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Today in History


1571		At the Battle of Lepanto in the Mediterranean Sea, the Christian galley fleet destroys the Turkish galley fleet.
1630		The town of Trimountaine in Massachusetts is renamed Boston. It became the state capital.
1701		England, Austria, and the Netherlands form an Alliance against France.
1778		Shawnee Indians attack and lay siege to Boonesborough, Kentucky.
1812		On the road to Moscow, Napoleon wins a costly victory over the Russians at Borodino.
1813		The earliest known printed reference to the United States by the nickname “Uncle Sam” occurs in the Troy Post.
1864		Union General Phil Sheridan’s troops skirmish with the Confederates under Jubal Early outside Winchester, Virginia.
1876		The James-Younger gang botches an attempt to rob the First National Bank of Northfield, Minnesota.
1888		An incubator is used for the first time on a premature infant.
1892		The first heavyweight-title boxing match fought with gloves under Marquis of Queensbury rules ends when James J. Corbett knocks out John L. Sullivan in the 21st round.
1912		French aviator Roland Garros sets an altitude record of 13,200 feet.
1916		The U.S. Congress passes the Workman’s Compensation Act.
1940		Germany’s blitz against London begins during the Battle of Britain.
1942		The Red Army pushes back the German line northwest of Stalingrad.
1953		Nikita Krushchev elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1954		Integration of public schools begins in Washington D.C. and Maryland.
1965		Pro Football Hall of Fame opens in Canton, Ohio.
1970		Jockey Bill Shoemaker earns 6,033rd win, breaking Johnny Longden’s record for most lifetime wins; Shoemaker’s record would stand for 29 years.
1977		Panama and US sign Torrijos-Carter Treaties to transfer control of the Panama Canal from the US to Panama at the end of the 20th century.
1978		Secret police agent Francesco Gullino assassinates Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov in London by firing a ricin pellet from a specially designed umbrella.
1979		ESPN, the Entertainment and Sports Programing Network, debuts.
1986		Desmond Tutu becomes first black leader of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (now the Anglican Church of South Africa).
1988		Pilot and cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the first Afghan to travel to outer space, returns to earth after 9 days aboard the Soviet space station Mir.
2004		Hurricane Ivan damages 90% of buildings on the island of Grenada; 39 die in the Category 5 storm.
2008		US Government assumes conservatorship of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the country’s two largest mortgage financing companies, during the subprime mortgage crisis.

Family welcomed third child born on the same day for third consecutive year

Life seems to happen in threes for the Stevenson family. Seth and Lauren Stevenson, of Dickinson, North Dakota, were married in 2013 after a three-day engagement just three months after they first met. So it only made sense that on Thursday, for the third consecutive year on the same exact day, the couple welcomed their third child.
Newborn Henry, born Sept. 1, 2016, joins 2-year-old brother Axel, born Sept. 1, 2014, and 1-year-old sister Tommie, born Sept. 1, 2015. "I can't believe it's actually the same," Lauren said. The 23-year-old mother said all three children were natural births, and that she was ready for 9-pound, 12-ounce Henry to arrive, even though her due date was Sept. 4.

Dr. William Lowe, the family's obstetrician at CHI St. Alexius Health in Dickinson, delivered all three of the Stevenson children and said he's pleased to be a part of an experience so rare he's never seen or heard of it happen in his nearly 50 years in the medical field. "They're excited about it," Lowe said. "They're really a good family."
Next year, Seth and Lauren will likely have a Sept. 1 triple birthday party for the three children - the first that both Axel and Tommie will have on their actual birthdays, which have so far been spent in hospital rooms. "We're just going to have one big party, one big bounce house, give each of them a separate cake and their own presents," Lauren said.

Chomsky: Calling Someone 'Anti-American' Is a Classic Technique of Social Control

Chomsky: Calling Someone 'Anti-American' Is a Classic Technique of Social Control

And The Team Played On

Some high schools schools take their football really seriously. In November of 1965, Silliman Hall at Northfield Mount Herman School in Mount Hermon, Massachusetts, caught on fire during their game with Deerfield Academy. After a delay, the teams continued the game. But really, what else should they have done? Nateynate’s dad was at the game.

Believe it or not, my dad watched the whole thing. He was a Junior at Northfield Mount Herman when that happened. It is pretty much as you've suggested -- the firemen said it'd be better if everyone just stayed out of their way and didn't panic. So, back to the game they went. He keeps a coffee cup around that has that picture on it.

