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SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2021 On This Date 1834 – The Emancipation Act was Quote of the Day enacted throughout the British “Study as if you were going to Dominions. Most enslaved people were live forever; live as if you re-designated as “apprentices,” and were going to die tomorrow.” their enslavement was ended in stages over the following six years. ~ Maria Mitchell 1941 – The first Jeep, the army’s little truck that could do anything, was produced. The American Bantam Happy Birthday! Car Company developed the working Maria Mitchell (1818–1889) was the prototype in just 49 days. General first professional female astronomer Dwight D. Eisenhower said that the in the United States. Born in Allies could not have won World Nantucket, Massachusetts, Mitchell War II without it. Because Bantam pursued her interest in astronomy couldn’t meet the army’s production with encouragement from her demands, other companies, including parents and the use of her father’s Ford, also started producing Jeeps. telescope. In October 1847, Mitchell discovered a comet, a feat that brought her international acclaim. The comet became known as “Miss Mitchell’s Comet.” The next year, the pioneering stargazer became the first woman admitted to the Daily Trivia American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The Jeep was probably named after Mitchell went on to Eugene the Jeep, a Popeye comic become a professor strip character known for its of astronomy at magical abilities. Vassar College.

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UNDAY UGUST S , A 1, 2021

Today is Mahjong Day. While some folks think that this Chinese matching game was invented by Confucius, most historians believe that it was not created

until the late 19th century, when a popular card game was converted to tiles.

What’s the Difference? Silver Memories

What’s the difference On this day 25 years ago, between an alligator writer George R. R. Martin and a crocodile? While published A Game of Thrones, the the two reptiles are close relatives, first book of his Song of Ice and Fire the easiest way to spot the difference series. The epic fantasy portrayed is the snout. An alligator’s nose is rival medieval families vying for wide and U-shaped, while crocs power in the fictional realm have narrow, V-shaped snouts. of Westeros. Initial reviews of the Also, when crocs have their mouths book were cool, calling the closed, their lower teeth stick out characters “one-dimensional.” The over their upper jaw in a toothy saga, however, would become a grin. Lastly, gators tend to live in worldwide phenomenon thanks to its fresh water, while crocs inhabit development into a hit HBO salt water. Now don’t ask us to program. Originally conceived as a explain the difference between trilogy, the story turned into a seven- caimans and gharials. book series. Fans are still waiting for Martin to finish the final novel. Who Said So?

This bawdy American actress of Word Scramble

stage and screen said, “Between O L W A L two evils, I always pick the one

I’ve never tried before.” To give someone permission

ALLOW ANSWER:

West Mae ANSWER:

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MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021 On This Date 1610 – At the helm of his ship, Quote of the Day Discovery, Henry Hudson entered “Life is not a having and Hudson Bay for the first time. He a getting, but a being believed that it was the Pacific Ocean and that he had found the and a becoming.” Northwest Passage. ~ Myrna Loy 1938 – The New York Times described an advance in dental care, Dr. West’s Miracle-Tuft toothbrush, Happy Birthday! featuring nylon bristles, rather than Peter O’Toole (1932–2013) was an the standard hog bristles of the era. Irish stage and screen actor who gained 1991 – The Gaia, a Viking replica recognition early ship, reached the Norse settlement on for various roles site of L’Anse aux Meadows in in Shakespearean Newfoundland to commemorate the plays. Heralded as 1,000th anniversary of Leif Eriksson’s one of the greatest landing. The Gaia had left Norway actors of the 20th on May 17. century, he achieved stardom playing T. E. Lawrence in the 1962 movie Lawrence of Arabia. Celebrity Trivia O’Toole’s many film credits include Becket (1964), The Lion in Winter Elizabeth Taylor insisted that her (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969), then-husband Richard Burton and My Favorite Year (1982). He stop hanging around with Peter holds the record for most Academy O’Toole because she felt he was a Award nominations without a win bad influence on Burton. O’Toole (eight). In 2003, he received an referred to Elizabeth Taylor Honorary Academy Award for his henceforth as “That Woman.” contributions to film.

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ONDAY UGUST M , A 2, 2021

Today is Take a Penny/Leave a Penny Day. You can’t buy much with one cent these days, but those pennies left in trays on retail counters sure come in handy for

not having to break a twenty-dollar bill. Thank goodness for spare change!

Who Am I? Centennial Memories

I planned to study law at the On this day 100 years University of Vienna in Austria but ago, the eight baseball entered medical school instead. I players known as the am lucky I did, for I am now one of Chicago Black Sox, the world’s best-known doctors, not accused of throwing to mention the butt of many jokes. the 1919 World Series, My most famous work was with were acquitted by a jury. Major patients suffering from “nervous League Baseball and Baseball disorders.” It was I who first Commissioner K. M. Landis, encouraged them to talk freely about however, disagreed with the verdict of whatever problems or traumas the jury and instated a lifetime ban on troubled them. This therapeutic all the former players. Shoeless Joe process came to be known as Jackson continued to play ball in the psychoanalysis in the field of minor leagues under an alias. Others,

psychology. Who am I?

Sigmund Freud Sigmund ANSWER: like Buck Weaver and Eddie Cicotte,

were crushed by the decision and never played again. Buy a Vowel Riddle Me This R _ _ C _ _ S

The more you take, the more you

Unpleasantly loud leave behind. What am I?

RAUCOUS ANSWER:

Footsteps ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2021 On This Date Quote of the Day 1492 – Christopher Columbus set sail in command of three ships—the “I have an awful lot to learn. Santa María, the Pinta, and the My dream is to get better Niña—on a journey to find a western and better as I get older.” sea route to China, India, and the ~ Tony Bennett Spice Islands. The three ships carried 88 sailors. Columbus finally sighted land on October 12. Happy Birthday! 1852 – Harvard University won Tony Bennett, born in 1926 as the first boat race between Yale Anthony Dominick Benedetto, is University and Harvard. a world-renowned singer who has 1914 – British Columbia, fearful of won 19 Grammy Awards, including German raids, bought two submarines a Lifetime Achievement Award from a U.S. shipbuilder for its own and two Emmy Awards. Bennett private navy. Two days later, the is a World War II veteran and has Canadian government purchased the performed for 11 U.S. presidents. subs for its naval force. His signature song, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” was recorded in 1936 – Jesse Owens won a gold 1962. Some of his other hits include medal in the 100-meter dash at the “The Best Is Yet to Come,” “The 1936 Berlin Olympics. He went on Good Life,” and “Rags to Riches.” to win three other gold medals. He has sold over 50 million records and is also a painter, signing his works under the name Edible Flowers Anthony Benedetto. Broccoli, artichokes, and cauliflower He continues to are vegetables that are also flowers. perform live, with We eat the unopened flower tour dates scheduled heads of the plant. across the country.

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UESDAY UGUST T , A 3, 2021

Today is Watermelon Day. While a watermelon’s pink flesh is watery and sweet, the rinds are also edible and full of nutrients. Many southern cooks have recipes

to stir-fry, stew, and even pickle watermelon rinds. The seeds, too, are edible.

Set the Record Straight Centennial Memories

Vitamin C is believed by many to On this day 100 years ago, “aerial be one of the best medicines to application,” better known as “crop both prevent and fight the common dusting,” was first performed at a cold. Unfortunately, research shows farm in Troy, Ohio. The procedure that vitamin C does not have these was developed by the powers. But don’t give up on U.S. Department of vitamin C just yet! Vitamin C is a Agriculture and the necessary nutrient that helps keep U.S. Army Signal our brains sharp, our skin fresh, Corps, and that first flight was flown and our bones strong. Orange juice, by Army pilot John Macready. while a common source of vitamin Macready applied the insecticide lead C, isn’t the only place to get this arsenate to suppress an infestation of nutrient. Peppers, strawberries, and catalpa sphinx caterpillars. For the broccoli all have more vitamin C next half-century, crop dusters would than oranges. be a common sight across American farms. Today, drones have taken the Word Wise place of planes and helicopters. Which word is not like the others? What’s in a Name? void null This award-winning actor,

licit nugatory a star of M*A*S*H, was born

“not legally valid, or worthless.” or valid, legally “not mean

; the others others the ; ” lawful “ means Licit

ANSWER: Alphonso D’Abruzzo. Alan Alda Alan ANSWER:

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 On This Date 1914 – Britain declared her Empire Quote of the Day to be at war with Germany and Austria-Hungary, one day after “If you have to ask what jazz Germany’s declaration of war is, you’ll never know.” against France. There had not been a ~ Louis Armstrong general European war for 99 years, and the declaration was greeted with enthusiasm. People thought the war would be over in a matter of months, Happy Birthday! with relatively few casualties. Louis Armstrong (1901–1971) was 1922 – Every telephone in North a trumpeter, singer, composer, and America was silent for one minute actor from New Orleans with a at sunset, marking the time funeral distinctively rich, services were taking place for emotive voice. The Alexander Graham Bell. beloved American 1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta jazz icon is best was renamed Bourkina Fasso, which known for the song means “land of honest men.” “What a Wonderful World.” Heralded as one of the Fun Fact most influential, innovative jazz Squirrels accidentally plant musicians of all time, Armstrong is millions of trees when they bury credited with developing the jazz nuts and then forget where solo performance and scat singing. they left them. He was one of the first Black artists to find huge popularity among all Americans. Armstrong also appeared in multiple films to wide acclaim, including High Society and Hello, Dolly!

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EDNESDAY UGUST W , A 4, 2021

Today is Coast Guard Day. On this day in 1790, the U.S. Coast Guard was formed by Alexander Hamilton as the “Revenue Marine.” The first fleet consisted

of 10 cutters whose job was to crack down on smuggling operations.

