The Daily Dose/March 5, 2020
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience…
Friends, Leading Off continues to enjoy some PTO.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody: Sparrow has the latest MPG figures for the new ride. Today’s Diary.
I am not Mr Car so I have some zero clue why we have a 3 MPG variance, but it doesn’t matter, we’re consistently back above 30 MPG and that’s good for morale.
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On This Date
Great moments in us.
In 1770 – What History refers to as the Boston Massacre occurs when British soldiers shoot into a crowd of colonists. The soldiers were being attacked by the pesky colonists and their retaliation killed three colonists immediately with two others later dying of their wounds. Eight soldiers would go on trial in November with six being acquitted and two others convicted of manslaughter. They were spared a death sentence and instead received brandings on a thumb.
In 1996 – The Dallas Mavericks establish a new NBA record for most three-point field goal attempts in a game and Dallas’ George McCloud ties the mark for individual three-point attempts in a 127-117 win over the New Jersey Nets. The Mavericks made 18-of-49 three-point attempts while McCloud went 7-for-20 and both records have been surpassed many times. The team record is now 70 attempts by the Houston Rockets on January 19, 2019, and the individual record is now held by Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors, who had 24 attempts on October 29, 2018. Thompson made 14 of them, also an NBA record.
In 1983 – Michael Jackson is at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of seven consecutive weeks with Billie Jean. It was Jackson’s fourth of 13 #1 songs as a solo act or part of a duo and his ninth of 30 Top 10 hits. The song went to #1 in nine other countries including Switzerland and Great Britain and Billie Jean was also in its fourth of nine consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s soul chart. It was Billboard’s second biggest song of the year and also ranked 83rd on its 60th-anniversary Hot 100 in 2018. Jackson co-wrote the song with Quincy Jones and the pair bickered about various aspects of the song before Jones yielded.
Quotebook
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
It is no discredit to our species that in all ages its curiosity has outrun its wisdom… – Will Durant, The Story of Civilization, Vol. I: Our Oriental Heritage
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
It’s not who you know, but what you know.
The NHL record for most goals scored in a game by one team this century is 12 by the Washington Capitals who defeated the Florida Panthers 12-2 on January 11, 2003.
Today’s Stumper
Cheaper than Trivia Night at the bar.
Who was the attorney for the eight British soldiers who went on trial for the deaths in the Boston Massacre? – Answer next time!
