The Daily Dose/July 28, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
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Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow’s seminal research into coffee creamer usage at the hotel continues. Today’s Diary.
French vanilla is starting to put some distance between itself and half & half and hazelnut as the most used creamer testing wrapped up its third day…The French vanilla box is already at the halfway mark, while half & half and hazelnut are tied for second, each not even a quarter done, yet.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1996 – The remains of what is known as the Kennewick Man are found on the banks of the Columbia River in southern Washington. DNA testing showed the remains to be between 8,900 and 9,000 years old and related to Native Americans in the area, and the remains were subject to a nine-year court battle between Native American tribes and scientists who wanted to study the remains, a case ultimately decided in favor of the scientists.
In 1928 – The Amsterdam Summer Olympics open in Denmark, featuring 46 nations, including first-time participants Panama, Malta and Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. They were the first Games to be condensed into a fixed, 16-day schedule as previous Olympiads had been spread over several months and they were the first Games where the Olympic flame burned for the entire Games. The US won the most gold (22) and overall (56) medals.
In 2018 – Lauren Daigle is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot Christian Singles chart for the first of a Billboard all-chart record 130 non-consecutive weeks with You Say. It’s the third of five #1 Christian songs for Daigle and the song also peaked at #29 on Billboard’s Hot 100 in 2018. The song has moved in out of the #1 spot eight times and is still on the chart, three years after its release, at #2 behind her song Hold On To Me. The song was Billboard’s second-biggest Christian song of the 2010s.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
How not to be forgotten? How to retain the floor for life? That was the question ambition asked but did not answer.
Gore Vidal
Washington, D.C.
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Two countries that no longer exist have won the Davis Cup: Czechoslovakia (1980) and West Germany (1988-89).
Today’s Stumper
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How many gold medals have Panama, Malta and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe won in the Summer Olympics? – Answer next time!
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