Centennial Memories Think-tionary

On this day 100 years ago, the first quotidian facsimile was transmitted across A. Mentally and physically the Atlantic Ocean. French inventor difficult to endure Edouard Belin had invented his or Belinograph in 1914, a machine capable of transmitting photographs B. Occurring regularly or every day

over telephone wires—effectively the life. my of events quotidian the from

NSWER: B. I need a vacation to escape escape to vacation a need I B. NSWER: A first fax machine. New York Times editor C. V. Van Anda sent a picture When Was It? of a handwritten message from Annapolis, Maryland, to Malmaison, It was during this year that France, using wireless telegraphy, or Pete Rose was banned from the transmission of telegraph signals being elected to the Baseball via radio waves. The fax machine had Hall of Fame. American been born. forces launched Operation Desert Storm in Iraq. Eastern Airlines went out Whatchamacallit? of business. Boris Yeltsin won Russia’s first presidential election. Mount What do you call a group of Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines, the dolphins? second-largest eruption of the century. shoal herd The 5,000-year-old mummy known as Otzi the Iceman was discovered in the

gang pod

POD

ANSWER: ANSWER: Italian Alps. When was it? 1991 ANSWER:

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021 On This Date 1858 – Scottish leader William Quote of the Day Wallace was captured by the English “Mystery creates wonder and and transported to London for trial wonder is the basis of man’s and execution. Wallace’s story as desire to understand.” a Scottish military leader was the subject of the Academy Award- ~ Neil Armstrong winning film Braveheart. 1858 – The first telegraph line across the Atlantic Ocean was completed, Happy Birthday! a feat accomplished through the Neil Armstrong (1930–2012) was a efforts of Merchant Cyrus West pilot, an astronaut, Field. Unfortunately, the cable a businessman, a proved weak, and after several teacher, and the weeks it stopped functioning. Field first human to walk did succeed in laying a permanent on the moon, a feat cable in 1866. he accomplished on 1924 – The comic strip Little Orphan July 21, 1969. He Annie debuted. and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin spent two and a half hours exploring 1928 – Bobbie Rosenfeld, Ethel the lunar surface. They unveiled a Smith, Myrtle Cook, and Jane Bell plaque commemorating their flight won Olympic gold in the 4x100m and also planted the U.S. flag. relay at Amsterdam. Armstrong photographed Aldrin with his own image visible on Daily Trivia Aldrin’s helmet, qualifying it as one of the best astronaut selfies. The The towns of Boring, Oregon, and movie First Man (2018) follows the Dull, Scotland, have been sister years leading up to the Apollo 11 cities since 2012. mission to the moon in 1969.

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HURSDAY UGUST T , A 5, 2021

On this day in 1620, the Mayflower left Southampton, England, carrying the Pilgrims to the “New World.” The Mayflower would be forced to temporarily

dock in Dartmouth after its companion ship, the Speedwell, sprung a leak.

Mad Science Gadgets & Gizmos

Helium is well known as the gas that makes balloons float and even makes our voices sound like chipmunks. But when helium is supercooled to below –452ºF, it becomes a liquid known as a superfluid, a fluid that flows without friction and does weird things. Put liquid helium in a cup and it will The Hushme speech privacy mask start to climb up and over the rim. allows users to speak quietly and Spin a saucer full of liquid helium privately even in the middle of a and the liquid won’t move. Try to crowded place. Not only does the stir it and it will resist the friction mask dampen the user’s voice so that created by the spoon, refusing to others cannot overhear them, but it swirl. Liquid helium even leaks also reduces ambient noise to make through microscopic cracks. your voice easier for the person on the other end of your call to hear. Word Scramble Riddle Me This L I S N L T I

To impart gradually into What are two things you wouldn’t

eat after waking up? INSTILL someone’s mind or behaviors ANSWER:

dinner and Lunch ANSWER:

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2021 On This Date 1926 – Gertrude Ederle did what the experts claimed no woman could Quote of the Day do: she swam the English Channel. “The unprepared mind cannot And she did it faster than anyone had see the outstretched hand before, accomplishing the stunning of opportunity.” feat in 14 hours and 31 minutes. ~Alexander Fleming 1942 – The convoy that the Canadian destroyer HMCS Assiniboine was guarding had lost 11 ships to U-boat attacks when the destroyer spotted another U-boat in the North Atlantic. Happy Birthday! The two vessels proceeded to fire and Alexander Fleming (1881–1955) maneuver in heavy fog. After about discovered penicillin, the first effective an hour, the Assiniboine managed to antibiotic, a finding heralded as sink the U-boat by ramming it. “the single greatest 2012 – NASA landed Curiosity, a victory ever achieved car-sized robotic rover, on Mars, over disease.” In where it is still taking photos and 1945, Fleming was collecting samples. awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with collaborators Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain. Fleming was also knighted for his pioneering achievement and named to Time’s list Daily Trivia of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th century. The Scottish doctor Earth is the only planet not and microbiologist also discovered named after a god. the enzyme lysozyme.

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RIDAY UGUST F , A 6, 2021

Today is Braham Pie Day in Braham, Minnesota. Braham became a mecca for pie lovers in the 1930s when the Park Café earned a reputation for serving up

some of the most delicious pies throughout the entire Midwest.

Picture of the Day Root of the Matter

At the drop of a hat

If something happens at the drop of a hat, it means that it occurs very quickly. During the 19th century, hats were part of a man’s daily wardrobe, and they were probably often dropped without thinking. But they were also used as signals for the start of duels or races. “Please forgive me! I otter know Competitions began when a neutral better.” party either dropped a hat to the Now it’s your turn to come up ground or swept a hat downward in with a good caption. a swift motion. Ever since, at the drop of a hat has meant that Who Said So? something is going to happen instantly or without delay. This comedian and longtime daytime talk show host quipped, Buy a Vowel “My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was 60. B _ S _ _ G _ She’s 97 now and we don’t know

To surround with military forces

where she is.” BESIEGE ANSWER:

DeGeneres Ellen ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021 On This Date Quote of the Day 1803 – Efforts to colonize Prince Edward Island began when the “If they ever do my life story, first of 800 Highland settlers from whoever plays me needs Scotland were sent to Orwell Bay a lot of hair color and by Lord Selkirk. high heels.” 1927 – The Peace Bridge between ~ Charlize Theron Buffalo, New York, and Fort Erie, Ontario, was dedicated. More than 400,000 vehicles cross the bridge each year. Happy Birthday! Charlize Theron, born in 1975, 1947 – The balsa-wood raft Kon-Tiki, is an Oscar-winning actress. The carrying Thor Heyerdahl beautiful blonde grew up in South and five companions, Africa. As a teen, she modeled in completed its 4,300-mile Europe and then voyage from Peru to moved to America the Tuamotu Islands in to train as a dancer. the Pacific Ocean. The After a knee injury crossing demonstrated that ancient derailed her dancing Polynesians could have originated dreams, she shifted in South America. her plans to pursue acting instead. Theron found a steady Daily Trivia stream of parts before her breakout role in The Devil’s Advocate, A newborn blue whale gains costarring Keanu Reeves and Al about 200 pounds per day during Pacino. She won her Academy Award its first year. The animal is the for Best Actress for 2003’s Monster. largest to have ever existed and Her other films includeTully , Atomic is abundant in nearly all oceans. Blonde, and F9.

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ATURDAY UGUST S , A 7, 2021

Today is Lighthouse Day. On this day in 1789, the U.S. Congress signed into law an act that supported lighthouses, beacons, buoys, and public piers. Mariners

have looked to these beacons since the first was built in Alexandria in 280 BC.

Household Tips The Games People Play

Chewing gum can create an awful Around 90 years ago, trugo was mess when it stops being chewed born in the railway yards of and falls out of your mouth. It can Melbourne, Australia. Railwayman get stuck on your shoe, stuck on the Tom Grieves, bored at work, began carpet, or stuck in your hair! The hitting the rubber rings used as solution to removing the gum? shock absorbers with his hammer. Peanut butter. The oils in peanut Upon retirement, he butter will cause the gum to become brought his new stiff instead of sticky. Simply apply pastime to a local peanut butter to the gum, wait a few park and developed minutes, then scrub it off. No peanut some rules. Players butter in the cupboard? Any oil or balance a rubber ring upright oil-based food will do. You can just between their legs, swing a heavy as easily try vegetable or olive oil, wooden mallet, and attempt to hit or even mayonnaise. the ring between two distant posts 90 feet away, all while facing Word Wise backward. Today, 13 different trugo Which word is not like the others? clubs exist in Melbourne.

Oklahoma! My Fair Lady Punny Business

Angels in America Cats Never discuss infinity with a musicals. are others the musical;

is not a a not is America in Angels ANSWER: mathematician. They can go on forever.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021 On This Date 1907 – Bill Miner escaped from a Quote of the Day penitentiary in British Columbia where he was serving a life sentence “Somehow I kept my head for a train robbery. above water.” It was one of a series ~ Esther Williams of robberies and escapes throughout his life. Miner had a ballerina tattooed Happy Birthday! on his right forearm Esther Williams, “America’s that the authorities often used to Mermaid” (1921–2013), was a positively identify him. The movie champion swimmer who became a The Grey Fox is based on his life. legendary movie 1918 – The Battle of Amiens began star. Her many a string of almost continuous Allied musical films, victories that led to the signing of an including Bathing armistice ending World War I. Beauty (1944) and Million Dollar 2000 – The Confederate submarine Mermaid (1952), featured beautiful, H. L. Hunley was raised after 136 elaborate swimming scenes with years at the bottom of the sea. The synchronized swimming and diving. sub sank in a battle with the USS Williams also was a successful Housatonic in 1864. businesswoman with a line of Daily Trivia swimwear and swimming pools. She served as a commentator for Art Linkletter’s Kids Say the Darndest synchronized swimming at the 1984 Things! was the best-selling nonfiction Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. book in the United States for two She and her second husband, actor years in a row, in 1957 and 1958. Ben Gage, had three children.

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UNDAY UGUST S , A 8, 2021

Today is Digital Nomad Day, a day to honor all those workers who do not work traditional 9-to-5 office jobs, but often work irregular hours wherever a

Wi-Fi signal can be found. Today, almost 5 million Americans work remotely.

