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Today in History: 24 September

1529 – Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his Ottoman troops arrive in Vienna, beginning of the Siege of Vienna

1657 – First autopsy and coroner’s jury verdict is recorded in Maryland

1789 – President George Washington nominates John Jay for 1st Chief Justice

1853 – Cornelius Vanderbilt circumnavigates the world aboard his private yacht North Star

1889 – Alexander Dey patents dial time recorder

1916 – German Zeppelin LZ-76 is shot down over England by New Zealand B.E.2e fighter pilot Alfred Brandon, bringing the airship down in a field near Little Wigborough, Essex

1919 – Boston Red Sox slugger Babe Ruth sets MLB season home run record at 28 off Yankee Bob Shawkey in a 2-1 loss at the Polo Grounds in NYC

1929 – James Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Air Force Base in NY in the first flight to use only instrument guidance to take off, fly a set course, and land

1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded in Hamamatsu-city, Japan

1952 – American fast food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah, after Colonel Harland Sanders franchises his recipe to friend Pete Harman

1955 – US President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver

1957 – “Jailhouse Rock” single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)

1958 – Donna Reed Show premieres on ABC

1960 – USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear power aircraft carrier, launched

1964 – “The Munsters” premieres on TV

1968 – “60 Minutes” premieres on CBS-TV

1970 – Soviet space probe Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned trip to moon

1991 – Rock band Nirvana release their second studio album “Nevermind”

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1501 – Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician and astrologer

1625 – Johan de Witt, Dutch statesman and Grand Pensionary of Holland

1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American author

1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, artist, screenwriter, and filmmaker

1941 – Linda McCartney, American photographer, musician, and 1st wife of Paul McCartney

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1541 – Paracelsus, Swiss physician and alchemist

1920 – Peter Carl Faberge, Russian goldsmith and jeweler

1991 – Dr. Seuss, American children’s author

The Funnies:

Quote of the Day

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YouTube Song of the Day

Comic of the Day

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Mouseover: Hopefully the HVAC people set it to only affect the AIR in the room.

Explain XKCD https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2989:_Physics_Lab_Thermostat

Image Credit: xkcd: Physics Lab Thermostat

Inspirobot Sometimes Controversial Inspirational Quote of the Day:

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In case you missed it, you can find yesterday’s Dream of a Spark by @Lonny6654 over here….

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Inspirobot - Deep.

Thinking about it, that’s not crazy. Why was the scented candle lit? Was it to cover another scent? Was it to influence? Is the lighter trying to forget something or soothe someone or seduce someone?

Scented candles are lit for reasons, the “why” could be important.

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Today’s quote is spot on. As for Inspirobot, just read the label on the side of the scented cable jar.

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QotD: And - The Science of Today is the Magic of Yesterday

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In my opinion the QotD would be even more poigant if it said,

“The magic of yesterday is the science of today is the technology of tomorrow.”

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@jeffjones11 Bah, you beat me to it.

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I usually get caught in that trap - weird to be on this side of it for once…

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Today’s Spark! Doused in mud, soaked in bleach

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And just 6 years later USS Enterprise launched in space!

I use plug-ins! @ich-ni-san

Any AGT fans? Tonight is the final results!

Who sung it better?
Original?

or cover?

@gurugabe1 @jameswalker20 @Panda-Marie @chrisdavis8

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I assume that was only for people clocking on for the “Dey” shift?

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. . . And is the outdated garbage forgotten and thrown out with the day after tomorrow’s trash.

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I just checked to see whether he’d been made a Sir, but no, there’s no Knight shift.

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There is no mid-shift-men in the navy either.

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Oh the Places [He Went]

And my favorite:

@Panda-Marie @chrisdavis8 @gurugabe1 @HulkSmash

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I always question scented candles, as in 'Why do you do that to us allergy sufferers?" I can’t even walk down the scented candle aisle in stores and the last time I went into a Bed, Bath, and Beyond, I had to turn around at the front door and leave.

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So, how did @VikingMichael miss the biggest event of the day? It’s @mike-eaton birthday!

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He must have been too busy trying not to forget @Sean-Spiceworks’s birthday…

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WOOHOO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY today to @mike-eaton , @MaggusK , and @slightlyOP

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And for @it-monkey-mike …

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:man_shrugging: Someone had to.

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Only if it’s in the bathroom.