discovered to be office job behind to become an actor. an all-white moose. Due to a rare His path to stardom, however, was genetic condition, the moose’s untraditional. Lamb began taking hair and antlers are all white. Black photos of himself in various bizarre bears in British Columbia are also staged death scenes: electrocuted by sometimes born completely white. a toaster in the bath, crushed beneath These white bears, called “spirit a fallen window sash. Lamb was bears,” are both rare and revered. rewarded with various roles playing In both cases, local authorities have dead bodies on television, namely in passed laws protecting the animals police dramas. He developed such a from hunters. large following that the press called him “Dead Body Guy.” High Five

Can you name the five deepest

Buy a Vowel canyons in the world?

5. Grand Canyon, Arizona, United States, 5,697 5,697 States, United Arizona, Canyon, Grand 5.

_ _ R T _

11,001; Peru, Canyon, Cotahuasi

The body’s main artery 4. 11,488; Peru, Colca, de Canon 3. 16,000;

19,715 feet deep; 2. The Indus Gorge, Pakistan, Pakistan, Gorge, Indus The 2. deep; feet 19,715

, China, China, , Tibet Zangbo, Yarlung 1. ANSWER: : AORTA : ANSWER

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1865 – Dr. Joseph Lister became the first surgeon to perform an “There is nothing so useless

antiseptic operation using carbolic as doing efficiently acid as a disinfectant. that which should

1888 – Bertha Benz, wife of Karl not be done at all.” Benz (inventor of the three-wheeler ~ Peter Drucker motor carriage), took the first

motor trip. Without her husband’s knowledge, she borrowed one of his cars and traveled 100 Happy Birthday! kilometres to visit her mother. She was gone Francois Hollande, born in 1954, for five days. was the 24th president of France and a member of the French Socialist 1990 – Sue, the world’s largest, Party. He was born in Rouen and most complete, and best preserved entered politics as a town Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, was councilman in 1983. discovered in South Dakota by He also served as paleontologist Sue Hendrickson. It Mayor of Tulle and is now a star attraction at Chicago’s as a member of the Field Museum of Natural History. National Assembly. Hollande was a supporter of equality Did You Know? for all and is quoted as having said, “Each country has a The 52 cards in a deck represent soul, and France’s soul is equality.” the 52 weeks in a year. The four Hollande left office in 2017 and is a suits represent the seasons. supporter of the current president.

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UNDAY UGUST S , A 12, 2018

Today is World Elephant Day. Elephants are the largest land animals in the

world, weighing up to 24,000 pounds. It makes sense that they sometimes communicate with their feet, sending earthquake-like signals to other elephants.

Picture of the Day Eye in the Sky

The Milky Way galaxy, home to our solar system, is on a collision course with the Andromeda galaxy. Although these two galaxies are 2.5 million light-years apart, gravity is pulling them together at 402,000 kilometers per hour, set to collide in four billion years. Luckily, each galaxy is so big, and the stars within each galaxy are so far apart, that it is unlikely that stars will collide. Our sun and planets will live on in a This guy gives a whole new new galaxy, dubbed Milkomeda. meaning to the term “airhead.”

Now it’s your turn to come up with a good caption. Word Wise Which word is not like the others?

Riddle Me This Fuji Everest

What American rock group has Rainier Etna

four men who don’t sing?

volcano; the others are. are. others the volcano;

Mount Rushmore Mount ANSWER:

Mount Everest is not a a not is Everest Mount ANSWER:

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On This Date Humor of the Day

1930 – Ontario native Guy “I ain’t afraid to love Lombardo and his band the Royal Canadians recorded their hit “Go a man. I ain’t afraid

Home and Tell Your Mother.” to shoot him either.”

1961 – Construction began on the ~ Annie Oakley Berlin Wall. East Germany built it to prevent a “brain drain” of educated Happy Birthday! young people to the west. The wall stood as a symbol of oppression until Annie Oakley (1860–1926) was November 1989. born Phoebe Ann 1980 – The sunken merchant ship Mosey to poor HMS Breadalbane was discovered in parents in rural the Northwest Passage near Beechey Ohio. She learned Island. She had been crushed by to shoot at an early polar ice and submerged in 1853. The age to help support well-preserved vessel is the world’s her family. After northernmost found shipwreck. winning a contest against a traveling sharpshooter, she Cinema Trivia joined his traveling show, and the two became both an act and a The motion picture Psycho (1960) couple. The name Oakley came is now regarded as one of Alfred from the Cincinnati neighborhood Hitchcock’s best efforts, but where she and her husband lived. initially it received very mixed She joined the Buffalo Bill Wild reviews. Walt Disney so detested West Show and continued her the film that he banned Hitchcock shooting career well into her 60s. from entering Disneyland. She won her last award in 1924.

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ONDAY UGUST M , A 13, 2018

Today is International Lefthanders Day. Are lefties really more creative than

righties? Science now shows that lefties are better at divergent thinking, the ability to explore many possible solutions, which guides creativity.

You Are What You Eat Gadgets & Gizmos

Potatoes have gotten a bad rap as either a starchy, high-calorie food or a fat-laden fried food. The opposite is true. When eaten as a simple baked or roasted potato, these humble root-tubers are packed with vitamins B6 and C, magnesium, and loads of fiber. And don’t skin your potatoes. Most of The Melomind headset measures the potato’s benefits are in the skin brain activity to monitor stress levels or just beneath it, including more and then delivers music attuned to potassium than a banana. Potatoes your mind’s state, allowing you to are also soft and easily broken better understand and guide your down, helping to promote a healthy mind toward relaxation. Melomind digestive system. promises a wellness journey to harmony and stability. Screen Gems

This gleefully wicked comic book Buy a Vowel

super villain says, “As my plastic F _ _ L _ R _ surgeon always said, if you gotta go,

go with a smile.” Lack of success

(1989) Batman

FAILURE ANSWER:

in Joker he t as Nicholson Jack ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2018

On This Date Quote of the Day 1880 – The Cologne Cathedral was completed 632 years after building “Magic is who I am on began in 1248. It was badly the basketball court. damaged during World War II but Earvin is who I am.” later repaired. The

church is the largest ~ Ervin “Magic” Johnson gothic cathedral in northern Europe. 1932 – The Philips Radio Company Happy Birthday! made its one-millionth radio. Philips began operations in 1891 producing Earvin “Magic” Johnson, born in lightbulbs and then diversified into 1959, is a retired radios in 1927. basketball player. After being the 1953 – The Wiffle ball, a ball that number one pick in curves when it is thrown, was the 1979 NBA draft, invented by David Mullany. He made he played point it for his 13-year-old son. Back then, guard for the Los when you struck out, you “whiffed,” Angeles Lakers for 13 seasons. hence the name. Johnson was a member of the gold An Apple a Day medal-winning “Dream Team” at the 1992 Olympics. He announced Keeps the Doctor Away that he had HIV in 1991 and briefly The earliest version of this phrase left the NBA but returned to play is a Pembrokeshire proverb dating 32 games for the Lakers in 1996. to the 1860s: “Eat an apple on going Johnson has become a successful to bed, and you’ll keep the doctor businessman and an advocate for from earning his bread.” HIV/AIDS prevention.