It was a heated competition illustrating a red-hot rivalry. Ultimately, Deerfield Academy won the game, 20-14. Silliman Hall was the school’s science building, and was actually quite a bit further from the game than this photograph would indicate. The fire was found to be caused by the electrical wiring, and the building was a complete loss. Read the whole story of that game at the New York Times.

Warship Graveyard Of Truk Lagoon

Under the clear blue waters of Chuuk Atoll in the South Pacific, seven degrees north of the equator, near New Guinea, lies the wreck of a dozen Japanese warships, more than thirty merchant ships, and hundreds of aircrafts.

10 Struggles Every Girl Who's Been a Third Wheel Knows All Too Well

So real it hurts.

Post Office sued over perv postman who groped women and broke into homes while making his rounds

Taitano was allowed to keep his job after the first complaint was lodged -- in 2002.

Women Are the Majority of Minimum Wage Workers in Every State Except 5

McDonald’s, the fight for $15 and the global revolution of fast food workers

TPP Special Court Crushes Domestic Laws and Plunders the Public

How the TPP Special Court Crushes Domestic Laws and Plunders the Public

Arkansas Town Operating a "Hot Check" Court as an Illegal Debtors' Prison

Is an Arkansas Town Operating a "Hot Check" Court as an Illegal Debtors' Prison?

Man upset and angry about unfinished tattoo died after jumping out of moving truck

An man from Ocala, Florida, was killed after he became angry and jumped out of a moving pick-up truck during a trip to Volusia County with coworkers just before midnight on Saturday, according to deputies. The body of Bryan Robinson, 34, was found early on Sunday on the side of the road in Pierson after an extensive search of the area, deputies said. Three men, who work together in Marion County, drove to Volusia County to go fishing and to get a group tattoo. According to the other two men, while their tattoos were finished, Robinson’s tattoo was taking longer because of the intricate design that he had picked out. Not wanting to wait the additional three hours, the other two told Robinson that they were leaving and that he could go with them or stay behind to get his tattoo finished, authorities said.
Robinson was upset as he left with his friends, and became increasingly angry during the drive back to Marion County. At some point while passing through Pierson, Robinson opened the door of the truck and jumped out, authorities said. “I would have never thought he'd done something like that. That's mind blowing. Never thought he'd do something like that,” said neighbor Laura Politte. The driver, who estimated that he was decelerating from about 40 mph at the time, pulled over and the two began searching for Robinson.
After about a half-hour of unsuccessful searching, they called the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. Patrol deputies and a sheriff’s office helicopter launched a search for the man, but were unable to find Robinson until Sunday morning. That’s when a Sheriff’s Office helicopter crew doing a flyover found Robinson’s body. Deputies said there is no evidence that contradicts the story Robinson's friends gave them. The investigation is ongoing.

Armless man arrested for alleged drug dealing

A man with no arms was arrested in Trenton, New Jersey, for allegedly selling drugs near a park and school on Friday. At about 4pm Trenton police received a tip from a concerned citizen that a man without arms was selling pills. Police in an unmarked police vehicle located Allen Howlen, 47, fitting the tipster’s description. Officers knew from previous encounters with Howlen, also known by the street name Flipper, that he had been charged as a drug dealer and user.
When officers spotted Howlen, he was allegedly observed with his face down in an open container of alcohol identified as a 24-ounce can of Bud Ice. Police discovered that Howlen had an active warrant for his arrest and informed him about the warrant. Officers also searched him and found 11 yellowish rectangular prescription pills and other suspected controlled dangerous substances, police alleged.
Police arrested Howlen and charged him with possession of controlled dangerous substance Endocet, possession of a prescription legend drug, possession with intent to distribute within 500 feet of a park and within 1,000 feet of a school, and possessing an open container of alcohol in public. Police also seized $94 in US currency that Howlen had on his person, and he was locked up on $50,000 full cash bail.

Man accused of crashing stolen car, burgling home and painting dog purple

Police report that at approximately 2:30pm on Saturday officers were dispatched following a report of a stolen motor vehicle that had crashed in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, with the suspect fleeing from the scene on foot. Officers responded to the location and initiated an investigation. Around 5 to 10 minutes later, officers were dispatched to a nearby residence for a report of breaking and entering. Officers responded and met with the victim who stated they arrived home and found a ground-level window forced in. Items were reported stolen and the victim’s dog had been painted purple. Officers spoke to a neighbor who reported a man knocked on their door and asked for a man who didn’t reside at the residence. The neighbor provided a description of the man to investigating officers and noted he looked disheveled. Upon receiving this description, officers deemed Felix Reagan, 19, a suspect in both incidents.
Reagan had been arrested by the Oak Bluffs Police on June 3rd on charges of breaking and entering. While officers were searching the area for Reagan, a resident called and reported a male was looking into the window of their home. Officers then began a search of the neighborhood. A Massachusetts State Police Trooper located Reagan and took him into custody. A search of Reagan’s person revealed prescription pills, a driver’s license and credit cards that were stolen from the victim of the earlier house break-in.
Reagan also had purple paint on his pants which was consistent with the paint that was found on the dog from the break-in. Reagan was transported to the Oak Bluffs Police station for questioning. While in the police cruiser Reagan attempted to kick out the windows and kicked an Oak Bluffs Officer on two occasions. Reagan was charged with breaking and entering, larceny of a motor vehicle, destruction of property, cruelty to animals, two counts of assault and battery on a police officer and drug possession. These incidents remain under investigation and more charges may be filed.