What’s the Difference? Old Wives’ Tales

What’s the difference between a The prevailing wisdom amongst sweet potato and a yam? You’ve pregnant women says that the more likely found both at the grocery store, heartburn felt during pregnancy, the but the truth is that grocery stores more likely the baby will carry only sweet potatoes. Sweet be born with a full head potatoes can have orange, white, or of hair. Researchers at purple flesh, with brown, red, or Johns Hopkins Hospital orange skins. Despite being called in Baltimore were garnet or jewel yams, these are all amazed to discover that the old different varieties of sweet potatoes. wives’ tale is true… at least 82% of True yams are starchy, edible roots the time. Doctors believe that high that have dark, bark-like skin. Yams levels of estrogen and progesterone, are common in Caribbean and West the hormones that stimulate hair African cooking and not easy to find growth in babies, also cause the in grocery stores. For this reason, esophageal sphincter to relax. This most people in the West have never relaxation allows acid to flow eaten a true yam. up the esophagus, creating the uncomfortable feeling of heartburn. Word Scramble Riddle Me This H A L E C S T What is harder to catch the

A bag carried over the shoulder

SATCHEL

ANSWER: faster you run?

breath Your ANSWER:

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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 On This Date 1842 – The border between the Quote of the Day U.S. and Canada was defined by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. The “God gave me a voice to treaty also called for an end to trading sing with, and when you enslaved people on the high seas and have that, what other to shared use of the Great Lakes. gimmick is there?” 1930 – Betty Boop debuted in the ~ Whitney Houston cartoon Dizzy Dishes. At first, she sported dog ears, which were later removed. Happy Birthday! – The first poster of Smokey 1944 Whitney Houston (1963–2012) was Bear was produced. a transcendent singer and actress The U.S. Forest who sold over 200 million records Service began the worldwide. The Grammy Award campaign because winner was the only music artist to so many firefighters have seven consecutive No. 1 singles were away from on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. home during the Guinness World Records heralds her war. Smokey’s famous warning is as the most awarded “Only you can prevent forest fires.” female artist. Her hits include “I Will Always Love You,” Daily Trivia “I Wanna Dance with Somebody,” Smokey’s name is Smokey and “Greatest Love Bear, not Smokey the Bear. The of All.” Houston’s film credits confusion began with the children’s include The Bodyguard and Waiting song titled “Smokey the Bear.” to Exhale.

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ONDAY UGUST M , A 9, 2021

Today is Book Lovers Day. The term bibliophile means “one who loves books.” Bibliophiles often do not need any excuse to curl up and read a favorite

book, but they might consider today an extra justification to enjoy their pastime.

You Are What You Eat Where Am I?

If you’re stranded on a deserted Some scholars believe this place to island, be thankful for the palm trees have been a massive island that and their coconuts. Like popular boasted a culture that was politically sports drinks, coconut is filled with and technologically advanced. As electrolytes, which are perfect for the nation gained strength, it grew rehydrating the body after greedy and went to war with its exercise. Coconut milk, neighbors. As punishment, the the white cream extracted island was sunk to the bottom of the from the white coconut meat, has sea 11,000 years ago. The only been shown to lower cholesterol and known mention of this place was by improve blood pressure. The white the Greek philosopher Plato, coconut meat is high in beneficial leaving experts unsure if it was a fiber, but also high in saturated fat real location or a philosophical and calories. While it will help you metaphor. Regardless, treasure

to survive being shipwrecked, it hunters have been searching for it

shouldn’t be part of a regular diet. ever since. Where is it?

Atlantis ANSWER:

Buy a Vowel

Name Three _ Q _ _ P Can you name three magazines that

To supply with appropriate

begin with the letter V?

supplies or tools Vibe Variety, Fair, EQUIP ANSWER:

V, Vogue, Vanity Vanity Vogue, V, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021 On This Date 1519 – Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Quote of the Day Magellan set sail from Seville, Spain, to circumnavigate the world. “Let every man be respected as an individual and no 1846 – President James K. Polk signed man idolized.” the Smithsonian Institution Act ~ Albert Einstein into law, creating a museum and research facilities. An English scientist, Happy Birthday! James Smithson, made this possible Norma Shearer (1902–1983), an with his gift of $500,000. Today, the actress who was born in Montreal, Smithsonian includes 19 museums caught the eye of future MGM vice and galleries. president Irving Thalberg with her 1972 – A daylight meteor, later performance in The Stealers (1920). named the Great Daylight Fireball, She secured an MGM contract streaked across the sky from Utah to and later married Canada. It was a rare Earth-grazing Thalberg, who was meteor that was seen bouncing off her husband until Earth’s atmosphere. his death in 1936. Called the First Lady of the Screen, Daily Trivia Shearer earned six Oscar nominations. She won an Napoleon’s troops were the first Academy Award for Best Actress for to eat canned foods after Nicolas her role in The Divorcee (1930). In Appert realized that food heated in 1942, she married a ski instructor 10 sealed glass jars remained fresh years her junior. They were together and portable for the soldiers. until her death in 1983.

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UESDAY UGUST T , A 10, 2021

Today is Smithsonian Day. On this day in 1846, the U.S. Congress chartered the Smithsonian Institution at the behest of English scientist James Smithson, who

hoped that his estate would benefit humanity by sharing knowledge and discovery.

Eye in the Sky Think-tionary

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest obolary stars in our night sky, is likely to A. Possessing only pennies, poor explode very soon, at least relative or to the time of the universe. Betelgeuse is the bright, right B. Appearing upside down or

shoulder of the constellation Orion. inverted

coins. for begging life obolary

NSWER: A. He was tired of living an an living of tired was He A. NSWER: Astronomers predict that it will A explode into a supernova within 100,000 years. But they say it could Toys of Yesteryear happen anytime—maybe even today. The supergiant star is about Inventor Albert C. Carter’s mother was 890 times bigger than the sun and a self-avowed clairvoyant, and it was 650 light-years away. When it does likely Carter’s mother who explode, Earth will be safe, but the inspired him to create a star will look like a full moon, cylindrical toy that could lighting up the sky for two months. answer questions and tell the future. Sadly, Carter died before Word Scramble seeing his product developed into the Magic 8-Ball novelty toy that is so well O N I W N W known today. Chicago’s Brunswick Billiards company, inspired by a gag

To separate or sort by using a involving the billiard ball in the Three

forced gust of air

WINNOW ANSWER: Stooges’ 1940 film You Nazty Spy!, innovated the 8-ball design.

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2021 On This Date AD 117 – Hadrian became the Quote of the Day Emperor of Rome. He helped unify the vast empire and ruled until his “In every conceivable manner, death in AD 138. the family is our link to our past, our bridge to our future.” 1911 – Property developer John Hextall signed an agreement with ~ Alex Haley the city of Calgary in which the city received the islands of Bowness Park in return for an extension Happy Birthday! of the municipal streetcar service to Hextall’s exclusive residential Alex Haley (1921–1992) was an community. Today, attractions in acclaimed American the park include the Calgary Zoo, writer from Ithaca, Botanical Garden, Prehistoric Park, New York. Haley and much more. is best known as the author of the 1976 book Roots: Daily Trivia The Saga of an American Family, which recounts Frustrated by finding errors in his family history beginning with an mathematical tables prepared ancestor who was captured in Africa by humans, Charles Babbage and sold into slavery in America. designed, but never built, the first The story was turned into a widely programmable computer in 1832. successful ABC miniseries that In 2002, the “Babbage Engine” was spawned an interest in genealogy completed at the Science Museum and the Black American experience. in London. It has 8,000 parts and is A sequel, Queen: The Story of an 11 feet long and seven feet high. The American Family, was completed project took 17 years to complete. and published after his death.

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EDNESDAY UGUST W , A 11, 2021

On this day in 3114 BCE, the world was created, according to Mayan mythology. Mesoamerican Long Count calendars base the current date on how

many days have passed since this mythological date of creation.

Gadgets & Gizmos Centennial Memories

On this day 100 years ago, future

American president Franklin Delano Roosevelt suffered the first signs of paralysis due to polio while on vacation at the Canadian island of Campobello off the coast of Maine. The 39-year-old had been very active the previous day but went to bed Hanson Robotics has created the complaining of chills, nausea, and Professor Einstein personal robot to lower back pain. When he awoke, his act as a desktop companion, jokester, legs felt weak. A local doctor told him and personal genius. Connected he had a cold, but by nightfall one leg through Wi-Fi to a companion app, was paralyzed. It would take weeks Einstein can answer life’s deepest before Roosevelt could be transported questions and play along with to New York City and properly provided games, quizzes, videos, and diagnosed with polio. He would interactive lessons. spend his four terms as president and the rest of his life paralyzed from the Buy a Vowel waist down.

_ N G R _ T _ _ T _ Punny Business

To win someone’s good favor

INGRATIATE : ANSWER It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021 On This Date 1865 – Joseph Lister became the Quote of the Day first doctor to use an antiseptic during surgery. “Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.” 1892 – The first electric streetcars began operating in Toronto, ~ Cecil B. DeMille replacing horse-drawn cars. They are still vital to the city’s downtown surface transit service. Happy Birthday! 1973 – Golfer Jack Nicklaus won the PGA Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959) was title, breaking Bobby a prominent director and producer of Jones’ record of 13 silent and sound pictures who grew major championships. up in New York City. He went to the American Academy of Dramatic 1990 – Sue, the largest and most Arts, where he was complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton discovered as an found to date, was discovered by actor. Considered a Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. founding father of The skeleton is now a permanent American cinema, feature at the Field Museum of he directed and Natural History in Chicago. produced a wide range of films, including The Squaw Man, The Daily Trivia Ten Commandments, The King of Kings, Union Pacific, Cleopatra,and Cockroaches would have a good Samson and Delilah. The legendary chance of surviving a nuclear war. filmmaker won many honors, They have no problem handling including a Best Picture Oscar and radiation levels that would kill a a Golden Globe for 1952’s The human in 10 minutes. Greatest Show on Earth.

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HURSDAY UGUST T , A 12, 2021

Today is World Elephant Day, a day to celebrate and protect the largest land animal on Earth. Zoologists recognize three different species of elephant: the

African savannah elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant.

