The Daily Dose/July 29, 2021
By Gaylon Kent
America’s Funniest Guy
Leading Off
Notes from around the human experience.
Friends, Leading Off will run intermittently for the near future while we work on another of our reader-depleting projects.
Today At The Site
Writing worth reading. Usually.
The Diary of a Nobody – Sparrow has the latest from the back office at the hotel. Today’s Diary.
In shredder news…
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On This Date
The long march to today.
In 2019 – A prison riot between rival drug gangs in northern Brazil kills 62 people. The riot began about 7 am when one gang set fire to the cell block of another gang and 46 of the deaths were due to suffocation or smoke inhalation, while the remaining 16 were beheaded. Though two guards were initially taken hostage, they were released and all deaths were of inmates.
In 1965 – The Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates establish a new major league record for most strikeouts in a game in a 5-0 Philadelphia victory. The teams combined for 26 strikeouts, 16 by the Phillies and 10 by the Pirates, with research into whose record they broke proving inconclusive. The record is now 35, done by the Washington Nationals and New York Mets in 2015.
In 1967 – The Doors are at #1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 for the first of three consecutive weeks with Light My Fire. It was the first chart single for the group and first of eight Top 40 hits, three Top 10 hits and two #1 songs. The song also peaked at #7 in Great Britain and in 1991 went to #1 in Ireland. A version by Jose Feliciano peaked at #3 the following year, with the Doors’ version recharting, too, peaking at #87.
Some Philosophy Crap
The wisdom of the ages. Whatever.
The first lesson of philosophy is we cannot be wise about everything. We are fragments in infinity and moments in eternity; for such forked atoms to describe the universe, or the Supreme Being, must make the planets tremble with mirth.
Will Durant
The Story of Civilization, Vol. III: Caesar to Christ
Answer To The Last Trivia Question
Knowledge is power.
Panama (1), Malta (0) and Rhodesia/Zimbabwe (3) have combined to win four Summer Olympic gold medals.
Today’s Stumper
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