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UESDAY UGUST T , A 14, 2018

Today is Creamsicle Day. Traditional creamsicles consist of a vanilla ice cream pop surrounded by orange flavored ice—a delicious hybrid of ice

cream and a popsicle. Today, creamsicles come in dozens of flavors.

Household Tip Fashion of Yesteryear

Suffering a cut is commonplace, Out of the Harlem dance halls of and so is covering your cut with a the 1930s came the zoot suits of the bandage and having that bandage 1940s. These exaggerated suits had fall off. It is both frustrating and massive shoulder pads, sprawling too common. Improve your lapels, and pegged pants (to prevent bandage by cutting slits in the dancers from tripping). A zoot suit wings and then wrapping the thin was actually a store-bought suit strips in an X pattern bought two sizes too large, then around your finger or tailored at home to the exact over your knuckles. specifications of the wearer. The To cover the tip of ostentatious nature of the suit was your finger, cut wide triangles into a political and social statement. the sides of the bandage to make Minority men from working-class it look like an hourglass. You can neighborhoods donned the suit as a now fold the bandage over your means to demand attention and fingertip and securely affix the proclaim self-confidence. wings to each other.

Who Said So? Word Scramble

This writer and Holocaust survivor R C O S U C said, “The opposite of love is not

hate; it’s indifference.” Support in times of hardship

Wiesel Elie ANSWER: SUCCOR ANSWER:

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2018

On This Date Quote of the Day 1057 – In events later used in one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, “The person, be it gentleman the Scottish king Macbeth was or lady, who has not pleasure killed by Malcolm Canmore, son of King Duncan I, whom Macbeth had in a good novel, must be murdered 17 years before. intolerably stupid.”

~ Jane Austen 1877 – Thomas Edison decided that hello would be a more appropriate greeting when answering the phone than ahoy, as suggested by Alexander Happy Birthday! Graham Bell. Ben Affleck, born in 1972, is an 1945 – Japanese Emperor Hirohito American actor, writer, and director announced to his people that he had who has starred in a number of hit accepted the terms of movies. You may know him from surrender demanded by Good Will Hunting, Pearl Harbor, the allies, effectively and Armageddon. ending World War II. Affleck was married to actress Jennifer Garner from 2005 Celebrity Trivia through 2017. In addition to his work Ben Affleck and actor Matt Damon in Hollywood, he has also been have known each other since active in charity work for a number childhood. Affleck encouraged of causes, including childhood Damon to try acting, and they hunger and stem cell research. He is pooled their money to pay an avid poker player who has won for audition expenses. several tournaments.

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EDNESDAY UGUST W , A 15, 2018

Today is Relaxation Day, so choose the method of relaxation that works best for you. Try a warm bath, a massage, some yoga, a long hike, listening

to music, or maybe even doing some yard work.

What Am I? What’s the Difference?

At first, I was hand operated. What’s the difference between table Servants would pull on a cord that tennis and ping-pong? First of all, allowed me to turn lazily. It wasn’t table tennis is an Olympic sport until 1886 that my form was updated, with more formalities. Serious utilizing water power to turn my table tennis players do not blades with a belt. With the advent like their sport to be called of electricity, my use skyrocketed, ping-pong. In table tennis, a especially in factories where I was serve must be thrown upward more used to keep both products and hard- than six inches and hit from behind working employees cool. I was next the table’s baseline. In ping-pong, used in hotels and restaurants to you can just serve it any way you increase the comfort of patrons. like. Scoring in table tennis goes up While an air conditioner will likely to 11 points, with players having keep you cool during the summer two serves at a time. Ping-pong goes months, I am just as likely to provide up to 21 points, with players serving

a cool breeze. What am I? five times each.

fan ceiling A ER: ANSW

Word Scramble What’s in a Name?

This former Bond girl and K R E U T N Y

Medicine Woman was born Joyce Built and supplied complete

Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg. and ready to operate

Seymour Jane ANSWER: TURNKEY ANSWER:

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2018

On This Date Quote of the Day 1812 – Facing what he incorrectly believed to be superior forces, “The magic doesn’t come American General William Hull from within the director’s surrendered Fort Detroit without a mind, it comes from within fight to the British Army. the hearts of the actors.”

1829 – The original Siamese twins, ~ James Cameron Chang and Eng Bunker, arrived in Boston. They were born to Chinese parents in Siam (Thailand). Experts still disagree on whether they could Happy Birthday! have survived a separation. James Cameron, born in 1954, is a 1969 – The first Canada Summer screenwriter, producer/director who Games opened in Halifax-Dartmouth. developed an interest in movies The games are held once every two early. He wrote the screenplay for years and alternate between winter his movie The Abyss during his high and summer games. school biology class. He has written, 1989 – A solar flare created a produced or directed many of geomagnetic storm that disrupted the box office hits of the past 30 power throughout most of Quebec years, including The Terminator, and caused auroras as far south as Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, Texas. It even led to a halt of all Titanic, and Avatar. trading on Toronto’s stock market. He married Suzy Amis in 2000, and Did You Know? they have one son and two daughters. He also The Venus flytrap feeds primarily has a daughter from a on ants, not flies. previous marriage.

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HURSDAY UGUST T , A 16, 2018

Today is Wave at Surveillance Day. It has become a modern fact of life that security cameras are everywhere. The next time you see one, take a

second to wave at the camera and let them know you’re watching back.