Mad Science Weather or Not

A popular pastime for kids at the In Venezuela, where the beach is to try to dig a hole to China. mouth of the Catatumbo Have you ever stopped to consider River empties into Lake what it would be like if they actually Maracaibo, you find achieved that goal? Scientists call a lightning storms unlike hypothetical hole drilled through any in the world. For 160 nights a Earth a “gravity tunnel” due to the year, lightning strikes 10 hours per varying gravitational forces at work day and up to 280 times an hour. as you get closer to the planet’s These massive storms are born center. How long would it take to when winds blow across the lake fall all the way through such a and surrounding swamps. The tunnel? The answer, it turns out, moist, heated air gains electrical ranges from about 38 to 42 minutes, charges. When these air masses hit depending on the density of Earth’s the high mountain ridges of the layers and wind resistance. That Andes, the energy is released and sure beats a 24-hour flight. the Catatumbo lightning starts.

What’s in a Name? Word Wise Which word is not like the others?

This heartthrob of the Golden Age footnotes glossary of Hollywood was born Leroy

index appendix page; the others are separate sections. separate are others the page;

Harold Scherer Jr.

Rock Hudson Rock ANSWER:

Footnotes are at the bottom of a a of bottom the at are Footnotes ANSWER:

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2021 On This Date 1521 – After a three-month siege, Hernán Cortés and his Spanish Quote of the Day troops invaded Tenochtitlán, the “I think the word for me capital of the Aztec civilization. is survival, not ambition. Cortés’ men razed the city and I’m a really lucky man.” captured Cuauhtémoc, the indigenous emperor. The battle was the end of ~ Don Ho the ancient empire. 1784 – The Continental Congress met for the final time in Annapolis, Maryland. The government moved Happy Birthday! a few more times—to New York Don Ho (1930–2007) was a prominent City, Philadelphia, and finally to the Hawaiian traditional pop musician, permanent seat of government in singer, and entertainer. In 1966, Washington, D.C. he released his most famous song, “Tiny Bubbles.” 1913 – In Sheffield, England, Harry He hosted a variety Brearley produced the first batch show in 1976 and of “rustless steel,” later dubbed made many guest “stainless steel.” appearances on Hawaii Trivia television shows such as I Dream of Hawaii is the most isolated Jeannie, The Brady Bunch, Charlie’s population center on Earth. Angels, and Fantasy Island. Ho had It is 2,390 miles from a long marriage to his wife, Melva California; 3,850 miles from May, and he had 10 children who Japan; 4,900 miles from China; often worked alongside him. He and 5,280 miles from loved teaching his children the the Philippines. entertainment business.

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RIDAY UGUST F , A 13, 2021

Today is Friday the 13th and International Lefthander’s Day. For many centuries, people thought left-handedness was worse than bad luck. Lefthanded

people were once thought to be witches, liars, or just plain evil.

Wild Kingdom Root of the Matter

In the 19th century, almost every True colors rail worker along Australia’s railways knew about Bob the If you show your true colors, then Railway Dog. Born a stray in 1882, you are showing someone your true Bob was adopted by a train station feelings, nature, or intentions. In the guard and rode the days of sailing ships, the main rails every day. When method of identification was by the the station guard got ship’s flag, called its colors. Pirates promoted, he had to leave or enemy vessels would sometimes Bob behind, but this deliberately fly false flags, or colors, didn’t stop the dog from riding to fool unsuspecting victims and trains all over Australia. Bob rode enemies. Only when these disguised where he pleased, often sitting ships got within striking distance by the coal in the tender. The would they raise their real flags, railway workers loved him, and show their true colors, and engage townspeople treated him like a guest in ferocious battle. of honor whenever he arrived. Buy a Vowel Screen Gems

This cynical expatriate café owner _ C Q _ _ _ S C _ remarks, “Of all the gin joints, in To accept or agree to, all the towns, in all the world, she

but reluctantly

(1942) Casablanca in

ACQUIESCE ANSWER: walks into mine.”

Rick Blaine Blaine Rick ANSWER: Humphrey Bogart as as Bogart Humphrey ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2021 On This Date 1873 – Forest and Stream, a magazine Quote of the Day dedicated to wildlife conservation, published its first issue. The journal, “Beauty is not just physical. which helped launch the National It’s about what you stand for, Audubon Society, merged with how you live your life.” Field and Stream in 1930. ~ Halle Berry 1945 – Japanese Emperor Hirohito gave a recorded radio address announcing the surrender of Japan and effectively ending World War II. Happy Birthday! 1980 – Polish labor leader Lech Halle Berry, born in 1966, is an Walesa led shipyard acclaimed American actress. The workers to strike. His stunning beauty, who began her solidarity movement career as a model, won an Academy helped topple the Award for Best Actress for 2001’s Communist regime, and Monster’s Ball. Berry is one of the he later became Poland’s highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. first democratically elected president. Some of her films includeDie Another Day, the X-Men film Did You Know? series, and John The number of cricket chirps you Wick: Chapter 3— count in a 15-second period plus Parabellum. Berry 37 will approximate the current continues to model air temperature. and has served as the face of Revlon cosmetics and Versace. In 2020, she released her directorial debut, Bruised, which will be available on Netflix in 2021.

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ATURDAY UGUST S , A 14, 2021

Today is Navajo Code Talkers Day, a day to honor the Navajo soldiers of World War II who used their native language to create an indecipherable code.

In World War I, Cherokee code talkers were used to thwart German forces.

Picture of the Day Only Human

A Michigan woman made the awful mistake of dropping nail glue into her eye instead of eye drops. Unfortunately for the woman, she kept both tubes, roughly the same size and shape, in her pocketbook. To make matters worse, it happened in the middle of the night when she woke up with her eyes feeling dry from her contact This is what happens when you put lenses. She sleepily fumbled for the eight-year-olds in charge of the drops to relieve her discomfort. She building department. immediately realized her mistake and

Now it’s your turn to come up with flushed her eyes with water. Luckily, a good caption. the contact lens blocked the surface of her eye from the glue and doctors were Who Said So? able to unglue her eye, contact, and eyelids at the hospital. This comedian, known for his rubbery movements and wacky Word Scramble slapstick style of humor, said, A L M S E B S L E “Behind every great man is a woman

rolling her eyes.” Innocent of wrongdoing

BLAMELESS ANSWER: Carrey Jim ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2021 On This Date 1057 – At the Battle of Lumphanan, Quote of the Day King Macbeth of “I was 32 when I started Scotland was slain by cooking; up until then, Malcolm Canmore. I just ate.” Canmore’s father, King Duncan I, had ~ Julia Child been murdered by Macbeth 17 years earlier. These would be very obscure Happy Birthday! events if Shakespeare had not used them as the basis for his play Julia Child (1912–2004) was an Macbeth. Many scholars consider acclaimed American chef, television the bloody play to be Shakespeare’s personality, and cookbook author. darkest work. The resounding success of her book The Art of French Cooking, which 1914 – The Panama Canal, she co-authored with Simone Beck connecting the Atlantic and Pacific and Louisette Bertholle, landed Child Oceans, was officially opened after her first television 10 years of construction. It was by show, The French far the largest American engineering Chef. Her acclaimed project to date. An expansion project cookbooks and TV that doubled the capacity of the shows popularized canal was completed in 2016. French cuisine in Daily Trivia America. Child is also known for creating a “shark Napoleon jailed 13 Catholic repellent” mixture to keep sharks cardinals for not attending his away from underwater explosives, second marriage. Napoleon’s which she developed while working officers kidnapped Pope Pius VII for the Office of Strategic Services and held him captive for five years. during World War II.

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UNDAY UGUST S , A 15, 2021

On this day in 1281, Mongol leader Kublai Khan made a second attempt to invade Japan with a massive fleet of over 4,000 ships. For the second time,

a “divine wind,” or kamikaze, destroyed the armada to save Japan.

What’s the Difference? Garden Party

What’s the difference between ice Hydrangeas are prized ornamental cream and gelato? Gelato is simply flowers that boast big, beautiful an Italian version of ice blooms ranging from pink to blue cream. While ice cream to violet to white. But some and gelato both contain hydrangeas’ colors are changeable. cream, milk, and sugar, Flower color depends on how much gelato uses more milk than cream aluminum a plant can access in the and therefore has less fat, which soil. Soluble aluminum is dependent makes it lighter. Also, gelato has upon the soil’s pH. A lower pH less air in the mixture, making it means more aluminum is soluble, denser with a silky and creamy feel changing flower colors blue. A to the tongue. Because gelato is higher pH locks the aluminum in the served at a warmer temperature, the soil, keeping flowers pink. Adding flavors are also more intense. No coffee grounds to the soil makes it wonder gelato sales have topped more acidic, lowering the pH and $200 million a year. turning flowers blue.

Who Said So? Word Scramble

This banjo-playing comedian D I T E N U N A joked, “First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a To flood or overwhelm

with multitudes INUNDATE

disease named after me.” ANSWER: Steve Martin Martin Steve ANSWER:

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MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2021 On This Date 1812 – American General William Quote of the Day Hull surrendered Fort Detroit in the Michigan territory to the British. “I wrote my will across He realized that his army could not the sky, in stars.” defend the settlement after seeing ~ T. E. Lawrence the large English and Indian forces gathering outside Detroit’s walls. 1858 – Queen Victoria sent the first official telegraph across the Atlantic Happy Birthday! from London to President Buchanan T. E. Lawrence (1888–1935) was in Washington, D.C. Unfortunately, a British diplomat, military officer, this earliest transatlantic cable ceased archaeologist, and functioning in less than a month. writer who was born in Wales. He was 1896 – George Carmack, his wife known as “Lawrence Kate, and brother-in-law Skookum of Arabia” for his Jim discovered gold in what is now early 20th-century known as Bonanza Creek, Yukon, diplomatic activities setting off the Klondike gold rush. in the Arab world. Lawrence’s Carmack noted that the gold veins vivid writings of his adventures were “thick between the flaky slabs, and wartime experiences in the like cheese sandwiches.” region (as well as the reporting of Daily Trivia journalist Lowell Thomas) became the inspiration for the 1962 epic film Defeated only once in roughly Lawrence of Arabia, starring Peter 300 matches, President Abraham O’Toole. Lawrence was a colonel in Lincoln was inducted into the the British Army who served from National Wrestling Hall of 1914 to 1918 and again from 1923 Fame in 1992. to 1935.

