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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Celebrate Quote of the Day Black “The only reason they come History Month to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it.” On This Date ~ Clark Gable 1920 – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force was founded when the Royal North-West Mounted Police merged with the Dominion Police. Happy ! Contrary to popular opinion, the motto Clark Gable (1901–1960) began his of the RCMP is “Uphold the law,” career in film in not “Mounties always get their man.” 1924 and soon 1964 – ’ song “I Want became a star. The to Hold Your Hand” reached No. 1 debonair actor won on the chart. an Academy Award in 1934 for his 2003 – The entire crew of seven comic performance astronauts died when NASA space in It Happened One Night. His shuttle Columbia broke apart as it best-remembered role is that of Rhett returned to Earth. Butler in Gone with the Wind (1939). Celebrity Trivia A leading box office attraction for many years, Gable was known to Arthur Miller wrote The Misfits, Hollywood as “the .” He made his first original screenplay, as more than 65 films, the last of which a vehicle for his , Marilyn was The Misfits (1961). He died of a Monroe. The two divorced just heart attack four months before his prior to the filming of the movie. only was born.

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ONDAY EBRUARY M , F 1, 2021

Today is Spunky Old Broads Day, celebrating women over 50 who exude courage, wisdom, and vivacity. This holiday begs the question, “Is 50 really that

old?” By some statistics, “middle age” is 65 nowadays, while “old” is 73.

Eye in the Sky Root of the Matter

The 12 well-known signs A bed of roses correspond to constellations in the heavens. These symbols were invented If a circumstance is likened to a bed 3,000 years ago by the Babylonians. of roses, then it is considered But the ancient stargazers chose to effortless and comfortable. The omit a 13th constellation, Ophiuchus, image first appeared in which some consider the 13th sign the 13th century, in the of the zodiac. Ophiuchus is the medieval French poem snake-bearer, depicted as a man The of the holding a serpent. In the sky, Rose. In the story, a lover dreams Ophiuchus is between Scorpio that he tours a garden and finds a and Sagittarius and occurs from literal bed of roses next to the November 29–December 17. The Fountain of . In later centuries, Babylonians chose to ignore poets borrowed the image. In 1599, this 13th sign because they felt that Christopher Marlowe wrote of a 12 signs corresponded perfectly shepherd wooing his love: And I will with the 12 months of their make thee a bed of roses. calendar year. Word Scramble Riddle Me This I R T N C A E Why didn’t the skeleton Known beyond a doubt

go to the dance? CERTAIN ANSWER:

It had no body to go with. go to body no had It ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021 It’s Groundhog Day! On This Date Quote of the Day 1887 – The town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, held its first annual “I don’t want to be younger; Groundhog Day. The I just want to look it.” event was started by ~ Christie Brinkley local newspaper editor Clymer Freas, but the origin of the idea dates back centuries. Happy Birthday! 1931 – Mail was delivered by rocket Christie Brinkley, born in 1954, is for the first time. Sent from one a supermodel, businesswoman, and Austrian village to another actress who grew up in Michigan and three miles away, the rocket landed California. After graduating from with a small parachute. high school, the stunning blonde 1940 – Frank Sinatra joined the went to to study Tommy Dorsey Orchestra. In his first art. However, she year with Dorsey, Sinatra released was serendipitously more than 40 songs, including “I’ll discovered by a Never Smile Again.” photographer at a 1943 – The last German troops at post office. She soon Stalingrad surrendered to the Red had a modeling agent Army. Of the 91,000 prisoners, only and national advertising campaigns, about 6,000 would survive to see with many more to follow. Brinkley again. went on to grace the covers of more than 500 magazines, including an Groundhog Trivia unheard-of three sequential Sports Groundhogs hibernate one to Illustrated Swimsuit Issues, from a burrow. Each spring, males 1979 to 1981. She’s been married emerge earlier than females. four times and has three children.

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UESDAY EBRUARY T , F 2, 2021

Today is Groundhog Day. The first observance took place in 1887 when a

newspaper editor convinced a group of Pennsylvania hunters and businessmen to adopt the German tradition of using small animals to forecast the weather.

Who Am I? Wild Kingdom

I was born in Rome, Italy, but at a Rising ocean temperatures threaten young age, my moved us to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, but Pozzuoli, where we lived in extreme scientists have a reason to poverty. During World War II, our rejoice. A new coral reef city was bombed, and I was struck was discovered off Cape by shrapnel and left with a York, the far northern tip permanent scar on my chin. At age of Australia. The new 15, I returned to Rome to take up “blade-like” reef juts up acting and modeling. My beauty from the seafloor, and at made finding work easy. In 1961, 1,640 feet, it is taller than the Empire I won an Oscar for Best Lead State Building. Scientists were Actress, securing my status as an flabbergasted by the discovery, the elite Hollywood star. Now well into first of its kind in 120 years, especially my 80s, I am still acting and still since it is so close to the Great Barrier wowing audiences with my natural Reef. The find is just more evidence of

beauty. Who am I? the great mysteries still held by our Loren Sophia

ANSWER: vast oceans.

Who Said So? Buy a Vowel This American British essayist, _ B _ _ N D an authority on idioms, said,

“People say that life is the thing,

Exist in large

ABOUND

ANSWER: ANSWER: but I prefer reading.” Smith Pearsall Logan

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021 On This Date 1916 – A fire destroyed the Center Block Quote of the Day of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, and killed seven people. A “A fool can throw a stone quick-thinking clerk closed the iron in a pond that 100 wise doors and saved the Parliamentary men cannot get out.” Library. The tragedy was widely ~ Saul Bellow blamed on German wartime saboteurs. 1959 – Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. “the Big Bopper” Happy Birthday! Richardson were killed in a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. Norman Rockwell (1894–1978) was born in . An enormously 1995 – Astronaut Eileen Collins popular illustrator, became the first Rockwell specialized woman to pilot in warm and humorous the space shuttle scenes of everyday as mission STS- small-town life. He 63 got underway is best known for from Kennedy his magazine covers, Space Center. notably for The Saturday Evening Post. Rockwell’s poster series on the Four Freedoms was inspired Artist by a Franklin D. Roosevelt speech and was widely circulated during On September 7, 1948, Norman World War II, as was his Rosie the Rockwell presented a large Riveter drawing. The Stockbridge, birthday cake to his friend and Norman Rockwell fellow artist Grandma Moses in Museum contains 700 original celebration of her 88th birthday. Rockwell paintings and drawings.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Today is Feed the Birds Day. An excellent way to attract birds to your

backyard is to put out bird feeders. Birds are attracted to black-oil sunflower seeds. In the winter, seeds mixed with suet fat provide a high-energy snack.

You Are What You Eat Only Human

Durian is known as the “King of Researchers have discovered a type of Fruits.” The delicacy is popular in cell in the brain that they are calling a Southeast Asia and grows in tropical time cell. These nerve cells place a rainforests, but it has gotten a bad rap sort of stamp on certain memories so in the West due to its stinky smell. that we can recall important events or The flesh is said to taste like cheese, sequences of events in the proper almonds, garlic, and caramel all at order. The neurons, located once. Its appearance is also imposing, in the hippocampus, help us for its hard outer shell is covered in create timelines that make spikes. But durian is considered one sense. Researchers discovered that of the world’s most nutritious foods, people with damage to the full of protein, fiber, vitamins, and hippocampus have trouble putting minerals. The plant has also been used memories in the correct order. Time in traditional Malaysian medicine to cells can speed up and slow down, reduce fevers and treat jaundice. depending on one’s mood, which explains why some experiences seem to drag on forever. Word Wise Which word is not like the others? Name Three Everest Baikal

Can you name three gods of

Aconcagua Denali Mt. Olympus whose names

others are mountains. are others

begin with H?

Hera, and sometimes Hestia sometimes and Hera,

a lake in Siberia; the the Siberia; in lake a is Baikal

ANSWER:

Hermes, Hephaestus, Hephaestus, Hermes, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 On This Date 1924 – The Granite Club Quote of the Day hockey team won ’s first gold medal in the Winter Olympic “No beast so fierce but Games in Chamonix, France. knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and 1941 – At the request of President therefore am no beast.” Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United Service Organizations (USO) was ~ William Shakespeare, created to provide recreational Richard III services to the U.S. Armed Forces. 2013 – Scientists confirmed that remains found in Leicester, England, Happy Birthday! were those of King Richard III. Their tests used DNA from Cairine R. Wilson (1885–1962) raised Canadian Michael Ibsen, a descendant her eight children before embarking of Richard’s . The royal was on a political career. Wilson became killed in battle in 1485. Canada’s first female senator in 1930 and served in Salty Trivia that position until Salt is one of the few spices that is her death in 1962. all taste and no smell. She fought for women’s rights in Salt is the only rock humans eat. matters of , Table salt is about the same price health insurance, preventive medicine, infant and now as it was 150 years ago. maternal mortality, working conditions, Only 5% of salt is used at the and education. The senator was also dinner table. It is also used passionate about the plight of war for deicing roads and in refugees and brought 100 Jewish cleaning products. orphans from Germany to Canada.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Today is Sweater Day. The cold of February certainly can be considered

“sweater weather,” but this day is also held annually to bring awareness to energy consumption. Instead of turning up the thermostat, put on a sweater instead.