Think-tionary Root of the Matter

egrote Pull the wool over your eyes A. Accidentally send a memo or If you pull the wool over someone’s email to the wrong person eyes, then you have deceived them. or This saying likely comes from the

B. To fake an illness in order to era in which men wore powdered

avoid work wigs, which resembled lambs’ wool. game. baseball afternoon an

catch to tomorrow egrote to want I B. NSWER: A They wouldn’t be able to see clearly

if their wigs fell over their eyes. Garden Party Perhaps this phrase is even related to court, where some judges wore wigs One single tree is large when they sat on the bench. If the enough to make 170,100 wool were to fall over their eyes, pencils or 8,333 sheets of then they might bear responsibility paper. It also takes about for a severe miscarriage of justice. 22 mature pine trees to build a house. These are ways that we use trees, but if we keep them Buy a Vowel in the ground, they are vital organisms. In one year, just one D _ L _ V _ R acre of trees can absorb the amount

of carbon dioxide a car makes Take to a person or place

DELIVER SWER: when it travels 26,000 miles and AN make enough oxygen for 18 people.

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On This Date Quote of the Day 1835 – Solymon Merrick patented the first wrench, a tool “Personality is the glitter for tightening bolts that sends your little gleam

and nuts. across the footlights and the

1896 – Gold was discovered in orchestra pit into that big Bonanza Creek in the Klondike black space where the

region of Canada’s Yukon Territory. audience is.”

A gold rush began the following year. ~ Mae West 1939 – The Wizard of Oz premiered in New York City. It was the first movie to use the combination of Happy Birthday! color and black and white film. Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney actually Mae West (1893–1980) was an appeared onstage for 30-minute actress, singer, and comedian. She song and dance routines between began performing as a child, and her showings of the film. career continued until the late 1970s. West was known for writing Daily Trivia a 1928 play called Diamond Lil about a smart and easygoing woman from the 1890s. The character was a hit, and West The tombstone of Mel Blanc, the revived it many famed voice of cartoon characters times throughout her career. She Bugs Bunny, Sylvester the Cat, was known for saying, “You only Tweety Bird, and Porky Pig, reads: live once, but if you do it right, once “That’s all folks.” is enough.”

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RIDAY UGUST F , A 17, 2018

Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day. Black cats have a reputation as bad luck, but in some cultures they are exactly the opposite. In Japan, single

women own black cats to increase their chances of finding love.

Bookworm Mad Science

When a young man gets expelled A group of fanciful scientists recently from his prep school, he decides to published a paper exploring some spend a few days in New York City wacky origins of life on Earth. 540 rather than face his parents. His stay million years ago, there was a sudden in the city, however, does not go diversification of life, known as the well. Each attempt to act adultlike— Cambrian Explosion, when animal checking into a hotel, visiting a life branched into new species. The nightclub, looking up an old friend— scientists hypothesize that this new fails miserably, and he declares that life evolved from a meteor bearing the world is full of “phonies.” The an extraterrestrial virus. Furthermore, only one he can love is his kid sister, some scientists even contend that a young soul who has not yet been fertilized octopus eggs, riding a

jaded by the world. What book is it? frozen comet,

Salinger J.D. crashed into the by Rye the in Catcher The WER:

ANS sea, bringing this creature from a distant planet. Word Wise Which word is not like the others? Riddle Me This gallium radium

First you eat me and then uranium radon

you get eaten. What am I?

radioactive. are others

fishhook A ANSWER: Gallium is not radioactive; the the radioactive; not is Gallium ANSWER: ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1227 – Genghis Khan, the Mongol leader who forged an empire, died in “Whenever you want to camp. He may have succumbed to marry someone, go have

injuries incurred during a fall from a lunch with his ex-wife.” horse in the previous year. ~ Shelley Winters 1587 – Virginia Dare, granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, became the first Happy Birthday! English child born in the Americas. Shelley Winters (1920–2006) was 1957 – The U.S. military detonated an American actress a nuclear device at its Nevada who appeared on Test Site. Patrons at Las Vegas stage and screen. hotels watched the mushroom cloud She was known for while they drank cocktails. The test her roles in The was part of Operation Plumbbob, Great Gatsby, A the most controversial test series in Place in the Sun, the continental United States. and The Diary of Anne Frank, the last winning her What Big Eyes You Have an Oscar for best supporting actress. Winters was politically minded, Giant squids have the briefly addressing the marchers largest eyes in the world, outside Selma, Alabama, during the size of soccer balls. the march there for civil rights. She Deep in the ocean those was married four times, including large eyes are useful in to long-time companion Gerry spotting their predator, DeFord, whom she married hours the sperm whale. before her death.

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ATURDAY UGUST S , A 18, 2018

Today is Serendipity Day. Serendipity is when good things happen by chance. Forget all your plans and make space to allow good things to

happen naturally on their own. Choose to be pleasantly surprised.

Wild Kingdom Passing Fancy

In 2015, the Los Angeles Society for In China, it was once the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals considered illegal to awarded its annual Hero Dog Award own a dog. After all, to a cat named Tara. When the cat’s another mouth to feed four-year-old owner was attacked by was considered the province of the an off-leash dog while riding his rich and not very communist. Today, bike, Tara sprang into action. The cat though, owners are falling in love leaped fiercely onto the dog and with dogs, but for a strange reason. chased it away from the scene, Dogs are being groomed and dyed to forcing the dog to release his bite on resemble other animals. Chows are the boy’s leg. Tara the tabby was a transformed into pandas. Golden true hero, saving the boy before retrievers become tigers. Poodles are things could have gotten much combed to imitate camels. Despite worse. On Tara’s award for Top China’s communist roots, the grooming isn’t cheap, and can cost Dog, the word dog was scratched out hundreds of dollars. and appropriately replaced with cat.

Who Said So? Buy a Vowel This unofficial poet laureate of _ N _ S _ _ America said, “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve

An infant’s one-piece garment learned about life: it goes on.”