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ONDAY UGUST M , A 16, 2021

Today is Roller Coaster Day, a day to enjoy the thrills of loop-de-loops and plunges. The Kingda-Ka roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure reaches

speeds of 128 mph and drops from a dizzying height of 456 feet.

Think-tionary Silver Memories

kerf On this day 25 years ago, a A. A slit made into wood by three-year-old boy snuck away from cutting with a saw his mother and fell into a gorilla or enclosure at the Brookfield Zoo in

B. The leftover clay stuck to a Chicago. An eight-year-old female

potter’s wheel gorilla named Binti Jua

an accordion. accordion. an like bend would it that so

wood wood picked up the boy and

the into kerfs several made I A. NSWER: A gingerly carried him to

a door, where rescuers Who Am I? were able to bring him to safety. The boy was not the only Born in London, I worked for a short child carried by Binti Jua. For the time in engineering before I joined entire incident, the gorilla also carried the film industry in 1920. My her own 17-month-old baby on her 1929 film Blackmail, a suspenseful back. Zookeepers speculated that her thriller, is known as the first British “talkie.” I left for Hollywood in maternal instincts may have influenced 1936 and won an Academy Award her gentle treatment of the fallen boy. for my first movie. I would often Buy a Vowel make cameo appearances in my own movies, and I am known by D _ _ S _ my nickname: the “Master of

Suspense.” Who am I? To soak or immerse in liquid DOUSE ANSWER:

Hitchcock Alfred

ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2021 On This Date Quote of the Day 1807 – The world’s first commercial steamboat service began. The route “You only live once, was the stretch of the Hudson River but if you do it right, between New York City and Albany, once is enough.” New York. ~ Mae West 1904 – The Ford Motor Company of Canada opened for business. The first car produced was a two- cylinder Model C that rolled off the Happy Birthday! assembly line in Windsor, Ontario. Mae West (1893–1980) was an It had a 10-horsepower engine and irrepressible screen cost $1,100, quite a bit of money in legend of classic those days. American film. 1939 – The Wizard of Oz opened at West, who grew up the Capitol Theater in New York in New York, was City. Judy Garland and Mickey the daughter of a Rooney performed live onstage at fashion model and the premiere between screenings. the prizefighter “Battlin’ Jack” West. Garland kept up the performances, She began her celebrated career in which jammed traffic on Broadway theater and vaudeville before moving for two weeks. to California to work in the movies. In Hollywood, she found colossal success as an actress, comedian, Daily Trivia playwright, singer, director, and producer. Some of her films include Freelance first referred to a I’m No Angel, Belle of the Nineties, mercenary soldier whose lance and My Little Chickadee. West’s was free for hire and not autobiography Goodness Had Nothing pledged to one master. to Do with It (1959) was a bestseller.

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UESDAY UGUST T , A 17, 2021

Today is Black Cat Appreciation Day. Black cats are less likely than other cats to be adopted due to the many negative myths about them. Today is a day

to dispel those myths and show black cats some love.

The Games People Play Root of the Matter

Every August 17, during Indonesia’s Greatest thing since sliced bread Independence Day celebrations, locals If something is called the greatest play a game called Panjat Pinang. The thing since sliced bread, then it must trunks of betel nut trees are erected as be life-changing, indeed. In 1917, a long poles. At the top of each pole is a fire destroyed Otto Rohwedder’s hoop covered in prizes: bicycles, food, prototype and blueprints for a bread- clothing, televisions, rice cookers, and slicing machine, but he didn’t give anything and everything of value. up. In 1928, his machine was first Teams of four to seven men are tasked used by the Chillicothe (Missouri) with climbing to the top of the poles to Baking Company. retrieve the prizes. Of course, there’s a The device was catch: the poles are greased! Unable to advertised as “the climb the pole, the men must climb on greatest forward step in the baking top of each other in order to reach the industry since bread was wrapped.” tantalizing prizes above. This hyperbolic statement led to the

phrase the greatest thing since Whatchamacallit? sliced bread. What do you call a group of hares? What’s in a Name?

flick drove This debonair leading man of dramas

troop mob and comedies in the ’40s and ’50s

DROVE ANSWER:

was born Archibald Alec Leach. Cary Grant Cary ANSWER:

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2021 On This Date 1227 – Genghis Khan died. The Great Quote of the Day Khan had united the “As I have always held it a Mongolian clans crime to anticipate evils, and conquered parts of China, Russia, I will believe it a comfortable Persia, and Arabia. road until I am compelled He also threatened to believe differently.” Europe. His cavalry ~ Meriwether Lewis was ruthless and efficient. Using powerful short bows and swords, they attacked while still mounted on their sturdy ponies. Happy Birthday! 1833 – The steamship Royal Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) served William left Nova Scotia. It arrived in as coleader, along England on September 11, becoming with William Clark, the first steamship vessel to cross on the Lewis and the Atlantic. Clark Expedition (1804–1806). This 1969 – The Woodstock music festival was the first overland that featured Jimi Hendrix and exploration of the Janis Joplin concluded. The festival West and Pacific Northwest. Lewis’ exemplified the youth counterculture talents for natural history, including of the late 1960s. botany and zoology, were especially Fun Fact valuable during the adventure. After his successful return from “Happy Birthday to You” was the the expedition, Lewis wrote The first song to be performed in outer Journals of Lewis and Clark. In 1807, space. The Apollo 9 astronauts President Jefferson appointed him sang the tune in March 1969. governor of the Louisiana Territory.

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EDNESDAY UGUST W , A 18, 2021

Today is Bad Poetry Day, a day when anyone and everyone is encouraged to write a poem, no matter how poor a poet they might be. Roses are red / Violets

are blue / I can’t come up with a good rhyme for this verse / Can you?

Household Tips You Are What You Eat

Are you tired of getting your For anyone trying a gluten-free diet, favorite canvas shoes soaked in the amaranth is a wonder grain. The seed rain? An easy and natural solution has been cultivated around the world begins with beeswax! Start with for 8,000 years and was a staple of good quality beeswax made for the Inca, Maya, waterproofing. It often looks like a and Aztecs. Amaranth small bar of soap. You can use a packs a healthy punch grater to shave it into smaller pieces, thanks to plenty of protein, calcium, and then melt the wax into a liquid. magnesium, fiber, iron, and fatty Gently rub it into the clean, dry acids. The grain has been proven to canvas with a toothbrush. You can lower levels of cholesterol, reduce then use a hairdryer to seal the wax inflammation and blood pressure, into the fabric. The shoes might feel build muscle, and increase energy. a little stiff at first, but after breaking No wonder that the word amaranth them in they will be comfortable and comes from the Greek amarantos, perfectly leakproof. meaning “one that never fades.”

Who Said So? Buy a Vowel This comedian, who got her big _ _ T L _ _ K break on Laugh-In, said, “The

A general attitude toward life trouble with the rat race is, even if

OUTLOOK

ANSWER: ANSWER: you win, you’re still a rat.” Tomlin Lily

ANSWER:

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2021 On This Date 1942 – Canadian and British forces Quote of the Day carried out a large raid against “The most courageous act is to German forces in Dieppe, France. think for yourself. Aloud.” The Allies suffered grave losses; nearly 1,000 Canadians were ~ Coco Chanel killed in combat, of whom 944 are buried at the Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery. However, the Dieppe Happy Birthday! raids provided intel that was crucial to the Normandy invasion in 1944. Coco Chanel (1883–1971) was an iconic French fashion designer who 1981 – The popular television series epitomized “style.” Charlie’s Angels ended its five-year run She is the founder on ABC. The show originally starred of the eponymous Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, luxury label Chanel, and Jaclyn Smith and later added which popularized Cheryl Ladd. Their boss, Charlie, deluxe casualwear was never shown full face, but was for women, freeing them from the often seen from the back. constraints of the corset. “A girl Fun Fact should be two things: classy and fabulous,” said Chanel, and she lived The USS Constitution is by this rule. The designer opened a now docked at Boston’s hat boutique in 1910, which took Charlestown Navy Yard. As a off when actress Gabrielle Dorziat fully commissioned U.S. Navy donned one of her hats in a popular ship, her crew of 60 officers and play. Soon, Chanel expanded sailors participate in ceremonies, her label to include clothing and educational programs, and special perfume. Her Chanel No. 5 fragrance events while keeping the ship and interlocking Cs logo became open to visitors year-round. style icons in their own right.

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HURSDAY UGUST T , A 19, 2021

On this day in 1812, the American ship USS Constitution defeated the British HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia during the War of 1812. It was

during this battle that the Constitution earned the nickname “Old Ironsides.”

Weather or Not Mad Science

An Australian beach was suddenly Deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, buried—not in deep drifts of white forms the strands of genetic material snow, but in a thick blanket of sea that supply the instructions foam large enough to cover cars necessary to build and maintain our driving down the street. The cells. These instructions determine overwhelming foam occurs every our hair color, eye color, and many few years when strong other genetic traits. But did you offshore storms violently know that if you took every strand churn up the ocean. The of DNA in the body and uncoiled it, storms stir up a frothy the length of the DNA would stretch mixture of decayed organic matter. to Pluto and back 17 times? That’s Algae, fish scales, bits of coral, and because the strand from one cell is other pollutants suspended in the six feet long. There are 37 trillion water form the basis of sea foam. cells in the human body, and they all While the foam is fun to frolic in, contain DNA. one woman temporarily lost her small dog in the huge drifts. Word Wise

Which word is not like the others? Name Three Yucatan Aleutians Can you name three American

passenger airlines that begin Baja Florida

archipelago; the others are peninsulas. are others the archipelago;

with the letter A? Avelo Allegiant,

The Aleutians are an Alaskan Alaskan an are Aleutians The ANSWER:

American, Alaskan, Alaskan, American, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2021 On This Date 1940 – Winston Churchill, referring Quote of the Day to RAF pilots in the Battle of Britain, “Music is for every single said, “Never in the field of human person that walks the planet.” conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” ~ Robert Plant 1942 – Searchlights crossing the sky ceased to be used at Hollywood film premieres. To avoid attack and Happy Birthday! surveillance by Japanese forces in Robert Plant, born in 1948, is a World War II, the West Coast was singer and songwriter who was required to dim its lights at night. raised in Worcestershire, England. 1960 – Two Russian dogs named Belka The rock star was the lead singer and Strelka safely returned from Earth’s of the iconic band Led Zeppelin. orbit in Sputnik 5. They were the first He was also a part of several other animals to survive orbit. In retirement, bands, including the “all-star” group Strelka had a litter of puppies, and one the Honeydrippers with Jimmy Page of them was presented to President and Jeff Beck. Honored as one of Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline. the top singers of all time by Rolling Stone, Hit Parade, and many others, Plant also helped create the rock star persona with his long, flowing Did You Know? hair and powerful performances. The first letters of the names of Some of his many hit songs include the Great Lakes spell HOMES “Whole Lotta Love,” “Immigrant (Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Song,” “Stairway to Heaven,” and Erie, and Superior). “Since I’ve Been Loving You.”