50 Years Ago Today Think-tionary

On this day 50 years ago, the famed duende

British car company Rolls Royce A. The power to attract someone declared bankruptcy. While Rolls through charm and magnetism Royce was best known for its luxury or automobiles, it also manufactured jet engines. The bankruptcy was B. A pungent wind that brings the

blamed on overruns related to odor of fish from the sea

making an engine for Lockheed followers. of millions attract to The politician used her duende duende her used politician The A. NSWER: A Aircraft Corporation. The Rolls Royce name was such a matter of When Was It? national pride for Britain, and its products deemed so vital to national It was during this year that the manufacturing, that the government final episode of Seinfeld aired. took control of the company. In Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid statue 1987, the Rolls Royce brand was was decapitated by vandals. second only to Coca-Cola in terms Google was founded by of worldwide recognition. Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Astronaut John Glenn Word Scramble made his last trip into space. U.S. President Bill Clinton was E P T S M T E impeached, and Exxon bought Mobil to create ExxonMobil, the world’s largest

A violent, windy storm

TEMPEST ANSWER: ANSWER: company. What year was it?

NSWER:1998

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2021 On This Date 1940 – Glenn Miller and his band Quote of the Day recorded one of the great classic songs of the Big “Even on my weakest days Band era, “Tuxedo I get a little bit stronger.” Junction,” at ~ Sara Evans the RCA Victor studios. The flip side of the record was “Danny .” Happy Birthday! 1953 – ’s Peter Pan Sara Evans, born in 1971, is a premiered in New York City. country music star from Boonville, Missouri. The eldest 1971 – Alan Shepard became the of seven , fifth man to walk on the moon and she got her start the first person to on the moon. early, singing with He hit two golf balls, driving the her ’s band second, as he jokingly put it, “miles by the age of five. In and miles and miles.” high school, Evans Animal Trivia began performing at a local nightclub, moving to A chimpanzee can learn to recognize Nashville a few years later to pursue itself in a mirror, but a monkey can’t. her dream. Evans has now released The experiment consists of marking 10 albums, including a greatest the animal with paint in a place— hits compilation in 2007 and Copy such as the face—that it could see That in 2020. Her 2000 Born to Fly only while looking at its reflection. album went double platinum. Evans If it tries to wipe off the mark while and a few of her siblings competed facing a mirror, it indicates that the on ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud in animal recognizes itself. 2016, winning $25,000 for .

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RIDAY EBRUARY F , F 5, 2021

Today is Bubble Gum Day, the invention of children’s book author Ruth Spiro.

On this day, people are encouraged to donate 50 cents or more to an educational charity of their choice in return for being allowed to chew gum in school.

Centennial Memories Picture of the Day

On this day 100 years ago, the Yankees purchased 10 acres of land in the west Bronx for the construction of Yankee Stadium. Before 1921, the Yankees shared the Polo Grounds in Manhattan with another baseball team, the New York Giants. The relationship between the two teams was never good, and in 1921, Yankee owners decided it was time for a new home. The land was purchased from Doug enjoyed a moment of triumph William Waldorf Astor Sr. for right before he knew everything $675,000, and construction began on was going to blow up in his face. the largest and most innovative ballpark ever built. It was the first Now it’s your turn to come triple-decker venue in the country with a good caption. and the first to be called a “stadium.” Who Said So? Buy a Vowel This American film director of Q _ _ _ N T historical epics and space odysseys said, “If it can be written, or

Attractively old-fashioned thought, it can be filmed.”

QUAINT ANSWER:

Kubrick Stanley ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2021 On This Date 1918 – In the , Quote of the Day women over the age of 30 were given the right to vote. The voting “So many centuries after the age for men was 21. Full electoral Creation it is unlikely that equality was granted in 1928. anyone could find hitherto 1952 – Queen Elizabeth II ascended unknown lands of any value.” to the British throne. She celebrates ~ Committee advising the King the 69th anniversary of this occasion and Queen of regarding a today. She is the longest-serving proposal by Christopher Columbus British monarch. 1973 – Construction began on the CN Tower. Completed in 1976, it is an icon of Toronto’s skyline and a Happy Birthday! symbol of Canada. Kate McGarrigle (1946–2010) was 1978 – The Blizzard of 1978 hit a Canadian folk singer- New England with hurricane-force who wrote and performed with her winds of 86 mph and snowfall of sister, Anna. She was also the mother four inches an hour. of pop singers Rufus Wainwright and Wainwright. In 1993, Daily Trivia McGarrigle became a member of Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the Order of Canada. She wrote and the last man to walk performed songs in both French on the moon, wrote and English. Her his ’s melodic songs have initials, TDC, in the been performed by dust. The initials Maria Muldaur, should remain just Linda Ronstadt, and as he wrote them for Emmylou Harris, millions of years. among others.

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ATURDAY EBRUARY S , F 6, 2021

Today is Canadian Maple Syrup Day. Canadian maple syrup is so coveted that

9,571 barrels of maple syrup—that’s 3,000 tons worth over $14 million—were stolen from a facility in Quebec in 2011–2012.

Gadgets & Gizmos Golden Memories

On this day 50 years ago, Alan Shepard hit a golf ball on the moon. Shepard wasn’t just the commander of the Apollo 14 mission but also an avid golfer. Prior to the mission, he discussed the golf shot with NASA flight leaders, arguing that the shot would provide a cool moment of Virgin has successfully tested a scientific outreach for the public. prototype of its Hyperloop high-speed Once Shepard got permission, he had vacuum train. The passenger pod a 6-iron golf club head attached to the travels in a low-pressure tube free of shaft of a lunar soil sampler. Shepard air resistance or friction, allowing the hit two balls. His first swing got more pod to travel as fast as 100 mph. moon dust than ball, but Shepard Theoretically, such pods could travel boasted that his second hit went faster than airplanes. “miles and miles and miles.”

High Five Word Scramble

Can you name the five technology M R P T U C E companies that are considered the

industry’s “Big Five”? Small griddlecake in

Microsoft and Facebook,

the United Kingdom CRUMPET ANSWER:

Apple, Amazon, (Google), Alphabet ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2021 On This Date 1301 – Edward of Caernarfon, who Quote of the Day was later crowned King Edward II of England, became the first English “Cows are my . What I Prince of Wales. have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm and live 1497 – The Bonfire of the Vanities took place in Florence, Italy. entirely surrounded by cows.” Thousands of objects deemed likely ~ Charles Dickens to tempt sin were burned. These objects included cosmetics, fine dresses, mirrors, playing cards, art, musical instruments, and books. Happy Birthday! 1882 – John L. Sullivan became English author Charles Dickens the last of the bare-knuckle boxing (1812–1870) was one champions by knocking out Paddy of the world’s most Ryan. After his defeat of Jack Kilrain celebrated, prolific, in 1889, boxers were required to and skilled novelists. wear boxing gloves. As a young man, Dickens served time Animal Trivia in a debtor’s prison Mother skunks give birth to litters of and this gave him an toward two to 10 young each year, usually in the downtrodden. Some of his most May. The little stinkers follow their memorable books include Great around for several months. Expectations, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, and A Tale of Two Cities. He was also a popular lecturer and social critic who campaigned for children’s rights. Dickens married Catherine Hogarth in 1836. They had 10 children.

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UNDAY EBRUARY S , F 7, 2021

Today is Periodic Table Day. On this day in 1973, British chemist John

Newlands published the first periodic table in Chemical News vol. 7. The table was constructed in a way to make chemical reactions more predictable.

The Games People Play Eye in the Sky

Teqball is a new sport that combines Orlando recently announced plans to the rules of soccer and table tennis. It build the world’s first flying-car hub, is played between singles or teams of a vertiport run by the German two on a large, curved company Lilium. Lilium has been table, similar to a ping developing and testing an all-electric pong table, that is around flying “car” that can take off and 10 feet long and six feet land vertically. Lilium’s Orlando wide. A ball the size of a soccer ball is deal brings flying cars one step closer hit back and forth on the table over a to reality. The flying taxi service net. Like soccer, players cannot strike promises commuters an alternative the ball with any part of the arm or to Orlando’s notoriously congested hands. Like table tennis, balls are roadways. The vertiport is scheduled served and play continues until a ball to be built by 2025, and many believe is missed by a player or misses the flying cars will be the norm by the table. The first team to reach 12 points year 2040. wins a game in a best-of-three format.

The sport is so popular that organizers Word Wise hope for inclusion in the Olympics. Which word is not like the others?

