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hey guys i am compiling goofy stuff that happened every day of the year (to do more ~today in history~ type posts). I have a lot already but I would love your suggestions... google doc link below!!!
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i really enjoy doing these ~today in history~ posts for goofy stuff and i track them in this doc!!! you can comment suggestions if you want (with their wikipedia links)
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On this day in 1954, Seattle's mayor asked President Eisenhower for help after thousands of residents reported myserious dings and spots on their windshields. To this day, authorities have no better explanation than collective delusion
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Twelve years ago today, an artist's design for a Euthanasia Coaster went on display
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it has officially been 208 years since mount tambora erupted, spewing so much volcanic ash that the sky was hazy for a year and the sun was partially blocked, making temps almost a degree colder than usual
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kinda obsessed with this Irish bog organization that has been called "IPCC" longer than the climate panel has
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it warms my heart that there is a stats professor out there named Dr. Chance
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four years ago a copy of wikipedia got lost on the moon
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The landing was a little bumpier than expected, but airplane black boxes survive stronger impacts, and our disc is less breakable. Small, light objects, like our 100 gram library, do better in impacts. It was probably thrown a few km away - a 30 million page frisbee on the moon.
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the evening Toronto show has been sold out for a while but I just added a matinee! it's Sunday, April 23rd! :) I also added a second show in Vancouver on April 21st!
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long shot, but does anyone know the legendary tunnel-digger Elton MacDonald from the "Hobby tunneling" Wikipedia article? I'm doing a Wikipedia-themed variety/comedy show in Toronto later this month and would love to have him come
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I met the guy in the Wikipedia "shrug" article and he was so cool I simply HAD to write about it!! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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