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RIDAY UGUST F , A 20, 2021

Today is World Mosquito Day. While many of us might enjoy a world without mosquitoes, these pesky insects do play a vital role in many ecosystems as

essential pollinators and a primary food source for bats, birds, and reptiles.

Wild Kingdom Gadgets & Gizmos

According to the National Miniature Donkey Association, mini donkeys make excellent pets. But there is nothing really miniature about these donkeys. They grow to weigh up to 300 pounds, but doesn’t this just mean that there’s more At first glance, the Pyro Mini donkey to cuddle? As pets, these Fireshooter by Ellusionist may not animals are extremely affectionate seem like a very safe or practical and are intelligent enough to be gift. For $150, you can own a high- trained to pull a cart or even carry tech, wrist-worn, flame-throwing all your gear while hiking. The device. The secret of the fire is in animals are facing extinction in their flash paper, a tissue paper that burns native homes, the Mediterranean quickly and disappears instantly and islands of Sicily and Sardinia, but is a favorite prop of magicians. an introduced population of over 10,000 exists in America. Buy a Vowel Riddle Me This _ R _ _ S _

I travel the world, yet I always stay To awaken a feeling or emotion

in my corner. What am I? AROUSE ANSWER:

stamp A ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2021 On This Date 1887 – Dan Casey struck out in a Quote of the Day game with the New York Giants. This might have been lost baseball “If you want people to know lore if it was not for Ernest Lawrence what your message is, Thayer’s poem “Casey at the Bat,” just sing it.” which concludes: ~ Kenny Rogers Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright; The band is playing somewhere, and Happy Birthday! somewhere hearts are light, Kenny Rogers (1938–2020) was a And somewhere men are laughing, Grammy-winning country music and somewhere children shout; legend who made 65 albums and is one of the best-selling artists of all But there is no joy in Mudville— time. His most popular tunes, “Islands mighty Casey has struck out. in the Stream” and “The Gambler,” Daily Trivia won him scores of crossover pop music fans. In 2012, Play-Doh was created as a Rogers released a substance to clean wallpaper in book called Luck or the 1930s. It was not until the Something Like It: mid-1950s that it was sold as A Memoir about the a modeling compound used by ups and downs in his children for arts and crafts projects. musical career. In 2016, he began his final world tour, The Gambler’s Last Deal, which ended with a star-studded Nashville concert that included duets with long-time friend Dolly Parton.

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2021

Today is International Geocaching Day. Geocaching is real-world treasure- hunting with the aid of a GPS device. Geocaching websites and apps provide coordinates that direct you to hidden containers holding who-knows-what.

Picture of the Day Root of the Matter

Break the ice

To break the ice means to establish a friendship by doing away with any social awkwardness. Some people believe that this phrase comes from 18th-century trading ships. In winter, ships could get caught in sea ice. The receiving country would send small icebreaker ships to break They might not have invented a the ice, freeing the trade ship, and better mousetrap, but they did reaffirming the friendship between invent a bigger one. the two nations. Others say the expression precedes icebreaker Now it’s your turn to come up boats, because it appeared in a 1678 with a funny caption. poem by Samuel Butler: “At last broken silence / And the ice.” Riddle Me This

Word Scramble I have a head but no body, a heart but no blood. Just leaves and no I S A T P H E N

branches, I grow without wood. An actor or actress

THESPIAN What am I? ANSWER:

Lettuce ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 2021 On This Date 1749 – A troupe of English actors performed Joseph Quote of the Day Addison’s Cato in “You’ve got to jump off Philadelphia. The the cliff all the time and colonists considered build your wings on acting to be immoral the way down.” and had the actors arrested. The troupe ~ Ray Bradbury relocated to New York, a more theater-friendly town. 1770 – Captain James Cook, on HMS Endeavor, charted the east Happy Birthday! coast of Australia and claimed it for Claude Debussy (1862–1918) was the British Crown. a French composer whose works 1902 – The Cadillac Automobile had a major influence on music of Company was established. The car the 20th century. Sent was named after the French explorer to Paris as a child to who founded Detroit in 1701. study piano, Debussy became interested in 1964 – The Beatles gave their first composing, too. His Canadian concert at Empire Stadium music was inspired in Vancouver before 20,000 screaming by the Impressionist artists of his fans. The concert was cut short after day—he is sometimes called the 27 minutes for fear of rioting. first Impressionist composer. His compositions include the song “Clair de lune” and longer pieces La Mer Math Trivia and Children’s Corner Suite, which 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = he wrote for his daughter. He was 12,345,678,987,654,321 often engaged as a conductor.

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UNDAY UGUST S , A 22, 2021

Today is Be an Angel Day, a day to practice kindness and good deeds toward others. You might opt to formally sign up and volunteer for a local organization

or simply do good deeds for others in and around your neighborhood.

Think-tionary Mad Science

wimple Atoms might be the tiniest

A. Small indentations made to a building blocks in our vast ball to alter its flight, speed, or universe, but even they are trajectory 99.99999% empty space. Think of an atom as a massive cathedral. The or altar is the nucleus, and the B. A cloth covering for the head and remaining pieces, the electrons, are

neck worn by nuns like tiny moths fluttering all around the grand cathedral. cathedral. grand the

wimple, especially when attending mass at at mass attending when especially wimple, the big empty church. If you took all ANSWER: B. The older nun liked to wear her her wear to liked nun older The B. ANSWER: the atoms that make up everyone in the world and condensed them When Was It? so that there was no empty space, the entire human race would be the It was during this year that George size of a sugar cube. And that tiny Steinbrenner bought the New York sugar cube alone would weigh Yankees. Also in baseball, the 5 billion tons. American League adopted the designated hitter rule. The U.S. Buy a Vowel Supreme Court ruled on Roe V. Wade. John McCain was released from a _ R R _ G _ T _ _ N North Vietnamese POW camp, and The Godfather won the Academy Artificially bringing water to

land or crops

IRRIGATION

Award for Best Picture. When was it? ANSWER: 1973 ANSWER:

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MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2021 On This Date 1617 – The first one-way streets were Quote of the Day created in London. The decree was meant to regulate the “disorder and “You dance love, you rude behavior of Carmen, Draymen, dance joy, and you and others using Cartes.” dance your dreams.” 1913 – The statue of The Little ~ Gene Kelly Mermaid, based on the tale by Hans Christian Andersen, was unveiled in Copenhagen, Denmark. The sculptor, Edvard Eriksen, used his wife as Happy Birthday! the model. Gene Kelly (1912–1996) was an 1926 – Rudolph Valentino’s sudden iconic dancer, actor, choreographer, death from a ruptured ulcer at age 31 and director. The screen legend caused worldwide worked on many of Hollywood’s hysteria, suicide most acclaimed musicals, including For Me and My Gal, Anchors Aweigh, attempts, and riots On the Town, An at his lying in state. American in Paris The silent film star (which won the Best was idolized as Picture Oscar), and the “Great Lover” Singin’ in the Rain. of the 1920s. Dubbing himself the Marlon Brando of dance, Kelly was renowned for his Daily Trivia athletic, exuberant, awe-inspiring dancing style. He directed the The common mouse is the second Academy Award-nominated film most abundant mammal on Earth; Hello, Dolly! and won many lifetime humans take the top spot. achievement awards.

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ONDAY UGUST M , A 23, 2021

On this day in 1973, a bank robbery went wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, leading the criminals to take several people hostage. After the crisis, the

hostages defended their captors and refused to testify against them in court, leading to the creation of the term “Stockholm syndrome.”

Where Am I? Household Tips

I have come to a far corner of the Nobody likes a mosquito bite, and Pacific Ocean to visit this remote many of us cannot resist the urge island that is part of the country of to scratch the itchy Chile. The nearest inhabited land is welts that result. another small island 1,289 miles One alternative to away. The first European to set foot applying an antihistamine cream is on this island did so on Easter to hold a cold, damp green tea bag Sunday in 1722 and gave it its name. to the bite. Some people say that the The island is almost entirely bare of compounds in the tea will help trees, but there is plenty to look at, reduce inflammation and swelling. especially the humongous statues Don’t have any green tea? Some known as Moai that have made it folks prefer to rub the inside of

famous. Where am I?

Island Easter ANSWER: ANSWER: a banana peel on the bite. The oils from the peel can calm the reaction that causes the Whatchamacallit? uncomfortable itching. What do you call a group of High Five peacocks? Can you name the five longest

muster flash

rivers in the world? miles

parade show 3,445 Yenisei, 5. miles; 3,902 Mississippi,

3,976 miles; 3. Yangtze, 3,917 miles; 4. 4. miles; 3,917 Yangtze, 3. miles; 3,976

MUSTER ANSWER:

1. Nile, 4,130 miles; 2. Amazon, Amazon, 2. miles; 4,130 Nile, 1. ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 On This Date AD 79 – After centuries of dormancy, Quote of the Day Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the Roman cities of Pompeii “You could be a kid for as and Herculaneum. Today, 400,000 long as you want when people live in the vicinity of the you play baseball.” still-active volcano. ~ Cal Ripken Jr. 1869 – Cornelius Swarthout patented the first stove-top waffle iron in the United States. 2006 – The International Astronomical Happy Birthday! Union decreed that Pluto was no longer considered a planet and Cal Ripken Jr., born in 1960, is one redefined it as a dwarf planet. Pluto of the all-time greatest shortstops was back in the news in 2016 with in baseball. Known as “The Iron the flyby of the New Horizon probe. Man,” he set the remarkable record of 2,632 consecutive games played. Did You Know? Lou Gehrig held the previous record of 2,130 in 1939, which many people A newborn gray whale calf is about had considered to be unbreakable. 16 feet long. Gray whale calves Ripken retired after are born in the warm lagoons of the 2001 season and Baja, California, during was inducted into the January and February. National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. He has written almost 30 books, owns several minor league teams, and has worked as a studio sports analyst for Turner Broadcasting.