Riddle Me This amethyst opal

What did one raindrop say sapphire palladium

to the other? stones. precious are others the

Palladium is a precious metal; metal; precious a is Palladium ANSWER:

cloud. a three’s company; Two’s

ANSWER: ANSWER:

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2021 On This Date 1839 – American and Canadian Quote of the Day loggers clashed in the Aroostook lumber war over an undefined “You live your life today—not boundary between New Brunswick tomorrow, and certainly and Maine. A truce was quickly struck not yesterday.” but the border was not finalized until ~ John Grisham a treaty in 1842. 1968 – Planet of the Apes premiered. The film was the first in a series of five. Happy Birthday! 1969 – A meteor broke up in the John Grisham, born in 1955, is sky above the Mexican village of an American writer, politician, and Pueblito de Allende and scattered lawyer. Known for his legal thrillers, thousands of stones across an area the novelist started his professional about 30 miles wide. The largest life as a criminal defense attorney, piece weighed followed by six years as a Mississippi 4,400 pounds. The state representative. He spent four meteorite is often years crafting his called “the best- first novel, A Time studied meteorite to Kill (1989), and in history.” then two more on his next best-seller, Did You Know? The Firm (1991), Lake Superior contains enough which was adapted into a film and water to submerge all of North TV show. Since then, he’s produced and South America in one foot a new book or two each year, with of water. The lake is fed by some many of them ending up on screen. 200 rivers and contains 10% of He’s also on the board of directors the fresh water on Earth. of the Innocence Project.

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ONDAY EBRUARY M , F 8, 2021

Today is World Opera Day. The famous saying “It ain’t over ’til the fat

lady sings” references Brünnhilde’s long aria at the end of Richard Wagner’s Ring cycle of operas. Brünnhilde is often portrayed by a buxom soprano.

50 Years Ago Today Root of the Matter

On this day 50 years ago, the Devil’s advocate NASDAQ (National Association of Someone who plays devil’s advocate Securities Dealers and Automated argues an opposing point Quotations), the second-largest stock of view simply for exchange in the world (after the the of presenting New York Stock Exchange), was an alternative argument. founded in New York City. It was This term originated with the first computerized system the Roman Catholic Church. When a where securities could be traded person was chosen to be sainted, a electronically. Today, the NASDAQ lawyer officially known as the is the home of technology companies Promoter of the Faith, but commonly such as Apple, Tesla, Google, called the Devil’s advocate, was and Microsoft. Such companies appointed to argue against the are considered cutting edge and candidate’s canonization. This Devil’s advocate debated against the Promoter innovative, but also more volatile of Justice, or God’s advocate, who and unpredictable. argued for sainthood.

Word Scramble Who Said So?

A L T R E T P This humorist for the Saturday

Talk on and on foolishly Evening Post said, “Scratch a dog

PRATTLE

ANSWER: and you’ll find a permanent job.”

Jones. P. Franklin

ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2021 On This Date 1775 – The British Parliament officially Quote of the Day declared the colony of Massachusetts to be in rebellion. “I still believe that everyone is beautiful in some way and 1895 – W. G. Morgan, a YMCA by seeing the beauty in physical education director in others we make ourselves Holyoke, Massachusetts, invented more beautiful.” the game of volleyball. 1907 – In the largest demonstration ~ Carole King to date, 3,000 women marched in London in support of votes for women. It had a considerable Happy Birthday! impact on public awareness and the movement’s future tactics. Carole King, born in 1942, is a legendary American singer- 1964 – The Beatles made their debut songwriter. King on The Ed Sullivan Show. More than had 118 pop hits on 73 million people tuned in. the Billboard Hot 100 between 1955 1969 – The Boeing 747 made its first and 1999. Her first commercial flight. It was the world’s No. 1 runaway hit, largest airplane, and it ushered in the “Will You Love Me jumbo jet age. Tomorrow,” was written when she A Few Carole King Hits was just 17 years old. King has had a longtime friendship with musician Little Eva, “The Loco-Motion” James Taylor, who is a frequent The Beatles, “Chains” collaborator. Her autobiography, A Natural Woman: A Memoir, was The Chiffons, “One Fine Day” published in 2012. The Broadway The Drifters, “Up on the Roof” version, Beautiful, opened in 2014.

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UESDAY EBRUARY T , F 9, 2021

Today is Toothache Day, a day to appreciate the work of dentists and to recognize the importance of good oral hygiene. A toothache is scientifically

known as “odontalgia” and is often caused by tooth decay or gum disease.

Golden Memories Where Am I?

On this day 50 years ago, Leroy This English island was transformed “Satchel” Paige was nominated to the from a rural backwater to a resort Baseball Hall of Fame, destination after Queen becoming the first Negro established it as her winter home. I League player to receive visit Osborne House, her former the honor. Paige received royal residence, and am fascinated the nickname “Satchel” as by her “bathing machine,” her a boy when he earned money carrying beachside changing room on travelers’ bags at train stations. Paige wheels. The island is also believed was feared by batters for both to be haunted. I don’t dare visit the his devastating fastball and his ruins of Knighton Gorges Manor, dazzling “delayed” delivery. He where ghostly gargoyles guard the would eventually add a variety of gates. If only I were here in June, I curveballs to his pitching repertoire, could attend its world famous music

mixing both speeds and arm angles. festival. Where am I?

Isle of Wight, England Wight, of Isle ANSWER: Paige’s expert delivery of off-speed pitches allowed him to extend his career for decades. Buy a Vowel What’s in a Name? V _ L _ _ B L _

This colorfully-named

pop musician was born Worth a great deal

VALUABLE ANSWER:

Alecia Beth Moore. P!nk P!nk ANSWER:

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2021 On This Date 1946 – The Royal Navy launched Quote of the Day the HMS Dreadnought, the first modern battleship with fast steam “Be kind to people on the way turbine engines and large guns. The up—you’ll meet them again launch sparked a naval arms race. on your way down.” 1946 – Gangster “Lucky” Luciano ~ Jimmy Durante was deported to Italy, capping a deal that commuted his prison sentence in return for Navy/Mafia collaboration during WWII. Happy Birthday! 1949 – The Arthur Miller play Jimmy Durante (1893–1980) was Death of a Salesman, starring Lee J. a singer, pianist, comedian, and Cobb and Arthur Kennedy, made its actor. Born to Italian immigrants in Broadway debut. the Lower East Side of New York 2009 – For the first time, a City, he dropped out of school in hypervelocity collision occurred the seventh grade to become a full- between two satellites (Cosmos time ragtime pianist. Durante’s 2251 and Iridium 33). The impact gravelly delivery, jazz-influenced speed was about 26,000 mph. songs, and large nose (nicknamed “Schnozzola”) helped make him one Trivia for the Birds of America’s most A hummingbird weighs less than a familiar and popular nickel. Hummingbirds flap their wings personalities from between 50 and 70 times a second. It the 1920s through is the only bird that can fly backward. the 1960s. In 1934, he composed “Inka Dinka Doo,” which became his theme song for the remainder of his career.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Today is All the News That’s Fit to Print Day. On this day in 1897, the New York

Times newspaper first used the slogan “All the news that’s fit to print.” The phrase was first featured on the editorial page but was later moved to the front page.

Silver Memories Think-tionary

meraki On this day 25 years ago, the IBM computer Deep Blue became the A. Perform with more than effort, first machine to win a chess game but with love, , and creativity against a human, World Champion or Garry Kasparov. The opponents played six games under B. To become incapacitated by a

conditions. The match drew an lack of certainty

meraki. with cooked but cook,

NSWER: A. My grandmother did not just just not did grandmother My A. NSWER: audience of chess players and A computer scientists, but its man- versus-machine storyline also made Toys of Yesteryear popular headlines. No one was more shocked than Kasparov at his initial E. Joseph Cossman defeat after just 37 moves, but the brought the “spud gun” champion would eventually go on to to the masses. The defeat Deep Blue with an overall toymaker who created score of 4–2. the gun manufactured 100,000 but only sold 10,000. Cossman bought the Word Scramble remainder and soon learned, to his delight, that the United States was in U T L V A the middle of a potato glut. He ordered five tons of potatoes to be dumped on An underground

his New York City sidewalk, a media

storage chamber

VAULT ANSWER: stunt that helped him sell two million of the toys.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 On This Date 1531 – A decree of convocation Quote of the Day recognized King Henry VIII of England as supreme head of the “There are no regrets in life, Church of England. just lessons.” 1922 – Frederick Grant Banting ~ announced the discovery of insulin, used to treat diabetes, at the University of Toronto. He received a Nobel Prize in medicine in 1923, Happy Birthday! and the Government of Canada Jennifer Aniston, born in 1969, is granted him a lifetime annuity to an American actress continue his work. who grew up in . She started 1943 – Ottawa imposed severe wartime acting at a young gasoline rationing of 10 gallons a age, in month for each car. the footsteps of 1977 – A fisherman caught a her , fellow 20.2-kilogram lobster off Nova Scotia. actors Nancy Dow and John Aniston, The heaviest known crustacean, it of fame. Aniston was sold to a restaurant. is best known for playing Rachel on the seminal late-1990s sitcom Friends, which ran from 1994 to Doggone Good Trivia 2004. Aniston successfully segued her TV fame into a prominent The expression three-dog night movie career with such films asBruce originated with the Inuit and means Almighty, The Break-Up, Marley “a very cold night”—so cold that & Me, and We’re the Millers. Most you have to bed down with three recently, she’s starring in the current dogs to keep warm. Apple TV+ drama The Morning Show.