Earth’s carbon points to planetary smashup

Study: Earth’s carbon points to planetary smashup

Research by Rice University Earth scientists suggests that virtually all of Earth’s life-giving carbon could have come from a collision about 4.4 billion years ago between Earth and an embryonic planet similar to Mercury. In a new study this week in Nature Geoscience,...

Stolen 92-year-old parrot returned to family

Bonnie the elderly parrot is back home. Someone turned in the missing 92-year-old parrot to police after she was stolen on Thursday afternoon, according to police in Seagoville, Texas. Someone took the bright green bird with yellow markings, along with her cage, from the front porch of her home in Seagoville. Bonnie's owner Kathy Gardner was worried sick. "She's been in the family for many, many years," owner Kathy said.
"These three days [with the parrot missing] has been really hard on us." Seagoville Police Chief Ray Calverley said a person dropped off Bonnie at the Balch Springs Police Department. Officers will look at video footage to try and figure out who left the bird.
"I can only imagine how good it feels for the family," Calverley said. "Bonnie has been in this family for generations and I know they're ecstatic to have her back." Kathy said Bonnie talked and sqawked on the way home from the police station. "I'm just thankful that they had it in their heart to do that because she's old and she don't know nobody else but us," Kathy said.

Dog reunited with owner after 6 day vigil outside hospital waiting for her to be discharged

A loyal dog was finally reunited with her owner after waiting patiently for six days at the doors of a hospital in Spain. Sandra Iniesta, 22, was discharged from Elda hospital near Alicante on Saturday where she rushed a week earlier after suffering a ruptured appendix.

Waiting loyally for her at the door of the hospital was Maya, an Akita Inu, who had steadfastly refused to leave her vigil while her owner was recovering. Even when her owner’s father attempted to pull her away tempting her into the car with offers of treats, Maya refused to budge .

“She knows what is happening and she is showing that she can be patient,” he said of Maya, whose Japanese breed is famous for its loyalty. She quickly became a favorite with hospital staff. Sandra emerged from the hospital on Saturday to discover her beloved dog outside.
“She just did what she does at home in Barcelona which is wait at the door of a place until I return,” explained Sandra. "After days of not seeing my girl Maya, the kiss and happiness at seeing me and me her is priceless," she said. On Sunday, Maya celebrated her second birthday, with cake.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2016

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Today in History


394		Theodosius becomes sole ruler of Italy after defeating Eugenius at the Battle of the River Frigidus.
1422		Sultan Murat II ends a vain siege of Constantinople.
1522		One of the five ships that set out in Ferdinand Magellan’s trip around the world makes it back to Spain. Only 15 of the original 265 men that set out survived. Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.
1688		Imperial troops defeat the Turks and take Belgrade, Serbia.
1793		French General Jean Houchard and his 40,000 men begin a three-day battle against an Anglo-Hanoveraian army at Hondschoote, southwest Belgium, in the wars of the French Revolution.
1847		Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves back into town, to Concord, Massachusetts.
1861		Union General Ulysses S. Grant‘s forces capture Paducah, Kentucky from Confederate forces.
1870		The last British troops to serve in Austria are withdrawn.
1901		President William McKinley is shot while attending a reception at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, by 28-year-old anarchist Leon Czolgosz. McKinley dies eight days later, the third American president assassinated.
1907		The luxury liner Lusitania leaves London for New York on her maiden voyage.
1918		The German Army begins a general retreat across the Aisne, with British troops in pursuit.
1936		Aviator Beryl Markham flies the first east-to-west solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
1937		The Soviet Union accuses Italy of torpedoing two Russian ships in the Mediterranean.
1941		Germany announces that all Jews living in the country will have to begin wearing a Star of David.
1943		The United States asks the Chinese Nationals to join with the Communists to present a common front to the Japanese.
1953		The last American and Korean prisoners are exchanged in Operation Big Switch, the last official act of the Korean War.
1965		Indian troops invade Lahore; Pakistan paratroopers raid Punjab.
1972		The world learns an earlier announcement that all Israeli athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympics had been rescued was erroneous; all had been killed by their captors from the Black September terrorist group; all but 3 terrorists also died in shootout around midnight.
1976		A Soviet pilot lands his MIG-25 in Tokyo and asks for political asylum in the United States.
1976		Lieutenant Viktor Belenko, a Soviet air force pilot defects, flying a MiG-25 jet fighter to Japan and requesting political asylum in US.
1988		Lee Roy Young becomes the first African-American Texas Ranger in the force’s 165-year history.
1991		USSR officially recognizes independence for the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1991		Leningrad, second-largest city in the USSR, is changed to Saint Petersburg, which had been the city’s name prior to 1924.
1995		Baltimore Orioles’ Cal Ripken Jr. plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a 56-year MLB record held by Lou Gehrig; in 2007 fans voted this achievement the most memorable moment in MLB history.
1997		Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales: over 1 million people line London’s streets to honor her and 2.5 billion watched the event on TV.