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UESDAY UGUST T , A 24, 2021

Today is Pluto Demoted Day. On this day in 2006, the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. But among astronomers,

the debate still rages, with many insisting that Pluto is definitely a planet.

What’s the Difference? Garden Party

What’s the difference between Atop the sixth floor of St. Luke’s topsoil and loam, and which is best International Hospital in Tokyo, for a garden? Topsoil is simply the Japan, is a rooftop garden. The surface layer of soil. founder of the hospital called the It is often darker than building a “living organism,” and no lower layers because place is that more evident than the it contains a buildup rooftop garden. Just as the doctors of vegetable matter that has practice medicine on the floors decomposed, providing healthy below to heal the sick, so, too, does organic material. Loam refers to the the nature of the open-air garden makeup of a soil and has nothing to aid the recovery of patients. The do with where it is found. Loam hospital’s elevated greenery is by must have a prescribed balance of no means unique in Tokyo. One sand (less than 52%), silt (28% to construction company is building 50%), and clay (7% to 20%). The 15 rooftop gardens in Tokyo best topsoil is often a well-balanced each year. loam abundant in organic material. Who Said So? Word Scramble This priest and former president of the University of Notre Dame said, C A T I R C T H E “The most important thing a father

A designer of buildings can do for his children is to love

ARCHITECT

ANSWER: ANSWER: their mother.” Hesburgh Ted ANSWER:

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2021 On This Date 1860 – The future King Edward VII Quote of the Day officially inaugurated the Victoria “I guess people wonder if Bridge in Montreal. It was the first bridge to span the St. Lawrence River I’m the same on camera as I and was considered the eighth wonder am off, and I’m pretty much of the world when it was completed. the same, I really am.” The bridge is still in operation today. ~ Regis Philbin 1929 – The German dirigible Graf Zeppelin passed over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. It was headed Happy Birthday! to Los Angeles after crossing the Pacific from Tokyo. Regis Philbin (1931–2020) was a popular television host who grew 1944 – Paris was liberated by the up in the Bronx, in New York City. French 2nd Armored Division and He began his storied the U.S. 4th Infantry Division. entertainment career German General Dietrich von Choltitz disobeyed Hitler’s order to burn the city as a page at The and demolish the monuments. He did Tonight Show. By not want to go down in history as the 1961, he had his man who destroyed the City of Light. own talk show, The Regis Philbin Show. Did You Know? Soon, the likable TV personality Murphy Oil Soap is used to was hosting to a national audience, wash elephants. eventually with cohosts Kathie Lee Gifford (Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee) and Kelly Ripa (Live! with Regis and Kelly). He left the show in 2011. Philbin also hosted the game shows Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and America’s Got Talent.

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EDNESDAY UGUST W , A 25, 2021

Today is Park Service Day. On this day in 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Organic Act into law, creating the National Park Service,

a bureau responsible for protecting national parks and monuments.

Eye in the Sky Only Human

Forty-one light-years from Earth is Scientists were able to get the blind to planet GJ 1132 b. Scientists are “see” again. Researchers implanted interested in this distant planet because devices onto the surface of blind it has accomplished something unique participants’ brains and in the cosmos. It began its life as a sent patterns of electricity gaseous world similar to Neptune, that traced “shapes” of with a thick atmosphere of hydrogen letters in tiny pinpricks of and helium. But thanks to its proximity light. These phosphenes are similar to to a young, blazing-hot star, this the light we see when we rub our eyes atmosphere “boiled” away. What was in a dark room, a phenomenon we left behind was the planet’s core, a commonly call “seeing stars.” Blind rocky planet about the size of Earth. participants were able to see the Then something else strange letters made out of these phosphenes. happened: The planet created a new Doctors hope that this experiment is atmosphere for itself—a toxic, hazy the first step toward creating fog similar to the smog of Earth. prosthetics that might eventually help the blind to see. Buy a Vowel

_ N S _ _ C _ _ N T Riddle Me This

Showing careless indifference The more I dry, the wetter I get.

or a lack of concern INSOUCIANT

ANSWER: ANSWER: What am I?

towel A ANSWER:

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021 On This Date 1883 – A series of volcanic explosions Quote of the Day began and culminated the following day on the island of Krakatoa. The “I was just excited to have explosions were so loud that they challenging work to do and were heard about 1,930 miles away smart people to work with.” in Perth, Australia. ~ Katherine Johnson 1939 – On the eve of World War II, the British Admiralty transmitted the single word funnel. The agreed-upon signal transferred control of Canadian Happy Birthday! merchant ships from the owners to Katherine Johnson (1918–2020) was the Royal Canadian Navy. a Black American physicist and 1968 – The Hudson’s Bay Company mathematician. Johnson worked at launched the replica sailing ship NASA for 35 years, first as a “human Nonsuch II to commemorate the computer,” then helping to pioneer 300th anniversary of the company. the use of computers in orbital mechanics. Her calculations of Did You Know? flight trajectories were instrumental In 1955, Dr. Jonas Salk became a to the success of national hero when he introduced the first manned an injectable dead-virus polio space flights. She vaccine. The shot was awarded the was replaced in Presidential Medal the early 1960s by of Freedom in 2015. Dr. Sabin’s oral live- The film Hidden Figures (2016), virus polio vaccine, starring Taraji P. Henson as Johnson, which is still being chronicled her groundbreaking NASA used in the ongoing career and the racial and gender effort to exterminate polio. prejudice she overcame.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2021

Today is Toilet Paper Day. During the Victorian era, any mention of such a thing as toilet paper would have been taboo. It wasn’t until 1890 that the Scott paper

company of Philadelphia revolutionized the industry by putting the soft, perforated paper on rolls and selling them in drugstores.

Gadgets & Gizmos Set the Record Straight

Out of fear of being caught chewing gum by their teachers, some children resort to swallowing their gum. Do these kids have to worry that chewing gum will sit undigested in their stomachs for seven years? This myth likely If you want to add a little vintage flair originated because gum, after all, is to your bathroom, the Polaroll toilet made to be chewed, not eaten. Some paper holder looks just like a Polaroid ingredients in gum are not camera. You can even buy toilet paper digestible, but then again, neither with “photographs” printed on it to are popcorn kernels. Undigestible make it look like pictures, not toilet foods simply travel through the paper, are being dispensed. digestive tract and make their way out of our bodies in a few days. Word to the Wise Word Scramble The dictionary recently added the term silver fox. No, this doesn’t U A N M I L M U denote a particularly old animal, but A light, silvery-white metal that

an “attractive middle-aged man who conducts electricity

ALUMINUM has mostly gray or white hair.” Silver ANSWER: fox sounds better than gray wolf.

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2021 On This Date 1793 – Governor John Graves Quote of the Day Simcoe established the town of “Striving for perfection York and named it after Prince Frederick, Duke of York. The name has served me well.” was changed to Toronto in 1834. ~ Tom Ford Toronto is Iroquois for “place of meeting.” 1859 – Edwin Drake struck oil Happy Birthday! in Titusville, Pennsylvania, after , born in 1961, is an many attempts. People thought Tom Ford American fashion designer from he was crazy to keep drilling, and Austin, Texas. Known for his modern even his employers takes on glamorous, classic design, refused him more he got his start in money. His ultimate fashion as an intern success resulted at the renowned from drilling pipes label Chloé, in Paris. into the ground Ford then moved to prevent water to NYC and worked contamination and cave-ins. He for Cathy Hardwick did not patent his invention and and Perry Ellis, eventually becoming eventually lost all his money. the creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent. In 2006, his own luxury brand, Tom Ford, debuted. Did You Know? He’s dressed countless celebrities, Within every human being is a including Beyoncé, Jennifer Lopez, flourishing colony of bacteria Tom Hanks, and Daniel Craig weighing about four pounds. in four James Bond films. He also This is referred to as the wrote and directed the filmsA Single human microbiome. Man and Nocturnal Animals.

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RIDAY UGUST F , A 27, 2021

On this day in 1883, the volcano of Krakatoa in Indonesia exploded in a massive eruption. The explosion was so violent that it could be heard 3,000 miles away.

The pressure wave caused by the blast circled the globe three times.

Fashion of Yesteryear What Am I?

The midriff-baring crop top might I am counted on to deliver a have originated with women’s fashion powerful jolt to any system that I’m in the 1940s, partly due to fabric a part of. Without me, things just rationing during World War II, but wouldn’t get started. The better the trend became popular with men insulated I am, the hotter I run, and in the 1970s. Bodybuilders started I can run hot! I sometimes get up to the look as a way to evade the dress 800°C, or 1,472°F. You’ll find me codes of gyms that required shirts to in everything from a gas-powered be worn. Wanting to train without lawnmower to a multi-million- shirts, cutting shirts in half was the dollar sports car. Luckily, when I’m best way to show off their ripped broken, you can replace me for just

midriffs. Throughout the 1980s and a few bucks. What am I?

sparkplug A

’90s, men continued to wear crop ANSWER: tops, particularly jocks and surfer dudes. They are even coming back High Five into fashion today. Can you name the Buy a Vowel five most visited cities by tourists in V _ N _ R _ B L _ the world in 2019?

million 14.67

Given respect due to age Singapore, million; 15.93 Dubai, 4. million;

and wisdom 19.09 London, 3. million; 19.1 Paris, 2.