ONESIE SWER: AN Frost Robert ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2018

On This Date

Quote of the Day 1812 – “Old Ironsides” (the USS Constitution) won a battle against “Dress shabbily and they the British frigate HMS Guerrière remember the dress; dress off the coast of Nova Scotia. impeccably and they

1839 – Louis Daguerre’s photographic remember the woman.” technique was introduced. It needed only 20 to 30 minutes of exposure ~ Coco Chanel compared to a previous eight-hour requirement. Happy Birthday! 1914 – Quebec offered Belgium four million pounds of cheese as a Coco Chanel (1883–1971) was a form of wartime support. French fashion designer. She was 1919 – The Kingdom of Kabul gained raised in a convent, its independence and changed its where she learned name to Afghanistan. to sew. Chanel was among the first to

create fashionable Inventor’s Quiz clothing that did not require a corset. She designed her Q: Which was invented first: famed interlocking CC monogram in the Band-Aid, the teabag, the 1920s. Chanel also developed or bubble gum? the iconic Chanel No. 5 perfume. A: The teabag was invented Her earnings made her one of in 1908. The Band-Aid the wealthiest women in the world. was invented in 1920, and Although linked with many bubble gum in 1928. influential men, she never married.

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UNDAY UGUST S , A 19, 2018

Today is World Photo Day. Everyone in the world is encouraged to take a photo and share it in order to create a snapshot of humanity. What can we

learn when we see the world from a billion different perspectives?

Picture of the Day Who Am I?

I was born into a wealthy family, thanks to my father’s invention of a drill bit for drilling oil wells. I made my own name, however, as a controversial Hollywood director and producer. I also was an accomplished aviator, establishing my own aircraft company and setting a new land The pack must have smelled the speed record. In 1950, I sent myself bacon sizzling downriver. into seclusion and earned the

Now it’s your turn to come up reputation as an eccentric, which my with a good caption. move to the Desert Inn in Las Vegas

only seemed to reinforce. Who am I?

Hughes Howard ANSWER: Word to the Wise

The word spa comes from the town

of Spa in Belgium, famous for its natural mineral springs that brought Word Wise Which word is not like the others? visitors seeking rejuvenation in ancient Roman times. This is why epistle missive the term today is used to describe loge dispatch

wellness centers, beauty parlors, and messages. or letters are others the

A loge is a private theater box; box; theater private a is loge A Jacuzzis. The term spa was even ANSWER: used to describe soda fountains.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2018

On This Date Proverb of the Day 1944 – Major David Currie’s squadron captured the French village “Judge not your beauty of St. Lambert, thereby blocking a by the number of people vital German escape route from who look at you, but rather France. Major Currie became the by the number of people only Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross for action in Normandy who who smile at you.”

did not die in the process of earning it. ~ African proverb 1977 – NASA launched Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraft, toward Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, Happy Birthday! and then on toward interstellar space. It carries a 12-inch copper Cynthia Nicholas (1957–2016) phonograph record containing achieved fame at the greetings in dozens of languages, age of 16 when she samples of music, and sounds of swam across Lake nature. The spacecraft has now been Ontario in 15 hours operational and in contact with Earth and 10 minutes. She for 45 years. went on to swim the English Channel a total of 19 times, including five two-way trips. She Did You Know? was inducted into the International Elephants in Myanmar (formerly Swimming Hall of Fame in 2005 Burma) have been known to and served in the Ontario legislature silence bells hung around their from 1987 to 1990. She practiced necks by clogging them with law in Scarborough, Ontario, and was mud so they will not be heard parliamentary assistant to Ontario’s when stealing bananas. solicitor general from 1989 to 1990.

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ONDAY UGUST M , A 20, 2018

Today is World Mosquito Day, celebrating the scientific breakthrough by Sir Ronald Ross that connected mosquitos to malaria. Ross’ discovery led

to many medical cures and treatments for mosquito-borne diseases.

Eye in the Sky Gadgets & Gizmos

Earth’s seasons have nothing to do with how close the planet is to the sun. Instead, the seasons are dependent upon the tilt of Earth on its axis, which makes certain areas get more sunshine. However, there is a point in the Belty is so much more than a belt. year when Earth is closest to the It loosens on its own if you’ve sun, because its orbit is not a overeaten at dinner and tightens perfect circle, but an oval-shaped when you stand up from the table. ellipse. The moment when Earth If you’ve been sitting at your office is closest to the sun is known desk for too long, it will vibrate to as perihelion, and for the northern remind you to get up and move hemisphere, it often occurs in around. A new version even has a January, in the middle of winter. built-in phone charger. High Five

Can you name the five busiest Buy a Vowel traffic intersections in the world?

S _ _ R C _

Italy; 5. Times Square, New York City, USA USA City, York New Square, Times 5. Italy; Porta Maggiore, Rome, Rome, Maggiore, Porta 4. France; Paris,

de l’Etoile, l’Etoile, de e omph Tri de Arc Tokyo, Japan; 3. 3. Japan; Tokyo, A place of origin

SOURCE ANSWER: Shibuya Crossing, Crossing, Shibuya 2. Vietnam; Noi, Ha 1.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2018

On This Date Quote of the Day 1919 – Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII and Duke of “Nobody roots for Goliath.” Windsor), arrived in Quebec to

officially open the Quebec cantilever ~ Wilt Chamberlain bridge over the St. Lawrence River. The bridge had suffered two major collapses, in 1907 and 1916, killing 88 people. The new design was Happy Birthday! hailed as a marvel of engineering. The Quebec bridge was designated Wilt Chamberlain (1936–1999) a National Historic Site of Canada was a professional basketball player in 1995. who played for the Warriors, 76ers, and Lakers. At 7'1" and 275 pounds, he was known by the nickname “The Big Dipper” since he had to dip his head through 1961 – Country music singer Patsy doorways. During Cline recorded the vocals to Willie his playing days, he Nelson’s Crazy. It became her earned many signature song. accolades, including four MVP awards. Daily Quiz He is the only player

The “night parrot” of Australia is to score 100 points in considered one of the most elusive a single NBA game. birds on Earth. Fewer people After he retired from alive today have seen one with the league, he would their own eyes than have ever sometimes perform with the Harlem walked on the moon. Globetrotters in exhibition games.

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UESDAY UGUST T , A 21, 2018

Today is Senior Citizens’ Day. There are over 40 million senior citizens in the U.S., proving there’s a lot to celebrate today. How to celebrate? Try

exercise. After all, regular exercise is shown to slow the aging process.

