Handy Hints #1 Garlic camouflages your body's scent, so mosquitoes can't Track you down. Simply add 2 crushed garlic cloves to a Pint of water, let sit overnight, straint and spritz around Outdoor areas. Handy Hint #2 Baby oil also works great on squeaky hinges and isn't that Expensive! Just drop one of two drops on the top of the Hinge. :-) About This Date Down through history, rivers determined where people lived, what they ate and what they drank. Poets have written about their mystery and magic, but their contribution to our planet is providing fresh water for all living things. They have also carved out the landscape we know today. Just think of the Colorado cutting out the Grand Canyon! And what's the largest river in the world? Yes, it's Cleopatra's favorite barge trip, the Nile! TODAY'S TRIVIA: 1664 - New Amsterdam renamed New York City 1872 - Susan B. Anthony is fined for trying to vote 1882 - Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, NYC 1933 - 1st drive-in theater opens (Camden, NJ) 1944 - Invasion of Normandy TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: 1755 - Nathan Hale, famous patriot (one life to give for his country) 1799 - Alexander Pushkin, writer (Eugene Onegin) 1892 - Pearl S Buck, writer 1955 - Dana Carvey, comedian (Wayne's World) Trivia... Researchers at the Daimler-Benz car company in Germany have found that hemp can replace glass fiber to strengthen the composition of plastics in vehicles. Frog bones form a new ring every year when the frog is hibernating, just like trees do. Scientists can count these rings to discover the age of the frog. The working section of a piano is called the action. Apples not only provided a source of food and drink, they were also an invaluable preservative for our pioneer ancestors' food and supplies. An apple placed in a bag of potatoes will help keep the potatoes from sprouting. Eating a raw apple will cleanse your mouth of more than 95 percent of bacteria that cause tooth decay. The largest Christmas bauble ornament in the world measures 4.2 m (13.77 ft) in diameter and was made of galvanized steel and plastics by Sergio Rodríguez Villarreal of San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo León, Mexico, in December 2000. The enormous ornament was internally and externally lit by the artist, whose previous record-breaking giant baubles were composed of 3,160 glass bottles (1997) and sheets of steel (1999). In 1930. Nurse and student pilot Ellen Church was the first to work as a stewardess, for Boeing Air Transport, a predecessor of United Airlines. Early flight attendants had to be single, under age 25, shorter than 5 feet, 4 inches, and lighter than 115 pounds. TODAY'S RANDOM FACT... 40% of McDonald's profits come from the Sales of Happy Meals. RANDOM TIDBITS A 'Meme' is a fad that spreads quickly through the Internet. The term is derived from either French meme (lit. "same"), Or Greek mimeme (something imitated). *** Since the Second World War, 851 medals of honor have been Awarded, 525 posthumously. The Congressional Medal of Honor Is awarded for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. *** The first American to enter Germany after the signing of the Armistice of World War 1 rode in on a Harley-Davidson moto- Rcycle
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