VENERABLE ANSWER:

1. Bangkok, 22.78 million visitors; visitors; million 22.78 Bangkok, 1. : ANSWER

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 2021 On This Date 1850 – Wagner’s opera Lohengrin was performed for the first time. Its Quote of the Day “Bridal Chorus” is better known as “Everyone needs more support “Here Comes the Bride.” The march than they are getting.” is played for the bride’s entrance at many weddings throughout the ~ Sheryl Sandberg Western world, in spite of the fact that the opera marriage between Elsa and Lohengrin was an almost immediate failure. Happy Birthday! 1963 – Reverend Martin Luther Sheryl Sandberg, born in 1969, is King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” an American tech executive, author, speech at the and activist. The billionaire Chief Lincoln Memorial. Operating Officer at Facebook The speech helped also serves on Facebook’s Board mobilize support of Directors. Before for the 1964 Civil joining the social Rights Act. media company, she worked at Google. 1968 – Vietnam War protesters Sandberg, who grew and police clashed in the streets up in Washington, of Chicago while the Democratic D.C., and Miami, is the founder of National Convention nominated LeanIn.org, an organization that Hubert H. Humphrey as its party’s promotes equality and helps women presidential candidate. reach their career goals. Among her Daily Trivia many accolades, Time magazine put her in its 2012 Time 100—the The word orange was first used to publication’s annual list of the describe the fruit, not the color. world’s most influential people.

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ATURDAY UGUST S , A 28, 2021

Today is International Bat Night. Bats are a vital part of our ecosystems. Each night, they consume up to 1,200 mosquitoes per hour. With many species of bats

classified as endangered, it is important to protect these flying mammals.

Picture of the Day Mystery to Me

In 2016, a group of thieves hijacked a semitrailer full of 20,000 pounds of cheese. The truck was traveling from Green Bay to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when the driver made an overnight stop along Interstate 94. When the driver returned a few hours later, the truck was gone, along with $46,000 worth of cheese. Keep quacking kids, I think I see a This cheese heist wasn’t the only hundred-dollar bill in there. one in Wisconsin that year. Two other robberies occurred months Now it’s your turn to come up earlier, leading authorities to with a good caption. believe that the culprits were Word to the Wise well-organized cheese pirates.

The word minion is often used to Word Wise refer to an underling who works as a Which word is not like the others? henchman. This word comes from the French word mignon, which haboob sirocco

means “darling,” “favorite,” or

“dainty one.” In this sense, a minion monsoon zephyr

winds. are others

A monsoon is a rainstorm; the the rainstorm; a is monsoon A is the favorite or darling henchman of ANSWER: the big, bad boss.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2021 On This Date 1949 – The Soviets detonated an Quote of the Day atomic bomb. The scientists who would have been executed if the “Hard work” bomb had failed were honored as ~ Marie-Louise Meilleur, Heroes of Socialist Labor, and those who would have been imprisoned when asked the secret were awarded the Order of Lenin. to living a long life 2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle. It was the costliest Happy Birthday! natural disaster in U.S. history. The (1880–1998) storm was the third major hurricane Marie-Louise Meilleur lived for an astounding 117 years. of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic Born in Kamouraska, Québec, the hurricane season. French Canadian was the oldest Daily Trivia living Canadian in recorded history. The only difference between a In her last year, she hurricane, a typhoon, and a cyclone also became the oldest is the location where the storm living person on occurs. In the Atlantic and Northeast Earth. Meilleur was Pacific, the event is a hurricane. In married twice (her the Northwest Pacific, it is called a first husband died at typhoon, and in the South Pacific age 39) and had 12 children, six with and Indian Ocean, it is a cyclone. each husband. Her second spouse, Hector Meilleur, also lived a long life— to age 93. The supercentarian had 85 grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren, 57 great-great-grandchildren, and four great-great-great-greats—that’s a lot of love!

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UNDAY UGUST S , A 29, 2021

Today is More Herbs, Less Salt Day. If you really want to add flavor to your foods, the best way is to use a diverse array of herbs and spices. Herbs like basil,

mint, dill, rosemary, sage, and oregano boost flavor and are healthy, too.

Think-tionary Wild Kingdom

farrago Residents in Houston got quite a A. A confused mixture shock when they saw a tiger sitting or in a neighbor’s yard. An off-duty police officer who lived nearby was B. The high-fiber oats used to feed

brave enough to approach the tiger

mature horses

fact. and cliché and was about to shoot it when

television of farrago a was

Egypt ancient things got even stranger. A neighbor

of knowledge child’s he T A. R:

ANSWE appeared and, appealing to the officer not to shoot the animal, Toys of Yesteryear approached the tiger, put it into his

Bonnie Zacherle worked for almost a jeep, and drove off. Local police decade as an illustrator for later found the man, but to the a greeting card company. police’s horror, the man claimed he She switched careers in no longer knew where the tiger was. 1980 to join the Hasbro In the end, the tiger went to a Toy Company, and it was sanctuary, and the man went to jail. there that she invented the Word Scramble My Little Pony line of children’s toys. Zacherle had no idea that her toys D R E L U N T would become a worldwide media sensation in the 21st century, appealing To move slowly and

heavily on wheels TRUNDLE to both girls and middle-aged men who ANSWER: refer to themselves as “bronies.”

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MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021 On This Date 30 BC – Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, Quote of the Day committed suicide. Antony and “It was quite the most Cleopatra were defeated in the naval incredible event that has ever Battle of Actium by Octavian, who happened to me in my life.” became Augustus Caesar. Antony fell on his sword rather than face ~ Ernest Rutherford, on his capture. Shortly thereafter, legend discovery of the nucleus has it that Cleopatra let a poisonous snake bite her. Their fate is the subject of Shakespeare’s play Antony Happy Birthday! and Cleopatra. Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937) was 1909 – Charles Walcott discovered a brilliant New Zealand physicist who the Burgess Shale discovered both the nucleus and the in the Canadian concept of the radioactive half-life. Rockies. The fossil Now considered the father of nuclear bed is famous physics, Rutherford was awarded for its amazing a Nobel Prize in preservation of Chemistry for his specimens from the pioneering findings Cambrian Explosion, dating 545 to on alpha and beta 525 million years ago. radiation and the disintegration of the Fun Fact elements during his time working at McGill University According to the U.S. Tennis in Montréal, Canada. In England, Association, a tennis ball is supposed he led the teams that discovered the to bounce between 53 and 58 inches neutron and split the nucleus. The when dropped from a height of element rutherfordium was named 100 inches. in his honor.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2021

On this day in 1963, the Moscow-Washington Hotline was created. While the hotline is often portrayed as a red telephone, in reality, it began as a teletype machine, then became a fax machine, and today is a form of secure email.

You Are What You Eat Silver Memories

Sea buckthorn is a northern On this day 25 years ago, a salvage hemisphere shrub native to Asia company attempted to raise an and Europe that grows many small 11-ton section of the RMS Titanic orange berries. The off the seafloor. Resting two-and-a- berries, though bitter to half miles below the surface of the taste, are incredibly water, the sunken ship was not easy healthy and sometimes called the to recover. Four massive rubber “lemons of the north.” The berries bags filled with diesel were attached contain more vitamin C than almost to the hull to float it near the surface. any other fruit. They are also rich in When seas grew rough, salvagers vitamin K and vitamin E, as well as tried to tow the section to calmer amino acids and important waters, but two of the balloons minerals. One way to prepare them broke loose and the Titanic sunk yet is to squeeze out their juice and mix again to the watery deep. The same it with honey. The fat content of the section was successfully retrieved in berries makes them ideal for skin 1998, and is now on display in a Las creams and other cosmetics. Vegas hotel.

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This actress and comedian, a winner _ M P _ R _ _ L of all four elusive EGOT awards,

Relating to an empire or emperor

IMPERIAL

was born Caryn Johnson. ANSWER:

ANSWER: Whoopi Goldberg Whoopi ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021 On This Date 1942 – “Up in the sky! Look! It’s Quote of the Day a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman!” “Early childhood education Mutual Broadcasting System started is the key to the betterment airing The Adventures of Superman on the radio three to five times a week. of society.” 1957 – After 10 years on the air, ~ Maria Montessori the children’s show Kukla, Fran, and Ollie broadcast its last episode on network TV. The show featured Happy Birthday! beloved puppets Kukla, a clown, Maria Montessori (1870–1952) was and Ollie, a dragon. PBS revived the an Italian educator and physician. children’s series from 1969–1971. The education pioneer developed the 1997 – Princess Diana died in an Montessori teaching method, which automobile accident in Paris after is used worldwide her driver attempted to elude in many public and tabloid photographers. private schools. In Geography Trivia addition to studying medicine, she also Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest did graduate work place on Earth. Rainfall has never in theoretical and been recorded in its center. The moral philosophy and psychology. remainder gets half an inch a year. She became interested in teaching Being high and dry, it is one of the practices, initially studying those best places in the world for large for mentally disabled children telescopes and solar farms. before expanding her scope to include all types of learners. The core of the Montessori doctrine is to support children’s natural instincts for independent learning.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021

On this day in 1897, inventor Thomas Edison patented his kinetoscope, the world’s first projector of moving images. Edison hoped that his invention would improve sales of his phonograph by pairing moving pictures with sound.

Set the Record Straight Household Tips

People tend to think that It’s a bummer when you buy a warm eating spicy foods causes beverage at the grocery store and do ulcers. Scientists have not want to wait to enjoy it cold. It discovered that this is usually takes about two hours for a untrue. Ulcers, like many drink to get chilled in the fridge. other ailments, are caused One of the best ways to quick-chill by bacteria infecting the stomach. a beverage is to wrap it in a wet One method of fighting an ulcer is paper towel and then place it in the to drink cranberry juice. Science freezer. Thanks to evaporative shows that cranberry juice contains cooling, as the water in the paper compounds that don’t let the towel evaporates, it will draw heat harmful bacteria stick onto the away from the warm liquid. After 15 stomach. But don’t pass the salsa minutes, the drink will come out as just yet—sometimes spicy food can cold as if it has been in the irritate existing ulcers. refrigerator all day. Don’t forget it though, or the liquid could freeze Who Said So? and burst through a bottle or can!

This 19th-century abolitionist and advocate of women’s and Native Word Scramble

American rights said, “An effort C L E R P A

made for the happiness of others

A small package or bundle

PARCEL

lifts above ourselves.” ANSWER:

Lydia Maria Child Maria Lydia ANSWER:

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