The Macaroni in "Yankee Doodle" is Not What You Think

Whether kids learn the song “Yankee Doodle” from their parents, at school, or from TV, it sounds like a nonsense song because the first verse makes no sense at all. It’s often years later that we learn the song was originally intended to mock Americans, and we only embraced it out of stubbornness and a desire to declare ourselves separate from our British overlords. But there’s still more to learn about the language in the song.

The “macaroni” in question does not, however, refer to the food, but rather to a fashion trend that began in the 1760s among aristocratic British men.
On returning from a Grand Tour (a then-standard trip across Continental Europe intended to deepen cultural knowledge), these young men brought to England a stylish sense of fashion consisting of large wigs and slim clothing as well as a penchant for the then-little-known Italian dish for which they were named. In England at large, the word “macaroni” took on a larger significance. To be “macaroni” was to be sophisticated, upper class, and worldly.
In “Yankee Doodle,” then, the British were mocking what they perceived as the Americans’ lack of class. The first verse is satirical because a doodle—a simpleton—thinks that he can be macaroni—fashionable—simply by sticking a feather in his cap. In other words, he is out of touch with high society.

So what did “macaroni” style really look like? It was a fashion trend for the relatively young and status-conscious, and there was plenty of ridicule even for those who got it right. Read about macaroni fashion at Atlas Obscura.

The Story of Billy Possum

The Teddy Bear became a very popular toy during Teddy Roosevelt’s presidency. When he left office in 1909, toymakers were concerned that Teddy bear sales would drop off, so they wanted to come up with something new. The new president William Taft was known to like possum -to eat, that is. When Taft was presented with a plush opossum toy at an Atlanta banquet (after he ate one), toy manufacturers were inspired.

The Georgia Billy Possum Company formed, churning out thousands of the stuffed toys. (The company’s slogan was “Good-bye, Teddy Bear. Hello, Billy Possum.”) The year’s Stone and Webster Public Service Journal said, “Thousands of little possums are being made, which promise to be as favorably received as was the teddy bear.”
So began the Down-With-The-Teddy-Bear! rhetoric. The Los Angeles Times, for example, wrote that “the teddy bear has been relegated to a seat in the rear, and for four years, possibly eight, the children of the United States will play with Billy Possum.”

Of course, the Teddy bear is still around, while Billy Possum is so obscure it’s worth a blog post. Read the story of what happened at mental_floss.

Strange as a $2 Bill

John Trumbull’s iconic 1818 painting Declaration of Independence is so associated with American history that a version of it was reproduced on the back of the $2 bill. But an anonymous somebody in the U.S. Bureau of Engraving decided to make some changes to Trumbull’s work, and that’s when things got a little strange.
• First of all, six signers of the Declaration of Independence were simply lopped out of the picture: four (George Wythe, William Whipple, Josiah Bartlett, and Thomas Lynch) from the far left side, and two (Thomas McKean and Philip Livingston) from the far right.
• A patterned rug that appears in the Trumbull painting was removed from under the feet of the five men standing in the center.
• In the painting, Thomas Jefferson is twisted about 90 degrees and his leg is outstretched like a ballet dancer in order to stand ever so slightly on John Adams’s foot. The two men had a lot of respect for each other, but they were also political rivals for decades, belonging to opposite parties and running against each other for president. In the $2 bill version, though, the two men’s feet are touching toe to toe.
• Finally, there is the curious case of James Wilson, who would eventually go on to become an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court. In the place of the smooth-shaven, white-haired gentleman in Trumbull’s painting, the $2 bill includes a young man with dark, close-cropped hair and a short goatee.
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Having said all that, it’s only fair to note that the original painting wasn’t perfect to begin with. Trumbull pictured just 47 congressmen, even though there were 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. And of the men he did include, several hadn’t actually signed the document.

