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MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2021 On This Date Quote of the Day Beware, the Ides “I’ve been doing this kind of of March! thing since I was 18, and it rolls right off my back.” Today is the Ides of March, notorious as the date that Julius Caesar, ~ Marjorie Merriweather Post dictator of the Roman Republic, was assassinated in 44 BC. This marked the beginning of a civil war that Happy Birthday! resulted in Augustus becoming the first Roman emperor. Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887– 1973) inherited Postum Cereal Also on This Date Company (later General Foods) at age 27. The company 1892 – The escalator was patented thrived under her by Jesse W. Reno. Reno later teamed leadership, and the up with Elisha Otis, of elevator fame. astute businesswoman Follow the Diamonds grew the family fortune exponentially. Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Post was the first female board 35-carat diamond earrings were member of a major American donated to the Smithsonian in corporation, as well as a generous 1964. Marie Antoinette was their philanthropist. Her donations funded original owner. After her death, the Kennedy Center and many they were gifted to Empress medical clinics during World War I, Eugenie of France, who sold them and she willed one of her mansions to Duchess Tatiana of Russia. to the Smithsonian Museum. Post is They ended up with jeweler also known for building Mar-a-Lago, Pierre Cartier, who reset which was purchased in 1985 by them for Mrs. Post. U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Today is the Ides of March. Long before the Ides of March became infamous due to the assassination of Julius Caesar, it was a religious holiday.
The ides, or middle, of each month were days devoted to the god Jupiter.
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For years, scientists have been puzzled Get on swimmingly about why pandas stain their fur brown If two people get on swimmingly, then with fresh horse manure. The lovable they enjoy an easy friendship free of black and white bears are very difficulty or disagreement. The term thorough. After rolling in the manure, swimmingly was used in the 1620s to they use their paws to mean “with steady, smooth progress” scrub it into every patch or “in an easy, gliding manner,” and of fur to make sure they even “to bear with conspicuous haven’t missed a spot. success.” All definitions were related After more than a decade of research, to the imagery of gliding gracefully scientists finally discovered that pandas through the water. One early usage of only perform this strange practice the term was in 1622 in a stage play when temperatures are freezing. It where one character asked, “Can such turns out that certain chemicals in the a rascal as thou art, hope for honor?” manure numb the bears to the cold. The rascal replied, “Yes…and bear Since pandas do not hibernate, this is it swimmingly.” the next best strategy to help them survive the winter. Word Scramble
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DELIGHT My portrait was just sent to jail, ANSWER: but I swear it was framed!
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