The Daily Dose/October 18, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around our human experience.
Leading Off remains in time out while we work on a project.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow determines that just about anything will contribute to hair growth. Today’s Diary.
And just to be a pest yours truly googled “lima beans” and “hair growth” and there was a site for this, too!!!…I am not making that up…Maybe – as suggested yesterday – a “yak piss” and “hair growth” search would actually turn up results.
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 1922 – A consortium of six companies establishes the BBC – then the British Broadcasting Company – in London, under a license from the British General Post Office. The BBC would issue its first licenses on Nov 1 and the first broadcasts began a couple of weeks later and its assets would be transferred to a crown-chartered BBC in 1927. Broadcasting had started in England in 1920, though the station had been shut down because of British fretting over licensing procedures.
In 1974 – Nate Thurmond of the Chicago Bulls becomes the first NBA player to record a quadruple-double in a 120-115 overtime win over the Atlanta Hawks. Thurmond had 22 points, 14 rebounds, 13 assists and 12 blocked shots and the feat has been accomplished four times since, by Alvin Robertson, Hakeem Olajuwon and David Robinson. Of the four, Robertson is the only one to get double figures in steals instead of blocks. A seven-time all-star, Thurmond was elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1985.
In 1975 – Neil Sedaka is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the second of three consecutive weeks with Bad Blood. It was the third and final #1 song for Sedaka and his eighth and final Top 10 hit in a chart career that spanned from 1958-80. The song also went to #1 in Canada and includes uncredited background vocals from Elton John. Sedaka has also recorded hits in Italian, Spanish, Japanese, German, Hebrew and Canadian French.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
He (Willian of Ockham) admitted in philosophy no authority but experience and reason.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. VI: The Reformation
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
France was the first country to confer diplomatic recognition on the US, doing so in 1778. The most recent was South Sudan, in 2011.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How many NCAA Division I quadruple doubles have been recorded in men’s basketball? – Answer next time!