Fashion of Yesteryear You Are What You Eat

Jelly shoes are women’s shoes made At the end of the 19th century, of PVC plastic. They get their name immigrants from China went to from their plastic, jelly-like sheen. Peru to work in sugar plantations The origins of the shoe and mines and build railroads. They are unclear. One story brought with them their traditional is that in 1981, Preston Chinese cuisine, which over the Haag traveled to Brazil, decades was blended with Peruvian where he discovered all the local food to create a new cuisine known women wearing the shoes. The as chifa. Today, chifa is considered women all worked at the Grendene an authentic Peruvian food and is company, a local shoe manufacturer. served everywhere. The most The former bank president struck common dishes are chaufa, a fried up a deal with the shoe company and rice made with common Peruvian introduced jelly shoes at the 1982 ingredients like chicken and fried World’s Fair. One year later, he fish, and tallarin, an egg noodle scored a deal to sell the shoes at made with chicken. Bloomingdale’s in New York City.

Name Three Word Scramble

Can you name three musical I K B N L instruments that begin with the letter T?

Shut and open quickly

tuba, tambourine, triangle triangle tambourine, tuba,

BLINK ANSWER: trumpet, trombone, trombone, trumpet, : S ANSWER

POSSIBLE POSSIBLE

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1902 – The Cadillac Automobile Company was formed. It was named “If they can make penicillin after the French explorer who out of moldy bread, they founded Detroit in 1701. can sure make something 1938 – Fred Astaire and Ginger out of you.” Rogers appeared on the

cover of LIFE magazine. ~ Muhammad Ali The glamorous couple offered people an escape from the dreariness of the Great Depression. Happy Birthday!

1964 – The Beatles gave their first Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908–2004) Canadian concert in Vancouver. was a French humanist photographer They played songs from their new who pioneered street photography. album, Something New. The top He had an innate ability to capture ticket price was $5.25. the decisive moment that made a great candid shot. Cartier-Bresson Daily Trivia studied art, literature, and English at the University of Cambridge and Henri Cartier-Bresson started a then traveled the world taking tradition of testing new camera pictures. He became lenses by taking photographs famous for his of ducks in urban parks. He photos of Gandhi’s never published the images but funeral in 1948 and referred to them as “my only his coverage of the superstition” as he considered end of the Chinese it a “baptism” of the lens. Civil War in 1949.

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EDNESDAY UGUST W , A 22, 2018

Today is Be an Angel Day, a chance for you to do good deeds and commit random acts of kindness for strangers. You don’t need to have angel wings

or a celestial choir to act as someone’s guardian angel.

Think-tionary What’s the Difference?

uhtceare What’s the difference

A. A rabbit’s burrow dug under the between annual, perennial, roots of an old tree and biennial flowers? The entire life cycle of or an annual, from seed to

B. To lie awake before dawn flower to death, lasts just one year.

worrying Perennials grow and bloom year after

before my first day back to school. school. to back day first my before year, thanks to hardy bulbs and

ANSWER: B. My uhtceare is always bad bad always is uhtceare My B. ANSWER: root systems that preserve cells over the winter. Biennials require two When Was It? growing seasons to fully flower. The first season they produce roots, In was in this year that the American stems, and leaves, which live through explorer Hiram Bingham stumbled the winter. Then, during the second upon Machu Picchu, the Lost City season, they flower and form seeds, of the Incas. Proctor and Gamble which fall to repeat the cycle. introduced Crisco shortening.

Groundbreaking began in Boston Word Scramble for the construction of Fenway

Park. Roald Amundsen won the I D B L E B R race to be the first to the South To fall in small droplets

Pole. When was it? 1911 ANSWER: DRIBBLE ANSWER:

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2018

On This Date Quote of the Day 1541 – Jacques Cartier arrived at the Iroquois village of Stadacona during “Intense feeling his third trip to Canada and began to too often obscures

build Charlesbourg-Royal. Located the truth. ” at the western tip of Cape Diamond, it was the first French fort in ~ Harry Truman

Canada and first French settlement

in North America. Happy Birthday! 1917 – The city of Berlin was allowed to change its name to Barbara Eden, born in 1931, is an Kitchener due to wartime anti- American actress German sentiment. best known for her iconic role in the 1943 – Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) TV sitcom I Dream began transatlantic military passenger of Jeannie. She and postal delivery service. studied acting in 1967 – The Anglican Church of school and played Canada voted to allow divorced a number of roles persons to remarry. in TV and film before being cast as Jeannie in 1965. The show ran for five years and was a runaway I Dream of Jeannie Trivia success. Eden’s career continued afterward, and she made Barbara Eden’s midriff- appearances in movies and TV baring costume was a big hit, but shows up until 2016. She also wrote she was covered up for the first 10 a memoir of her life entitled Jeannie episodes. It was not censorship but Out of the Bottle, which debuted on rather because she was pregnant. the New York Times bestseller list.

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HURSDAY UGUST T , A 23, 2018

On this day in 1973, a bank robbery in Stockholm, Sweden, went wrong,

forcing the thief to take four bank employees hostage. Interestingly, after the hostage crisis, the four hostages became sympathetic to their tormentor, giving rise to the term “Stockholm syndrome.”

Where Am I? Set the Record Straight

I stand on the shore of the deepest When we visit museums lake in the British Isles, containing and see famous sculptures more freshwater than all the lakes from ancient Greece, all the in England and Wales combined. sculptures are white stone. On the lake’s western shore is But in ancient Greece, a castle dating back to the sculptures were almost always 13th century. The water of the lake brightly painted. Thousands of years is very murky, due to the high peat caused the paint to fade or disappear. content. Perhaps this contributes Part of the reason we think sculpture to the aura of mystery that has should be white is because the most surrounded the lake since 1933, famous artists of the Renaissance, when a motorist named George like Michelangelo and Donatello, Spicer claimed to see a monster on sculpted white stone, thinking they

its shores. Where am I?

Scotland Ness, Loch ANSWER: ANSWER: were copying the Greeks.