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HURSDAY EBRUARY T , F 11, 2021

Today is Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day. This common phrase is

believed to have come from fairy lore. Accidentally spilling milk was believed to be an offering to the fairies and nothing to be concerned about.

Gadgets & Gizmos Wild Kingdom

The platypus is already considered one of the world’s most unique animals. This furry, semiaquatic mammal lays eggs, has a duck’s bill and a beaver-like tail, and males are venomous. It may sound impossible, but this weird animal has just gotten weirder. Scientists recently The charging cord bracelet is the discovered that when put under latest in wearable technology. You ultraviolet light, a platypus’ fur glows no longer have to pack or carry a green and blue. Biofluorescence, or charging cord for your smartphone. the absorption and re-emittance of This cord doubles as a fashionable light as a different color, is common braided leather bracelet so if your among fish and birds, but extremely phone runs out of juice, simply plug rare for a mammal. Why do they one end into a USB charger. glow? Scientists don’t know.

Buy a Vowel Who Said So?

C _ R _ C _ T _ R _ This female aviatrix, holder of many world records and flying firsts, said, A picture of a person with

“Courage is the price that life

exaggerated features

CARICATURE ANSWER: extracts for granting peace.”

Earhart Amelia ANSWER:

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2021 On This Date Quote of the Day 1909 – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People “Whatever you are, (NAACP) was founded in New be a good one.” York City. ~ Abraham Lincoln 1912 – Hsian-T’ung, the last of , was forced to abdicate, ending 2,000 years of imperial rule. Happy Birthday! Only six years old, he was allowed Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) was to keep his residence in ’s the 16th president of the United Forbidden City. States. He grew up on farms in 2001 – The Near-Earth Asteroid Kentucky and Indiana but preferred Rendezvous (NEAR) Shoemaker reading, writing, and academics to spacecraft set down on the asteroid the hard labor of tending the land. , becoming the first human- However, the 6-foot, 4-inch young made object to land on an asteroid. man was known for his strength Animal Trivia and skill with an axe. He became a lawyer and prominent political Venomous snakes are immune to their leader, serving in own venom. Think about how often the Illinois House of you have bitten your lip, tongue, or Representatives and inside of your cheek. There’s a real the U.S. chance of a snake accidentally biting before becoming itself, and so snakes have developed president in 1861. an immunity to their own toxin. He led the country through the American Civil War, preserving the Union and abolishing slavery. Lincoln was assassinated just days after the war’s end by a Confederate sympathizer.

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RIDAY EBRUARY F , F 12, 2021

Today is the start of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Ox. The Ox is the second sign of the Chinese zodiac and is believed to exude quiet strength.

Oxen are powerful, balanced, and they persevere to accomplish their goals.

Picture of the Day Only Human

Doctors have discovered a unique way of measuring how stressed out a person is: by studying their earwax. The study shows that the stress hormone cortisol is present in the oily secretions of the ear canal. While cortisol can be found in the blood and even in hair follicles, I had a bad feeling that Joey’s new earwax seems to provide both an year was going to start out on the easy to find and accurate measure of wrong foot. the “fight-or-flight” hormone. Doctors theorize that measurements Now it’s your turn to come up with of cortisol can help better diagnose a good caption. people who struggle with mental Word to the Wise health problems.

Judging by its recent inclusion of the Whatchamacallit? word athleisure, even the dictionary What do you call a group has decided to relax. Athleisure is a of whales? combination of the words athletic and gam blubber leisure and is defined as “casual,

comfortable clothing or footwear streak drove

GAM designed to be suitable for both ANSWER: exercise and everyday wear.”

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2021 On This Date 1689 – King William III and Queen Mary II were proclaimed corulers Quote of the Day of England, Scotland, and Ireland. “You can’t cheat the Mary inherited the throne from her , James II, but agreed to share public for long.” power with her Dutch , ~ Ernie Ford William of . 1947 – Vern “Dry Hole” Hunter struck oil near Leduc, Alberta. The discovery transformed the Alberta Happy Birthday! economy. Oil and gas supplanted farming and the province became Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991) one of the richest in the country. was a popular American singer and television host who 2011 – On federal lands just outside found success in a of Yellowstone National Park, the variety of musical Umatilla tribe were able to hunt bison styles including pop, for the first time in over 100 years, country, gospel, and restoring a sacred tradition. rockabilly. Ford, whose name honors his Tennessee roots, was known for his rich baritone voice. He began his career as a radio announcer, studied Did You Know? classical music at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and served On March 1, 1872, President in the U.S. Army Air Corps in Ulysses S. Grant signed the law World War II. His top songs include that created Yellowstone National “The Shotgun Boogie” and “Sixteen Park. It is believed to be the first Tons,” his 1955 take on the Merle national park in the world. Travis standard and colossal hit.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Today is Galentine’s Day. Originally a holiday created on the sitcom Parks and Recreation, Galentine’s Day has evolved into a full-fledged holiday,

with girlfriends celebrating their on the day before Valentine’s Day.

Eye in the Sky You Are What You Eat

SpaceX, the private aerospace company Sarma comes from the Turkish word owned by Tesla founder Elon Musk, sarmak, which means reached a major milestone this “to wrap in,” for the past November when it launched food is made by an international crew of astronauts wrapping a filling in into space. After years of testing grape leaves, cabbage, unmanned rockets, it was the first sauerkraut leaves, collard greens, manned crew to use the privately or swiss chard. The filling is a funded commercial Crew Dragon. mixture of minced meat, rice, herbs, The launch was a joint venture and seasonings. This warm and between SpaceX and NASA, with comforting dish is often eaten in the SpaceX commanding the spacecraft wintertime or reserved for special and NASA overseeing its rendezvous occasions. While sarma is believed with the International Space Station. to have originated in the Ottoman NASA plans to use SpaceX rockets Empire, its popularity has spread to for many future trips into space and the Balkans, the South Caucasus, and to distant planets. throughout the Middle East.

Word Scramble High Five

R L U B T A U Can you name the world’s five most

advanced space agencies?

Long, round, and hollow (Canada)

CSA (Europe), ESA (), JAXA (Russia),

TUBULAR ANSWER:

Roscosmos States), (United NASA ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Happy Quote of the Day Valentine’s “A happy person is not a Day! person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather During the , it was a person with a certain commonly believed in France and set of attitudes.” England that February 14 was the ~ Hugh Downs beginning of birds’ mating season, which added to the idea that Valentine’s Day should be a day for romance. Happy Birthday! On This Date Hugh Downs (1921–2020) was a TV announcer, news anchor, and 1927 – Conn Smythe acquired the producer. Downs was a popular Toronto St. Patrick’s hockey team television host on many programs, and renamed them the Maple Leafs. including NBC’s Today from Although the Maple Leafs have won 1962 to 1971, the 13 Stanley Cups, they have not won Concentration game one since 1967. show from 1958 to 2005 – YouTube was launched by a 1969, and ABC’s group of college students, eventually 20/20, with cohost becoming the largest video-sharing , website in the world. from 1978 to 1999. Downs, who grew up in Ohio, started Trivia for the Birds working in radio in 1939 before When two lovebirds appear to be turning to television in 1945. He kissing, they are actually grooming thrived as an announcer on numerous each other with their bills to shows, such as The Home Show and keep clean and neat. Tonight Starring Jack Paar.

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UNDAY EBRUARY S , F 14, 2021

Today is Valentine’s Day and also Frederick Douglass Day. Douglass knew his birth month to be February, but not the specific day. He remembered his

mother giving him a cake in the shape of a heart, so he chose Valentine’s Day.

Centennial Memories Root of the Matter

On this day 100 years ago, the comic Pony Up Gasoline Alley introduced baby If you are told to pony up, then you’re Skeezix (a cowboy slang being asked to pay off a bet or pay word for a motherless calf). back a debt. Some folks believe The strip had largely that the expression originated in the revolved around the life of 16th century thanks to a Latin Walt Wallet, a bachelor. Skeezix translation of Psalm 119, which was was introduced so the strip would commonly sung on March 25, the first appeal to women readers. Wallet payday of the year. The psalm found the baby on his doorstep and featured the Latin phrase legem pone, from that day forward, Gasoline meaning “payment of money.” The Alley would become the first comic use of this phrase on the first payday strip to feature characters that aged transformed pone into a slang phrase normally. Skeezix grew up, fought in for “money” or “pay.” Pone then World War II, got married, and even turned into pony out and pony up. became a retired grandfather.

