The Daily Dose/April 17, 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 hits the road. Today’s Diary.
We were also wondering where a sign announcing we were crossing the 45th parallel was, but some later checking showed we are still a couple of degrees south of the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole…
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On This Date
Extra, extra, read all about it.
In 2014 – The Kepler Space Telescope – in orbit around Earth – discovers the first Earth-size planet located in what us humans consider a habitable zone around its star. The planet is about 580 light years from Earth and 40 million miles from its star and a year takes about 130 days. Current, as well as next-generation, telescope technology does not allow for checking for the existence of an atmosphere.
In 2021 – Patrick Marleau of the San Jose Sharks tied the NHL record for most career games played in a 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild. It was the 1,767th game for Marleau, tying the record established by Gordie Howe from 1946-80. Marleau retired after the season with 1,779 games played, and the record still stands.
In 1954 – Wanted by Perry Como is at #1 on Billboard’s Best Sellers in Stores chart – a predecessor to the Hot 100 – for the second of eight consecutive weeks. It was the 37th of 50 Top 10 hits for Como on assorted Billboard pop charts of the era and his eighth of eleven #1s in a chart career that lasted from 1944 to 2021. The song also went to #1 on Billboard’s Most Played by Jockeys and Most Played in Jukeboxes charts.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
…change and growth is not in all things and places alike…the passing seasons are but ripples ever repeated in the long long stream.
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
The largest mass shooting in US history was the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, where 61 people, including the shooter, were killed.
Today’s Stumper
Match wits with Gaylon. It’s not that hard.
Which planet’s orbit is closest to the Earth’s orbit? Answer next time!