Garden Party

Word Wise Which word is not like the others? No one likes weeds in their garden. The best time to weed is after a disburse amass

rain, because the water loosens the

accrue hoard roots. Mulch is also important. Not

others mean to gather or collect. or gather to mean others only does it prevent weeds but it To disburse is to pay out; the the out; pay to is disburse To

ANSWER: ANSWER: helps the soil retain water.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 79 – Mt. Vesuvius erupted for the first time in recorded history, destroying “It’s just a job. Grass grows, southern Italy’s cities of Pompeii, birds fly, waves pound the Stabiae, and Herculaneum. The volcano exploded without warning, sand. I beat people up.”

covering Pompeii in a layer of ash ~ Muhammad Ali nearly 13 feet deep. The other two cities were buried under mud and debris. Archaeologists have uncovered what Happy Birthday! life was like in Roman times from the volcanic William Wilberforce (1759–1833) ash-preserved remains was an English politician best known of the cities. Vesuvius is for his work to abolish slavery. still active. Wilberforce believed in the importance of religion, morality, and education, and his work directly contributed to the passing of the Why Didn’t I Slavery Abolition Act of 1833, which Think of That? outlawed slavery in the British Empire. Mr. Bernard Sadow He was also one of reinvented the suitcase by the founders of the adding wheels in 1972. Royal Society for He met strong resistance the Prevention of on early sales calls, Cruelty to Animals. when he was told that A movie about his life starring men would not accept Benedict Cumberbatch was released suitcases with wheels. in 2007.

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RIDAY UGUST F , A 24, 2018

Today is Wayzgoose Day. A wayzgoose is an entertainment given by an employer to employees. It developed when master printers held a party for

their apprentices at the end of summer, when the daylight began to fade.

Mad Science Root of the Matter

They called James Harrison “the Steal my thunder

man with the golden arm,” thanks If you have stolen someone’s thunder, to a rare antibody in his blood that then you have won all the acclaim could be used to make a life-saving meant for them. This saying goes medication. Sometimes, the immune back to 1704, when system of an expectant mother can playwright John Dennis turn on her own baby, destroying devised a wonderful new the unborn child’s red blood cells. method for creating the Harrison’s antibodies were critical to sound of thunder for his making a medicine known as anti-D play. The play flopped and closed. immunoglobulin, a medicine that William Shakespeare’s new play would prevent these rare but fatal Macbeth, however, was a hit, and complications. Harrison donated Shakespeare stole Dennis’s method blood more than 1,100 times, saving for creating the sound of thunder. the lives of over 2.4 million babies, Dennis was quoted as saying, including Harrison’s own daughter. “Damn them! They will not let my play run, but they steal my thunder!”

Word Scramble Riddle Me This

A Y D R M I What goes around and around the wood, but never goes

A countless number into the wood?

MYRIAD ANSWER: tree a of bark The ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 2018

On This Date

1835 – The New York Sun perpetrated Quote of the Day

“The Great Moon Hoax,” a series of articles about the supposed “To achieve great things, two

discovery of life on the moon. The things are needed; a plan, and articles described fantastic creatures, not quite enough time.” including unicorns and humanoids. The reports were meant as satire, but ~ Leonard Bernstein

the public swallowed the story.

1937 – The Ontario Legislative Assembly at Queen’s Park, Toronto, Happy Birthday! announced a delay of school openings due to a polio epidemic Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) sweeping southern Ontario. was a composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and 1944 – The German garrison in pianist. In addition to Paris surrendered to Allied forces. being the longtime To his credit, the German commander director of the New General Dietrich von Choltitz York Philharmonic, disobeyed Hitler’s orders to destroy he also wrote the music the city. for many popular shows, including

West Side Story, Peter Pan, and On the Waterfront. He won eight Grammy Awards for his music as Daily Trivia well as a Grammy for Lifetime Von Choltitz’s defiance of Hitler Achievement. His musical score for was portrayed in the 1966 movie West Side Story is credited for Is Paris Burning? and also a helping bridge the gap between 1965 book by the same title. classical and popular music.

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ATURDAY UGUST S , A 25, 2018

Today is International Tongue Twister Day. Tongue twisters are more than just grammatical fun; they are also employed as a means to improve

diction. Picking a peck of pickled peppers improves Peter’s speech!

Passing Fancy Golden Memories

This strange new pastime On this day in 1968, Arthur Ashe combines adventure with became the first African American the satisfaction of a well- to win a prominent U.S. tennis pressed shirt. It’s extreme tournament, the U.S. Open at Forest ironing! It began in 1980, when Hills. Ashe would go on to win Tony Hiam wanted to make fun several Grand Slam titles, co-found of his brother-in-law’s obsession the Association of Men’s Tennis with ironing. Hiam began to iron Professionals (a tennis union), write in random places: mountaintops, columns for the Washington Post, airplane terminals, and atop and compose a history of black telephone booths. The “sport” has athletes. Like Jackie Robinson did since taken on a life of its own, with for baseball, Ashe was truly a athletes setting their ironing boards trailblazer for minorities in the sport atop Mount Everest and underwater of tennis. His grace-under-pressure in Key West, Florida. This “extreme style of play was valuable both on sport” has even inspired copycats, and off the court.

such as extreme cello playing. Screen Gems

Buy a Vowel This adept swordsman tells the inept leader of his gang, “You keep S _ L _ R _ _ M using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

A glass-enclosed porch (1987)

Bride Princess The SOLARIUM ANSWER:

in in Montoya Indigo as Patinkin Mandy ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 26, 2018

On This Date Quote of the Day 1498 – The master artist Michelangelo was “If we have no peace, commissioned to carve it is because we have the Pietà. This work has forgotten that we belong interested historians for centuries because the to each other.”

sculpture does not feature the perfect ~ Mother Teresa human proportions that are the hallmark of Michelangelo’s work.

1883 – Mount Krakatoa, an island Happy Birthday! volcano in the Dutch Indies (now Indonesia), erupted with violent Mother Teresa (1910–1997) was an explosions that destroyed two-thirds Albanian-Indian Catholic nun. She of the island and killed about joined the Sisters of Loreto at age 18 36,000 people. and took her religious vows three years later. She is internationally 1946 – Animal Farm, by George known for her work with India’s Orwell, was published in the U.S. The poor and campaigned throughout allegory is based on totalitarianism her life for the most and injustice taking place in the Soviet marginalized in Indian Union. It is included in the list of society. She was fluent Great Books of the Western World. in five languages and occasionally traveled Daily Trivia outside India for The full moon always humanitarian reasons. She was rises at sunset and canonized by the Catholic Church in sets at sunrise. 2016 and is recognized by the Church as Saint Teresa of Calcutta.

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UNDAY UGUST S , A 26, 2018

Today is Women’s Equality Day, in commemoration of the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which

guaranteed women the right to vote. For women, the fight continues in the workplace and at home. A woman’s job really is never done.