Who Said So? Buy a Vowel

This tennis champ and victor of the B _ Q _ _ _ T H Battle of the Sexes, said, “A champion is afraid of losing. Leave something to

Everyone else is afraid of winning.” someone else BEQUEATH ANSWER:

King Jean Billie ANSWER:

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2021 On This Date 1932 – George Burns and Gracie Allen Quote of the Day debuted as regulars on The Guy Lombardo “I have never met a man so Show on CBS radio. ignorant that I couldn’t learn The couple was so something from him.” popular that they ~ Galileo Galilei would soon have their own show, The Burns & Allen Show. George and Gracie continued on radio for 18 years Happy Birthday! before making the switch to TV. All in all, they were a big hit for three decades. Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) was an Italian astronomer, 1965 – The official ceremony engineer, physicist, inaugurating the new Canadian flag philosopher, and was held on Parliament Hill in mathematician who Ottawa. The Canadian Red Ensign is known as the was lowered, and then, at the stroke “father of modern of noon, the new Maple Leaf flag science.” Although was raised. In honour of this event, Galileo did not invent the telescope, February 15 has been designated he improved the device and used it National Flag of Canada Day. to observe celestial bodies. He noted Animal Trivia the phases of Venus, rings around Saturn, satellites orbiting Jupiter, The Brazilian wandering is the and sunspots. He also supported the world’s most venomous spider. Its view that planets revolve around toxin is nearly 20 times deadlier than the sun, not Earth. The Vatican that of the black widow spider. considered these views heresy and They can grow to have a leg placed Galileo under house arrest span of up to five inches. for the last nine years of his life.

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ONDAY EBRUARY M , F 15, 2021

Today is Presidents’ Day in the United States. In 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in order to create three-day weekends. Washington’s

birthday celebration was then moved to the third Monday in February.

Centennial Memories What Am I?

On this day 100 years ago, six months At first, I was just some electronic after the ratification of the 19th sensors in a wooden box, a rather amendment granting women the right unremarkable prototype that even my to vote, a statue commemorating inventors did not have much faith in. suffragists Susan B. Anthony, When I was unveiled at a 2008 Lucretia Mott, and conference, 2,000 fans pre-ordered Elizabeth Cady Stanton me. Worn on the wrist, I am so much was unveiled in the U.S. more than a watch, though I do tell Capitol Rotunda. The time. I was originally used to track very next day the statue health information like how many was moved to the Capitol Crypt, steps a person walked or how many which amounted to an underground flights of stairs they climbed, but now broom closet. Not until May 14, 1997, I include an altimeter, a stopwatch,

and even a sleep tracker. What am I?

Fitbit A was the statue finally put back ANSWER: on display in the Rotunda, memorializing women’s fight for Word Wise equal rights and honoring the Which word is not like the others? sculptor, Adelaide Johnson.

confiscate ruminate

Riddle Me This

cogitate deliberate

over. think chicken a Why did the rooster cross the road? to mean others the property; someone’s

wasn’t he everyone show To ANSWER:

To confiscate is to seize seize to is confiscate To ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021 On This Date 1923 – Archaeologist Howard Quote of the Day Carter opened the “I have come to the personal sealed sepulchral conclusion that while all artists chamber of King are not chess players, all Tutankhamen’s tomb in Thebes, Egypt, chess players are artists.” where he found the ~ Marcel Duchamp famous mummy. 1940 – The RCAF’s No. 110 Army Cooperation Squadron sailed for Happy Birthday! Britain. The unit was the first of 48 Vera Menchik (1906–1944) was the squadrons to go overseas. first women’s chess world champion, 1949 – The House of Commons passed a title she held from 1927 until 1944, the Newfoundland Union Act by a vote when she, her sister, and her mother of 140–47. Newfoundland officially were all killed in a V-1 bombing joined Canada on March 31, 1949. attack on their South London home. The chess master, 1971 – , under who grew up in opposition attack in the Commons, Moscow, first learned uttered an apparently inappropriate to play at age nine. expression that he later described as Menchik excelled at “fuddle duddle.” the game in her youth, Animal Trivia but her prowess really took off under the tutelage of the Hastings Chess Humans have as many hairs per Club, which she joined after moving square inch on their bodies as to England in 1921. By 1925, she chimpanzees. You don’t see all was the best female player in the of them because most are too country and bested many top male fine and light to be noticed. chess champions as well.

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UESDAY EBRUARY T , F 16, 2021

Today is the day of the Pancake Races in England. Pancake races are a Shrove Tuesday tradition, a time for indulgence before Lent. Wearing chef’s

hats and aprons, racers run laps while flipping pancakes in a frying pan.

Think-tionary 50 Years Ago Today

eccedentesiast On this day 50 years ago, President A. Someone who is constantly Richard Nixon’s secret taping system distracted and cannot participate made its first recording. On that in the present morning Nixon declared, “I will not be

or transcribed.” He could not have known that less than three years later his secret B. Someone who hides their real taping system would be exposed

feelings behind a fake smile during a Senate investigation on

sad. sad. was I why knew longer no I long so for

eccedentesiast an been had I B. NSWER:

A Capitol Hill and he would forever be linked to the bugging of the When Was It? Democratic National Committee’s offices at Watergate. Nixon was not the It was during this year that the first to implement secret recordings. He miniseries Roots premiered on was the sixth president in a row to do ABC. Sugar Ray Leonard made his so. But Nixon’s secret taping professional boxing debut. The contributed to his political downfall, space shuttle took its first flight atop ending the practice. a Boeing 747. The planet Uranus was Buy a Vowel discovered to have rings. The first Star Wars movie was C _ _ T _ _ _ S

released, and Space Mountain Careful to avoid danger

CAUTIOUS

opened at Disneyland. When was it? ANSWER: 1977 ANSWER:

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2021 On This Date 1801 – Thomas Jefferson was declared President Quote of the Day of the United States after the U.S. House “I am a great believer in luck of Representatives and I find the harder I work, broke the electoral the more I have of it.” college tie in his favor. ~ Thomas Jefferson His vice president was Aaron Burr. 1932 – Albert Johnson, the “Mad Trapper of Rat River,” was killed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in a shootout, concluding a 48-day Happy Birthday! manhunt in the . Aviator Wop Martha Henry, born in 1938, is a May played a key role in tracking him. Canadian stage, film, and television 2000 – Ottawa announced it was actress. An early graduate from the taking the $1,000 bill out of National Theatre School in Montreal, circulation, since it was being used she very quickly became a leading for criminal purposes. actress at the Stratford Festival, appearing in leading roles from the late Daily Trivia 1960s until the early 1980s. Henry was The Gold Building in Toronto artistic director of houses the Royal Bank of Canada. the Grand Theatre Its 14,000 windows are coated with in London, Ontario, a thin film of gold. The reflective from 1988 to 1994. In 2007, she was properties of the 2,500 ounces appointed director of Stratford’s of gold help to reduce heating Birmingham Conservatory for Classical and cooling costs. Theatre Training.

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EDNESDAY EBRUARY W , F 17, 2021

Today is My Way Day, a day honoring the phrase “My way or the highway.” But it would be foolish to expect everything to go your way today, no matter how

many times you play that Frank Sinatra classic “My Way.”

Wild Kingdom Only Human

Wrinkle-faced bats may be one of It’s not every day that new organs are the world’s ugliest animals thanks to discovered in the human body, but their remarkably puckered faces. researchers at the Cancer Apparently, female wrinkle-faced Institute believe they have done just bats think so, too. that. Salivary glands were discovered During mating season, in the nasopharynx, the upper part of male bats a flap of the throat behind the nose. The furry skin over their discovery could be a godsend to faces like a mask, hiding cancer patients undergoing radiation their wrinkles. They then “sing” an therapy. Such therapies can damage ultrasonic song to attract females. salivary glands, leading to trouble These small bats are so reclusive that eating, swallowing, and speaking. The this practice of masking wasn’t discovery of these new glands can known until some nature guides in direct radiation therapies away from Costa Rica stumbled upon the bats their location, improving the quality of during a midnight nature walk. life for cancer patients.

Word Wise Who Said So? Which word is not like the others? This former first lady said, “If you Scorpio Libra bungle raising your children then I

Aquarius Orion don’t think whatever else you do

others are zodiac constellations. constellations. zodiac are others

matters very much.” Orion is a constellation; the the constellation; a is Orion ANSWER: Jacqueline Kennedy Kennedy Jacqueline ANSWER:

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021 On This Date 1930 – Clyde Tombaugh discovered Quote of the Day Pluto, which is now classified as a minor planet. “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t 1943 – The Nazis arrested and later been written yet, then executed three members of the you must write it.” White Rose movement. The group was responsible for a leaflet and ~ Toni Morrison graffiti campaign that called for active opposition to Adolf Hitler. Today, members of the White Rose are honored in Germany amongst its Happy Birthday! greatest heroes, since they opposed Toni Morrison (1931–2019) was the Third Reich in the face of almost an acclaimed best-selling novelist, certain death. book editor, essayist, and writing professor who grew up in Ohio. 1979 – Snow fell in the Sahara The Howard University graduate Desert in southern Algeria for the won the Pulitzer only time in recorded history. Prize for her 1987 novel Beloved. In 1993, Morrison was Celebrity Trivia awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, In 2010, during the first episode of becoming the first the final season of her talk show, woman of African descent to do so. Oprah Winfrey announced that Some of her other novels include she would be taking her entire The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, studio audience on an eight-day, Sula, Jazz, and A Mercy. Morrison expenses-paid trip to Australia, also wrote plays, nonfiction, and with John Travolta as pilot. children’s literature.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Today is Cow Milked While Flying in an Airplane Day. During the 1931 International Air Exposition in St. Louis, a Guernsey cow named Nellie Jay

was milked aboard a plane and her milk parachuted to spectators below.

