The Daily Dose/February 26, 2024
By Gaylon Kent – America’s Funniest Guy™
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Leading Off will return.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has another lousy rest. Today’s Diary.
6.0 hours for the day, a start to the sleep week that is probably being surpassed in gulags…God bless all of you…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 1815 – Napoleon Bonaparte, former emperor of France, escapes from the island of Elba where he had been exiled to the previous May. Napoleon escaped on a French ship and landed on the southern coast of France two days later. He met French troops, who supported him, which caused Louis XVIII to flee to Belgium. Napoleon would reign again as emperor from March 20 until his abdication on June 22. He ended up in British custody and was exiled to Saint Helena Island in the South Atlantic, where he died in 1821.
In 1995 – Dana Barros of the Philadelphia 76ers establishes a new NBA record for most consecutive games making a 3-point basket in an 84-75 loss to the Indian Pacers. It was Barros’ 44th consecutive game with a 3-pointer, breaking the record of 43 established by Micahel Adams. Barros would extend the streak to 89 games the following season and the mark is now held by Stephen Curry, with 268.
In 2000 – Savage Garden is at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the fourth and final non-consecutive week with I Knew I Loved You. It was the fifth of six Top 40 hits for the group, their third and final Top 10 and #1 song. The song also went to #1 in Romania and Canada, peaked at #10 in Great Britain, and was Billboard’s 7th-biggest song of the year. The song also spent 17 weeks at #1 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart and was that chart’s #1 song of the decade.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Albert Einstein
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is Power
Van Halen has had five #1s on the Billboard 200 album chart.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
How old was Napoleon when he died? – Answer next time!