Wild Kingdom Picture of the Day

Scientists think they have come up with a wonderful new pet, a glowing fish dubbed the GloFish. The fish are zebra fish that have been altered to include genetic material from fluorescent glowing corals or glowing jellyfish. With the addition of this genetic material, GloFish emit any bright neon color you could choose: red, green, orange, blue, purple, or pink. The kitten found the warmest and There is just one catch. If the fish coziest blanket in the house. are released into streams or ponds, there is a chance the released fish Now it’s your turn to come up with a good caption. could breed with local fish and pass on the strange glowing genes.

Who Said So? Word Scramble

This scientist and popular guide C S E L O A to the cosmos said, “Life would

be tragic if it weren’t funny.” Comfort or consolation

SOLACE ANSWER: Hawking Stephen ANSWER:

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1660 – John Milton’s books were burned in London because of the “A man who writes for author’s attacks on King Charles II. a living does not have to Milton is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost. go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford 1938 – At a poetry reading given by Archibald MacLeish, another to if he wanted.”

poet set fire to some papers in a ~ C.S. Forester fit of jealousy in order to disrupt

the recital. That jealous poet was Robert Frost. Happy Birthday! 1939 – Luftwaffe pilot Erich C. S. Forester (1899–1966) was an Warsitz flew the world’s first English novelist best known for his practical jet-powered airplane, the Horatio Hornblower novel series. Heinkel He 178. It Forester wrote over 30 novels, plus remained airborne plays and short stories. He also for seven minutes. wrote children’s

books to encourage

his youngest son to Weather Trivia finish his meals. Some of his works A virga is an observable streak of rain were used in films, that falls from a cloud but evaporates such as The African before reaching the ground. In North Queen. Unable to join the military America, it is commonly seen in for health reasons, during World the western United States and the War II, Forester wrote propaganda Canadian prairies. for the Allied Powers.

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ONDAY UGUST M , A 27, 2018

Today is The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day. Irish author Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote under the pen name “The Duchess,” although she wasn’t

one. Wolfe was the first to write, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

Eye in the Sky What Am I?

A lunar eclipse happens I was at first nothing more than a when the moon passes plank of wood, used to play a hitting through Earth’s umbra. game originally invented by French In other words, Earth monks in the year 1100 BC. In 1874, blocks the sunlight that shines on the I took my first modern form, moon. This can happen up to four blending solid wood with strings. times a year, and on these nights the Made of solid wood, I was too moon is often still visible, but it is heavy, so I was changed to laminated bathed in an eerie red tint, which we wood, which is many thin layers call a blood moon. However, a blue bonded together. Over the years, I moon never really appears blue. This have changed to become even lighter is just the term we use for the second and sturdier, using metal, aluminum,

full moon that falls within one and graphite in my body. What am I?

racket tennis A calendar month. Blue moons are ANSWER: fairly rare, with one occurring only once every 2.7 years on average. Word to the Wise

The term wanderworts was added to Buy a Vowel the dictionary. It means any word

borrowed from another language. V _ L _ _ R Some wanderworts of note are

Plush woven fabric harissa, a spicy North African chili

VELOUR WER: ANS paste, and kombucha, a Japanese fermented tea drink.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2018

On This Date Quote of the Day 1937 – The Toyota Motor Company was founded by Kiichiro “Life is a blank canvas, and Toyoda. Today, it is the you need to throw all the largest company in Japan, with about 350,000 paint on it you can.”

employees. ~ Danny Kaye 1963 – Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. He Happy Birthday! originally prepared a short speech about the sufferings of African Nancy Kulp (1921–1991) was an Americans attempting to realize American actress best known for her their freedom in a society of role as Miss Jane Hathaway on the discrimination. He was about to sit TV show The Beverly Hillbillies. down when gospel singer Mahalia Kulp only got into acting by Jackson called out, “Tell them about coincidence. She was working for your dream, Martin!” the publicity department at MGM

and one of the Flower Trivia directors convinced

Most varieties of her to take up acting. hydrangeas produce She soon began pink flowers in landing small roles in alkaline soil and blue film and TV. She was ones in acidic soil. nominated for an White hydrangea Outstanding Supporting Actress flowers do not in Comedy Emmy award for her role change their color. as Miss Hathaway.

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Today is Bow Tie Day. Bow ties originated during the Prussian War, when Croatian mercenaries used bow ties to tie their short collars shut. They became a men’s fashion accessory in 18th-century France.

Gadgets & Gizmos Fifty Years Ago On this day 50 years ago, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters crowded the streets of Chicago during the Democratic National Convention. Eugene McCarthy, an anti-war candidate, challenged his party and the notion that the United States needed to intervene in Vietnam to The PancakeBot is an entirely new thwart the spread of communism. way to enjoy pancakes. It is a Outside the convention, McCarthy’s “printer” that dispenses batter in supporters battled police, and the patterns of your choosing onto a protest turned into a full-scale riot. griddle. You can load your own The televised clashes helped turn designs or browse through a variety popular opinion against the war. of preloaded options. You could eat pancakes in the shape of a lion, the Sydney Opera House, or a VW bus. Word Wise Which word is not like the others? What’s in a Name? rotunda cupola

This big band singer turned

leading actress was born belfry vestibule towers. or domes roof

Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff. are others the space; larger a to leading

A vestibule is a small foyer foyer small a is vestibule A ANSWER: Doris Day Day Doris ANSWER:

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2018

On This Date Quote of the Day 1966 – After two years as a star on the show, Mia Farrow “There are things I want to withdrew from the cast say: They are very important of the prime-time TV to me, and, not being drama Peyton Place at a writer, I do it the urging of her through movies.” husband, Frank Sinatra.

1991 – The Supreme Soviet, the ~ Richard Attenborough

parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party. This marked the end of the party’s Happy Birthday! 75-year controlling regime in the Soviet Union. Richard Attenborough (1923– 2014) was an English actor, 2005 – Hurricane Katrina’s storm filmmaker, and politician. He is surge caused 53 different levee famous for many films, including breaches in greater New Orleans, The Great Escape (1963), Miracle submerging 80% of the city. on 34th Street (1994), Jurassic

Park (1993), and Gandhi (1982), which won two Academy Awards, Geography Trivia for Best Picture and Best Director. Attenborough served The Atacama Desert is the driest in the film unit of place in the world. Some parts of it the Royal Air Force have not received rainfall in more during World War II. than 400 years. It is located in He was a Member of the rain shadow of the Andes Parliament from 1993 Mountains in South America. until his death in 2014.