Gadgets & Gizmos The Games People Play

Picigin is a popular game played on the beaches of Split in Croatia. Legend has it that the game was invented in 1908 by students visiting the beach. They wanted to play water polo, but the water was so shallow that they invented a new game where players in shallow, ankle-deep water must cooperate to keep a small ball It’s a Rubik’s Cube for the out of the water. Players stand in a 21st century. The GoCube tracks all circle and use their hands to keep a your moves via your smartphone ball in the air, similar to volleyball so you can track your progress. The but without a net. The ball is actually app presents cube challenges, and a tennis ball stripped of its fuzz. you can even compete with other Die-hard traditionalists play picigin players using their GoCube. on the beach on New Year’s Day,

despite freezing water temperatures. Word Scramble Name Three N D A R Y L A Can you name three U.S. states that

Cord or strap worn

begin with the letter I? Idaho

around the neck LANYARD ANSWER: Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2021 On This Date 1878 – Thomas Edison patented Quote of the Day a music player (phonograph) at “If you can’t change his laboratory your fate, change in Menlo Park, your attitude.” New Jersey. His first recording ~ Amy Tan was made when he recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into a horn, which transmitted Happy Birthday! vibrations to a needle that scribed a recording on a cylinder rotated by hand. Amy Tan, born in 1952, is an American writer best known for 1942 – In two raids, 242 Japanese aircraft attacked the Australian city her phenomenally successful 1989 of Darwin, inflicting heavy losses novel The Joy Luck Club, which on Allied forces. The assault was was made into a hit movie in both the first and the largest attack 1993. Tan, the daughter of Chinese mounted by Japan against Australia. immigrants, grew up in Oakland, California. Some of her other books 1984 – Gaétan Boucher from include The Kitchen God’s Wife, Charlesbourg, Quebec, won two The Bonesetter’s Daughter, and gold medals (1000-meter and The Valley of Amazement. In 2017, 1500-meter) and a bronze medal in she published Where speed skating at the Winter Olympic the Past Begins: A Games in Sarajevo. Writer’s Memoir. Daily Trivia She has also written two children’s books, In 19th-century Britain, opium for including Sagwa, the babies was marketed under the Chinese Siamese Cat, which became name “Quietness.” an animated TV show on PBS.

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RIDAY EBRUARY F , F 19, 2021

Today is Lashes Day, a day to appreciate eyelashes. In 1902, British hairdresser

Karl Nessler created the first artificial eyelashes. Long before Nessler, men of ancient Egypt darkened their lashes to shield their eyes from the sun.

Picture of the Day Who Am I?

At age 15, I was already driving and taking care of my father’s car. After graduating from high school, I joined the Army Air Corps and became a pilot. At age 29, I began racing cars, and in 1956 and ’57, I was declared Sports Illustrated’s Driver of the Year. I retired from driving in 1960 for health reasons You don’t want to pet my kitty. She and then opened a high- has a tendency to lash out. performance driving school and

Now it’s your turn to come up with began designing my own cars. My a good caption. name would become synonymous

with sports cars like the Cobra and

Shelby Carroll Word to the Wise Mustang. Who am I? ANSWER:

The dictionary has added the phrase built-in obsolescence, which Word Wise means “the practice where a Which word is not like the others? product is deliberately intended to become non-functional, obsolete, or cheetah ostrich

undesirable after a limited lifespan.” emu hyena

Anyone who owns an iPhone should Africa. to unique are animals other the Emus are found only in Australia; Australia; in only found are Emus

have seen this word coming. ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2021 On This Date 1915 – The World’s Fair opened in Quote of the Day San Francisco, feting the rebuilding “Music is in my DNA.” of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and the Panama Canal. ~ Rihanna 1937 – The first successful flying car was completed. Dubbed the Arrowbile, the vehicle claimed a Happy Birthday! top speed of 120 mph in the air and 70 mph on a road. Rihanna, born in 1988, is one of the most successful female musicians of all time, with an estimated net worth of around 1959 – The Canadian Government $600 million. The canceled the Avro Canada Arrow Barbadian singer interceptor aircraft due to budget moved to America in 2005 after issues. This put more than 14,000 signing with the Def Jam label. Since employees out of work. The day then, she’s released eight albums, became known as “Black Friday” in selling more than 250 million records the Canadian aviation industry. and racking up 14 No. 1 singles and 1962 – America’s first space hero, plenty of awards, including nine John Glenn, orbited Earth three Grammy Awards and 13 American times in four hours and 56 minutes. Music Awards. Some of Rihanna’s top hits include “Only (in the Did You Know? World),” “We Found Love,” and (the voice of “Stay.” The versatile singer is also ) and an enterprising businesswoman (the voice of ) who started two beauty and fashion were married in real life. brands, Fenty Beauty and Fenty.

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ATURDAY EBRUARY S , F 20, 2021

Today is Women in Blue Jeans Day, honoring rural women who wear blue jeans while they work hard to get things done. Each year, Women in Blue Jeans

hold a weekend-long conference highlighting the interests of rural women.

You Are What You Eat Eye in the Sky

Order a pizza Margherita and you’ll Pictures of Mars brought to Earth by likely get a plain pizza with tomato NASA’s rovers depict a dry and sauce and cheese. So why is a plain lifeless environment of red dust. But pizza called Margherita? In June of growing evidence suggests that vast 1889, shortly after the unification of networks of subglacial lakes exist northern and southern underground. One such lake likely Italy, Margherita of exists beneath Mars’ southern polar Savoy, the Queen of Italy, ice cap. Here, the water is so salty visited Naples with King and under so much pressure from the Umberto I. She asked the weight of the overlying ice cap that it most famous pizzamaker in town, can stay in liquid form, as opposed to Raffaele Esposito, to make her a pizza. turning to vapor, as has been found in He used tomatoes, mozzarella, and basil—red, white, and green, the three other regions on Mars. Scientists colors of the Italian flag—as his believe that if any life exists on Mars, ingredients. He named his dish the it would most likely be found living pizza Margherita in the queen’s honor. in these vast underground lakes.

Who Said So? Buy a Vowel This U.S. Supreme Court Justice, the court’s first Latina, said, “Don’t M _ S _ S _

mistake politeness for lack Wrong or improper use

MISUSE

of strength.” ANSWER: Sotomayor Sonia ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2021 On This Date 1947 – Edwin Land introduced the world to instant photography by Quote of the Day demonstrating his Polaroid Land “I dreamed of fashion Camera with self-developing film to as a little boy.” the Optical Society of America. ~ Hubert de 1972 – Richard Nixon arrived in China for a weeklong goodwill visit. The trip came as a complete surprise to Americans and received very positive press coverage. “Nixon Happy Birthday! going to China” has since become Hubert de Givenchy (1927–2018) a metaphor for an unexpected or was a designer who uncharacteristic action by a politician. founded the house of Givenchy. He 1981 – Dolly Parton reached the was famous for designing much of top spot on the pop ’s wardrobe as well music charts with her as iconic clothing for original song “9 to 5.” Jacqueline Kennedy. The hit was written Artistic professions for a movie of the ran in his family, and same name starring at age 17, he moved Parton, Lily Tomlin, to Paris, where he and Jane Fonda. studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. One Daily Trivia of his most famous designs was the Audrey Hepburn was a close friend black dress Audrey Hepburn wore in of French designer Givenchy, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Other famous referring to the designer as clients included , her “best friend” while he , , and considered her his “sister.” Maria Callas.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2021

On this day in 1885, the Washington Monument was dedicated in Washington, D.C., the day before George Washington’s birthday. It was the

world’s tallest man-made structure until it was surpassed by the Eiffel Tower.

Garden Party Root of the Matter

Plants and trees do move, but they do Go Dutch it so slowly that human eyes cannot If a couple decides to go Dutch on a perceive their movements. Not so date, then they have agreed that they with the telegraph plant, also known will each pay for themselves. Some as the dancing plant. Its leaves act as trace this phrase back to the period surprisingly active organs, with of the Anglo-Dutch Wars in the leaflets moving visibly 17th century. Britain and the throughout the day. Netherlands fought constantly over Strangely, turn on trade routes, and the British then began some music and the to use the term Dutch to describe plant will move even anyone cheap. Others link the term to faster! How does it the Pennsylvania Dutch, a group that move? At the base of a stalk is a had a reputation for always paying its pulvinus, a concentration of cells that debts. In the early 19th century, many can quickly move water using Dutch expressions began to appear in osmosis. These cells inflate or deflate America, such as Dutch treat, Dutch as water moves in or out, causing the lunch, and go Dutch. leaves to “dance.”

Word Scramble What’s in a Name?