5 health benefits of silence and solitude

We live in a loud world where TV, music, and smartphones fill the void with white noise. Silence and solitude are broken by the buzz of technology while we call, text, and email to feel less alone. However, how often do we take the time to sit and enjoy silence?

Here are the 5 health benefits of silence and solitude

Extreme-weather winters are becoming more common in U.S.

Extreme-weather winters are becoming more common in U.S.

This past July was the hottest single month in Earth’s recorded history, but warming isn’t the only danger climate change holds in store. Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the simultaneous occurrence of extremely cold winter days in the Eastern United...

Three and five-year-old children crashed their parents' car on the way to visit grandma

Two young children apparently eager to see their grandma took the family car and crashed into another vehicle in Federal Way, Washington.

Luckily, no one was seriously hurt after the 3-year-old and 5-year-old drove into an intersection and T-boned another vehicle.
The driver of the other car just had minor cuts and bruises. The two children escaped without injury.
The incident happened at around 11am on Tuesday. Authorities did not say whether the parents could face any charges.

Man created fake backyard to cover up secret excavation at his home

In a city of old buildings, apartment owners in New York are always looking for ways to renovate and expand their living space. In the West Village, Manhattan, many of the buildings are land marked, meaning special permits are needed to do any kind of work on a home.
Yet, at 35 Perry Street, that just did not seem to be the case. The owner purchased the 3-storey townhouse, which was built in 1852 and decided to spruce the place up. Except, the owner did not get any of the proper permits to do any kind of work. For weeks, neighbors kept hearing digging and banging coming from underground but could not figure out what was going on.

Workers could be seen carrying debris into trucks outside, which would then haul the debris away. Those neighbors filed a number of complaints to the Department of Buildings, which sent people out to investigate. They discovered quite an operation. Hidden underneath a fake backyard, disguised by AstroTurf with a table and chairs, was an excavation site. The workers were digging seven feet into the ground.
The Department of Buildings immediately issued a stop work order on the site and told the owner to hire a structural engineer to fix the integrity of the building. They released a statement saying: “This case shows the depths to which bad actors will sink, or in this case dig, to evade the law. This illegal excavation greatly endangered the lives of workers and the public, and could have triggered a deadly collapse bringing neighboring properties down with it.”

The world's largest sandcastle fails to win world record

The world’s largest sandcastle has failed to get itself recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records due to construction rules.
A group of sand artists led by Benno Linde spent weeks to turn tonnes of sand into a giant sandcastle in a park in Duisburg, Germany.
The sandcastle set a measurement record with a height of 14.15 meters, which is slightly higher than the previous structure with a height of 13.97 meters.

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However, the sandcastle won't be enlisted in the Guinness Book as the sculpters had left pieces of wood within the structure.

The Most Annoying Questions for People From Each State

No matter where you're from, you're subject to stereotypes about your home state. Thrillist has collected some of the most obnoxious questions people love to ask people from each state in an effort to stop some of these horrible stereotypes -or at least stop people from having to hear about them every single day.
For some states, there are certainly more than one over-asked question although Thrillist only lists one per state. So if you have any you think should be added, feel free to add them into the comments.
I'd say for Calfornia, an obvious addition would be "so how far are you from LA?" Of course, when you leave the country, that question immediately evolves into "do you know any movie stars?" Because despite the fact that California is larger than all of Italy, and that Los Angeles is one of the most populous cities in the world, yes, we all live in a tiny city and know each other quite well.

What’s the psychological toll of being a Hooters waitress?

What’s the psychological toll of being a Hooters waitress?

But for all the tongue-in-cheek restaurant names and salacious headlines, it’s worth asking: how would working in one of these breastaurants affect your emotional and psychological well-being? What’s it like to actually be in the shoes of a waitress at one of these restaurants?

A dog in Playa Larga, Cuba, has taken on nursing responsibilities for a litter of orphaned piglets.
Linda the dog's owner Ignacio Estevez came up with the idea after the piglets' mother died.
Linda had just given birth to pups and was lactating. Estevez said: "On the first day she was a little hesitant but ended up giving the piglets milk.

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"And then a week on, she would arrive on her own volition to feed the them." Estevez added that Linda is managing to balance her parental duties between her own six puppies and the piglets.

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