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EDNESDAY UGUST W , A 29, 2018

Today is According to Hoyle Day. Edmond Hoyle was the “Father of Whist” and a noted card game authority. He wrote many books on the rules

of card games, and his name is invoked when appealing to authority.

Fashion of Yesteryear What’s the Difference?

The Kayan people of Myanmar are What’s the difference between known for a unique cultural fashion empathy and sympathy? Empathy accessory: neck rings. Starting at five is often confused with pity or years old, girls wear heavy compassion, but it is much more brass coils around their than that. It is the ability of one necks. As the years go by, person to comprehend another’s rings are added, making the situation, be it real or fictitious, and neck appear to lengthen. truly share and feel their emotions. The neck is not getting longer, Sympathy is a feeling of care or however. The weight of the rings concern for another. You are presses down on the collarbone, even concerned for someone, but do not compressing the ribs. Why do the feel what they feel or share their Kayan women wear these rings? distress. Sympathy can sometimes Scientists think they might want to grow into empathy, which then symbolize long-necked dragons, evolves into compassion, or the important animals in Kayan folklore, desire to lessen another’s suffering. but the women say they wear them because it is tradition. Word Scramble Punny Business E L A P T

I was going to make a belt A fold in cloth

PLEAT out of watches but I figured it ANSWER: would just be a waist of time.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2018

On This Date

1146 – A conference of European Humor of the Day

leaders outlawed the crossbow. By banning such an effective weapon, “Normal is nothing

the leaders believed that they had more than a cycle on ended wars for all time. a washing machine. ”

1682 – William ~ Whoopi Goldberg Penn sailed from England on this day and went on to establish the colony Happy Birthday! of Pennsylvania. A 37-foot bronze statue of him has stood atop City Mary Shelley (1797–1851) was Hall in Philadelphia since 1894. an English novelist, biographer, and travel writer who is Penn Statue Trivia best known for her book Frankenstein. A gentlemen’s agreement that Shelley conceived no structure should rise above the the story during a summer in Penn statue was violated in 1986 Switzerland with her husband, when a taller building was erected, Percy Bysshe Shelley. He bringing about a supposed curse on collaborated with Mary on the local sports teams. The curse ended novel, and historians still debate in 2008 when the Phillies won the how much of the work was his. World Series, just 16 months after Shelley was a feminist ahead of a small Penn statuette had been her time and strongly believed that affixed to the top of the new women were capable of being Comcast Center. intellectual equals.

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HURSDAY UGUST T , A 30, 2018

Today is Frankenstein Day. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, was born on this day in 1797. Her gothic masterpiece is

considered the first work of science fiction ever written.

Think-tionary You Are What You Eat

jehu The future of food may be coming

A. A fast and furious driver sooner than we think. While 3-D printers are becoming popular in or manufacturing, some think that

B. An animal bladder used as printers will also be creating

a canteen to carry water customizable meals out of food

City. York New in driving

comfortable concentrates that cater to our favorite

feel I self, my jehu a As A. R:

ANSWE tastes, colors, and dietary needs. Some also believe that humans will When Was It? move away from animal sources of protein toward another plentiful It was during this year that Western source: bugs. For those who may feel Union discontinued its telegram squeamish with the thought of eating service. Iran announced bugs, companies will offer insect that it had successfully protein powders that could make enriched uranium for the burger patties and mashed potatoes. first time. After being stolen and missing for Buy a Vowel two years, Norwegian police found Edvard Munch’s painting The _ N _ L _ T _ R _ L Scream. Julian Assange launched his

controversial Wikileaks website. Affecting one side, not mutual

2006 ANSWER: UNILATERAL When was it? ANSWER:

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2018

On This Date Humor of the Day 1527 – John Rut wrote to King Henry VIII noting that there were “For fast-acting relief, 14 French and Portuguese fishing try slowing down.” vessels in the harbor. It was the first recorded letter written from Canada. ~ Lily Tomlin

1897 – Thomas A. Edison received a U.S. patent for his kinetoscope, a device for producing moving pictures. Happy Birthday!

1997 – Princess Diana of England James Coburn (1928–2002), in a died along with her companion, career spanning 45 years, made department store heir Dodi Fayed, over 70 film and 100 television when their car crashed in Paris while appearances. His breakthrough role trying to evade the paparazzi. was as the knife-wielding Britt in The Magnificent Seven (1960). A capable, rough-hewn leading man, A Deep Thought his lanky physique made him a perfect tough guy in Challenger Deep in the Mariana numerous roles in Trench is the deepest known point westerns and action in Earth’s oceans. The bottom is films, such as The 10,924 meters (35,840 feet) below Magnificent Seven, sea level. In 1960, it was visited Hell Is for Heroes, by the manned bathyscaphe Trieste. and The Great If Mount Everest, the highest Escape. Coburn was also interested mountain on Earth, were placed at in fast cars and is credited with this location, it would be covered by introducing Steve McQueen to more than one mile of water. Ferrari cars.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2018

Today is Diatomaceous Earth Day. Diatomaceous earth is a clay-like soil

made from the fossilized remains of tiny aquatic organisms called diatoms. It is used to detoxify food, purify water, and as a natural insecticide.

Root of the Matter Mad Science

A taste of your own medicine A new understanding of Earth is gaining traction, the theory of a flat If you give someone a taste of their own medicine, then you are inflicting Earth. Believers forego the notion upon them the very wrong that Earth is a globe. You might that they did to you. This assume that flat Earth theorists saying comes from one refuse to accept science. Many, of Aesop’s fables, where however, do believe in the scientific a traveling salesman method. What they disbelieve are sells a medicine that he scientists. Supporters of the flat knows does not work. Earth theory believe that those When this salesman falls ill, the in power control knowledge. Flat- townspeople give him the very earthers are keen on separating medicine that was so ineffective. knowledge from powerful scientific He quite literally gets a taste of his institutions and putting it in the own medicine. hands of the people, even if those people think that Earth is flat. Toys of Yesteryear

In 1923, Beatrice Alexander created the Madame Alexander Word Scramble

doll, impeccably crafted dolls I L U L Q fashioned after celebrities and

famous fictional characters. By the A large stiff feather

QUILL 1960s, the company was America’s ANSWER: leading doll manufacturer.

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