I M T M S U This beloved comedic centenarian

was born Nathan Birnbaum. The highest point of a mountain

SUMMIT ANSWER: Burns George

ANSWER: ANSWER:

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2021 On This Date Quote of the Day 1797 – French troops landed on the Welsh coast in the last invasion “In the end, some of your of Britain. The townswomen of greatest pains become your Fishguard disguised themselves as greatest strengths.” soldiers to fool the invaders into thinking they were outnumbered. ~ Drew Barrymore 1893 – The Quebec Legislature declared beer containing not over 4% alcohol to be a “temperance Happy Birthday! drink.” Many full-strength beers Drew Barrymore, born in 1975, falsely advertised 4% alcohol in is an American actress, producer, order to meet this requirement. entrepreneur, and scion of the iconic Barrymore theatrical family. She 1990 – Alberta native k.d. lang won found fame in her own right as a , the Grammy Award as top female with her role as Gertie in the 1982 country singer in the U.S. Her career blockbuster E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. received a huge boost when Roy The beloved, charming rom-com Orbison chose her to record a duet star struggled with of his standard “Crying.” a troubled homelife Doggone Trivia and the perils that often accompany Poodles originated in Germany rather child stardom. She than France. They were originally ultimately overcame used as hunting dogs. The dog’s thick these challenges and coat was a hindrance in water and hasn’t stopped working since. Some of thick brush, so hunters sheared the her projects include Boys on the Side, hindquarters, leaving cuffs around The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates, the ankles and hips to protect Ever After, Never Been Kissed, and against rheumatism. Santa Clarita Diet.

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ONDAY EBRUARY M , F 22, 2021

Today is Woolworth’s Day. On this day in 1878, Frank Woolworth opened his store in Utica, New York. Woolworth’s was the first store to put products

out for customers to handle without the assistance of a store clerk.

Think-tionary Weather or Not

sweven During some lightning storms, rare conical streaks of blue light can be A. To repair a rift between two seen erupting from the top of a people or opposing factions thundercloud upward into the or atmosphere. These elusive “blue jets”

B. A vision seen in a dream or were first recorded in 1989 by the

while sleeping space shuttle as it passed over

girl because she came to me in a sweven. a in me to came she because girl Australia. One reason this type of

ANSWER: B. I knew we would have a baby baby a have would we knew I B. ANSWER: lighting is so rare might be because it Toys of Yesteryear is so hard to see. Although blue jets are bright blue and may sprout more In 1920, following the invention of than 20 miles into the sky from a rubber, the paddle ball toy was thundercloud, the flashes are so fast invented. But long before this toy was that they escape detection with the commercialized, kids in the naked eye. colonial era created paddle toys out of hornbooks. A Whatchamacallit? hornbook was a piece of What do you call a group of paper depicting letters or turtles ?

words to be learned mounted on a handled flock mound

wooden paddle. The paper was bale troop

bale protected by a piece of cow’s horn so ANSWER: thin it could be seen through.

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2021 On This Date 1905 – Paul Harris founded the Humor of the Day Rotary Club in . The club got its name because the members “It’s always a little rotated meeting places. mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors 1909 – J. Douglas McCurdy flew the know who I am.” Alexander Graham Bell-designed Silver Dart at an altitude of about ~ Emily Blunt 10 meters for nearly one kilometer across Baddeck Bay. It was the first airplane flight in Canada and the first powered flight in the British Empire. Happy Birthday! , born in 1983, is a 1939 – The 11th Academy Awards Emily Blunt British American actress who, as were celebrated at the Los Angeles a child, struggled with stuttering. Biltmore Hotel. You Can’t Take It She credits a teacher for helping her with You won Best Picture. overcome the stutter through acting. 1970 – The Juno Awards were Blunt’s acting breakthrough came in presented for the first time to honor 2006 when she costarred in the highly the best Canadian musical artists successful comedy The Devil Wears and bands. Prada. In 2018, she starred alongside Fishy Fact her husband, John Goldfish lose their color if they are Krasinski, in the kept in dim horror film A Quiet light or if they Place. That same are placed in a year, she also starred body of running as Mary Poppins in the musical water, such as fantasy Mary Poppins Returns. She a stream. and Krasinski have two .

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UESDAY EBRUARY T , F 23, 2021

Today is Curling Is Cool Day. The sport of curling originated in Scotland in 1511, where teams would play on the icy surface of frozen lochs. Curling

stones are made of rare granite found in just two quarries: the Trefor Granite Quarry in Wales and from the island of Ailsa Craig in Scotland.

Where Am I? Wild Kingdom

This long, curved beach is Britain’s great fox-spider is so rare considered the most famous beach that it has only ever been seen in in the world. On one end stands an three locations throughout Dorset imposing fortress, a former fort that and Surrey. After is now a museum to the country’s they disappeared in military. But there is nothing stiff or 1993, the spider was formal about the beach itself, where thought to be extinct thousands jostle for a place to soak in the UK. When up the sun. February brings Carnival spider enthusiast Mike Waite and a massive parade that occupies rediscovered the species at a both the beach and the nearby Ministry of Defense training area

Palace hotel, an icon of this seaside last October, he was “over the

destination. Where am I? Janeiro, moon.” The large wolf spider lives

Copacabana Beach, Rio de de Rio Beach, Copacabana ANSWER: on the ground and is largely nocturnal, hunting at night with great speed and agility. Waite had Word Wise spent months searching the grounds Which word is not like the others? with a flashlight until he made the remarkable discovery. Cicero Titus

Punny Business

Augustus Nero

emperors. Roman were others the all but

Cicero was a Roman statesman, statesman, Roman a was Cicero ANSWER: ANSWER: I could really see myself in a job inspecting mirrors.

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2021 On This Date Quote of the Day 1582 – Pope Gregory XIII introduced the Gregorian calendar that we still “He who is too well off use today. Every is always longing for year that is exactly something new.” divisible by four is a leap year, except ~ Grimms’ fairy tale, “The Mouse, for years that are the Bird, and the Sausage” exactly divisible by 100. However, the centurial years that are exactly Happy Birthday! divisible by 400 are still leap years. Clear as mud? Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) was a German writer and half of the 1839 – William Otis received a patent Grimm along with his for the steam shovel. The machine older , Jacob. He and his was used for excavating earth for brother were two of railroads and canals. William Otis eight siblings. They was the older of Elisha Otis, were uncommonly of elevator fame. close, living and Animal Trivia working together for their entire lives. Parrots, most famous of They published their all talking birds, rarely celebrated collection of stories in acquire a vocabulary 1812. Originally titled Children’s of more than 20 words. and Tales, it’s now known However, the Timneh as Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Wilhelm grey and African grey suffered from a series of illnesses but species have been known was known as a skilled storyteller to have vocabularies in and spirited conversationalist who excess of 100 words. was popular in high society.

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EDNESDAY EBRUARY W , F 24, 2021

Today is National Tortilla Chip Day, a day set aside for the crunchy snack loved by millions across the nation, is observed annually on February 24th. In the 1940s, Rebecca Webb Carranza started selling the chips as a way to use the

misshapen tortillas that were rejected from the machines in her factory in L.A. The Games People Play Fashion of Yesteryear

The Sami people of first During the 1980s, pop music icon harnessed reindeer to pull them on Madonna may have single-handedly skis across the snow. This was started the jelly bracelet fad when she known as skijoring. In 1901, appeared wearing perhaps a hundred skijoring behind reindeer became an or more on one arm. Jelly bracelets, official sport at the Nordic Games in made of silicone, were Stockholm. Americans serving in cheap trinkets offered in Europe during World War II a rainbow variety of became familiar with the sport and colors. Costing as little as seven cents brought it to the American West, each, it was easy to buy them in where cowboys used ropes affixed bulk and mimic Madonna’s look. to saddle horns to pull skiers Accessorizing with the jelly bracelets behind horses. By the 1950s, became more sophisticated, with kids reindeer and horses were replaced braiding and knotting many bracelets with motorized snowmobiles and together so they could wear a greater motorcycles, turning skijoring into variety of colors at one time. an extreme sport. High Five

Word Scramble Can you name the five most

populous states in America?

E B C L R I S B million) (12.8 Pennsylvania 5.

million); (19.4 York New 4. million);

Write or draw carelessly (21.6 Florida 3. million); (29 Texas 2.

SCRIBBLE ANSWER:

million); (39.7 California 1. ANSWER:

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021 On This Date 1942 – The internment of about Quote of the Day 27,000 Japanese Canadians from British Columbia began for the “One must, from time to time, sake of “national security.” The attempt things that are program was financed in part by the beyond one’s capacity.” forced sale of property owned by the internees. It was not until April ~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1949 that all restrictions were lifted from Japanese Canadians. 1998 – Halifax-born singer Sarah McLachlan won a Happy Birthday! Best Female Pop Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) Vocal Grammy was a French Impressionist painter Award for her whose early works were snapshots song “Building of real life, full of sparkling color a Mystery.” and light. By the mid-1880s, he had Daily Trivia broken with this looser style to apply a more disciplined, formal technique Uppercase and lowercase letters are to portraits and figure paintings, so named because in the time when particularly of women. A prolific print had to be set in individual artist, he completed more than 1,000 letters, the capital letters were paintings during his career. Renoir stored in the case on top of the case continued to paint that stored the lowercase letters. even after arthritis severely limited his mobility in his later years. He said, “The pain passes, but the beauty remains.”

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Today is International Toast Day. Originally a holiday in England, Toast Day has since gained worldwide popularity. The humble slice of buttered

toast can be an excellent part of any meal: breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

Gadgets & Gizmos You Are What You Eat

In Japan, seaweed is a common ingredient in cooking. But not all seaweeds are the same. is a seaweed that is dried in sheets. It has a strong flavor and is commonly used to wrap . is technically not seaweed, but kelp, and has been eaten by the Japanese for thousands of The Toast Strips toast stamper years. Most of the kombu eaten in allows you to stamp your bread prior Japan is harvested from the frigid waters off Hokkaido. Kombu is used to toasting. When the toasted bread to make , a flavorful and savory pops up, you can enjoy tearing it stock that is used as the of into perfect strips. Perfect for so many Japanese dishes. The anyone who enjoys “eggs with taste comes from kombu. soldiers,” or dipping strips of toast into a soft boiled egg yolk. Word to the Wise

Buy a Vowel In the 13th century, the word girl referred to both young males and M _ L L _ F L _ _ _ S females. Females were called “gay

” and males were called “knave

Musical and pleasant to hear MELLIFLUOUS ANSWER: ANSWER: girls.” It wasn’t until the 1500s that girl denoted a specific .

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021 On This Date 1914 – HMHS Britannic, sister Quote of the Day ship of the Titanic, was launched. It “Success is having to worry was sunk in 1916 while serving as a about every damn thing in hospital ship during World War I—and the world, except money.” was the largest ship lost during the war. From a total of 1,066 people on ~ Johnny Cash board, 1,036 survived. 1981 – In a long night of punching, Happy Birthday! wrestling, and anarchy, the Boston Bruins and Minnesota North Stars Johnny Cash (1932–2003) was an played the most penalty-filled NHL iconic American musician with game to that date, a record 406 a distinctive, deep bass-baritone minutes of infractions. The dubious voice. Cash was known as “the Man achievement was exceeded by the in Black” and “the Undertaker” Flyers and the Ottawa for his wardrobe of black clothing. Senators in 2004. Many of his songs were inspired by the tough times his Animal Trivia family faced tending Years of research and observation the land on Arkansas have revealed that elephants farms, as well as are capable of joy, anger, grief, the gospel songs he and love. In fact, the emotional heard growing up. attachment elephants form toward Cash started his first family members rivals our own. band while serving in the air force in the early 1950s. He then moved to Memphis and found success with his rockabilly sound. Some of his hits include “I Walk the Line,” “Ring of Fire,” “A Boy Named Sue,” and “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town.”

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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Today is For Pete’s Sake Day. This expression is an example of a minced oath, where an inoffensive term is substituted for one considered offensive.

The name “Pete” is substituted for “God” or “Christ.” Some think that Pete was chosen for St. Peter, although the name Mike is also common.

Only Human Picture of the Day

While developing in the womb, humans have a temporary artery in their forearms that supplies blood and nutrients to our growing hands. But at around eight weeks, this artery disappears, leaving the work to two other major arteries in the arm. In rare cases, this artery continues its work, and some people are born with it. A hundred years ago only about

10% of people were born with the artery. Today, 30% of people still Saddle my finest steed. have it. Scientists think this is a I’m going riding. strange evolutionary achievement. For reasons still unknown, natural Now it’s your turn to come up selection has favored people who are with a good caption. born with this extra blood vessel.

Word Scramble Riddle Me This

C H M A L I W I S If you drop me, I’m sure to crack.

Give me a smile and I’m sure to Playfully fanciful or quaint

WHIMSICAL

smile back. What am I? ANSWER: mirror A ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2021 On This Date 1883 – Oscar Hammerstein of New Quote of the Day York City patented the first practical “Everyone has a gift for cigar-rolling machine. Oscar’s something, even if it is the grandson later made his own mark gift of being a good friend.” by writing music lyrics, teaming up frequently with Richard Rodgers. ~ Marian Anderson 1977 – Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones was arrested in Toronto for heroin possession. He was later Happy Birthday! found guilty but was released on the Marian Anderson (1897–1993) was condition that the Stones play two an American classical singer with benefit concerts. a rich, vibrant voice. Because she faced racial prejudice in the U.S., 1997 – Divorce became legal in Anderson embarked on a European Ireland. Today, about 10% of tour, where she was enthusiastically in Ireland end in separation received. In 1939, she was denied or divorce compared to about 40% permission to sing at Constitution in Canada. Hall in Washington, D.C. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt stepped in, and Anderson sang on the steps of the Did You Know? Lincoln Memorial instead, to the delight of 75,000 spectators and Mark Twain said, “I came in millions of listeners with Halley’s Comet in 1835. It on the radio. She is coming again next year, and I later became the first expect to go out with it.” He was African American right. He died on April 21, 1910, to perform with the one day after the comet’s closest Metropolitan Opera approach to Earth. in New York.

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ATURDAY EBRUARY S , F 27, 2021

Today is International Sword Swallowers Day. Sword swallowing is a dangerous art believed to have originated in India 4,000 years ago by shamans

who practiced it to demonstrate invulnerability and closeness to the gods.

Root of the Matter Eye in the Sky

Midas touch For years, bacteria have lived on the outside of the International Space Someone who has a Midas touch is Station (ISS). Life in said to have the uncanny ability to outer space is turn any business venture into great virtually impossible, profit. This phrase refers to the largely due to the Greek myth of King Midas, who was vacuum of space, granted a wish by Dionysus. He huge temperature fluctuations, and wished that everything he touched the constant bombardment of cosmic would turn to gold, but this included radiation: ultraviolet, gamma, and x- his food. Midas could not hug his rays. But extremophiles, organisms wife or children and soon realized that thrive in the most extreme that his wish was more like a curse. environments, are up to the Aristotle argued that Midas died of challenge. Experiments show that the starvation, but some versions of the bacteria Deinococcus radiodurans myth depict Midas losing the power has survived in space for three years, after bathing in the river Pactolus. perhaps providing a clue for how life began on Earth. Buy a Vowel Name Three R _ P R _ B _ T _ Can you name three African

An unprincipled person countries that begin with the

REPROBATE

ANSWER: ANSWER: letter T?

Tunisia Togo, Tanzania, ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2021 On This Date Quote of the Day 1825 – Britain and Russia signed a treaty settling the border between “You’ve gotta be original, Canada and Alaska, which was then because if you’re like a Russian possession. someone else, what do they need you for?” 1998 – Singer Celine Dion reached No. 1 on the ~ Bernadette Peters Billboard Hot 100 chart with “My Heart Will Go On.” Happy Birthday! The song stayed at Bernadette Peters, born in 1948, the top of the charts is an American actress, singer, and for 16 weeks. writer. Raised in Queens, New York, 2010 – Closing ceremonies for she started acting at age three and the Winter Olympic hasn’t stopped since. She’s known Games were held. The 2010 Winter for her many performances on Olympics were the third Olympics Broadway, including in the musicals hosted by Canada and the first by Mack and Mabel, the province of British Columbia. Song and Dance, The Canada won 14 gold medals, a Goodbye Girl, Annie record for the most gold medals won Get Your Gun, and at a single Winter Olympics. Hello, Dolly! Peters has won two Tony Awards and three Monkey Business Drama Desk Awards, among many other accolades for her work. She’s The three wise monkeys have also found success in television and names: Mizaru (see no evil), film, such as on The Muppet Show and Kikazaru (hear no evil), and The Carol Burnett Show, and in The Iwazaru (speak no evil). Jerk, Pennies from Heaven, and Annie.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2021

On this day in 1935, DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invented nylon. Nylon is a synthetic polymer made using petroleum. Scientists have now created

bio-nylon out of plant sugars, reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Think-tionary Golden Memories

mamaguy On this day 50 years ago, Evel

A. To deceive someone with flattery Knievel broke his own world record and untruths by jumping over 19 cars before the start of the Miller High Life 500 or stock car race in Ontario, California. B. A skin condition where the face The track hosted a sellout crowd

flushes and turns an unnaturally thanks to hosting its first NASCAR bright shade of pink or orange Grand National race. The 129-foot

constant mamaguy. mamaguy. constant jump was the daredevil’s longest,

ANSWER: A. I was easily duped by his his by duped easily was I A. ANSWER: and it set a record that would stand Household Tips for three decades. Knievel said afterward that he was lucky the One of the most maddening parts of Dodge Colts were so small. He said, sewing may be threading a “Maybe if Dodge starts making ’em needle, especially if the smaller I’ll try for 20.” thread is frayed. The first step is cutting the thread to Whatchamacallit? remove any frays or fuzz. What do you call a group Next, put something white of falcons? behind the needle’s eye to make it easier to see. Then, stiffen the thread litter school

by wetting it with your tongue or even

dive cast

CAST spray it with hairspray. This makes it ANSWER: much easier to guide through the eye.

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