Here's your (not so) totally useless fact(s) of the day:

[phkrause]

Larry Lewis ran the 100-yard dash in 17.8 seconds in 1969, thereby setting a new world's record for runners in the 100-years-or-older class. He was 101. Here’s an interesting article about him
https://virily.com/sport/a-belated-hats-off-to-larry-lewis/



Today is:
National French Fry Day (download the mcdonalds app for free fries!)
Bastille Day (The Day of the Jackyl - great book by Frederick Forsythe)

James

[phkrause]

Studies have shown that children laugh an average of 300 times/day and adults 17 times/day, making the average child more optimistic, curious, and creative than the adult.



Today is:
National Give Something Away Day
Toss Away The “could Haves” And “should Haves” Day

James

[phkrause]

A palindrome is a sentence or group of sentences that reads the same backwards as it does forward: Ex:  'Red rum, sir, is murder.' 'Ma is as selfless as I am.' 'Nurse, I spy gypsies. Run!'  'A man, a plan, a canal - Panama.' 'He lived as a devil, eh?'



Today is:
National Get Out Of The Doghouse Day (good luck!)
National Lottery Day (and good luck with this too!)

James

[phkrause]

In 1986 Congress & President Ronald Reagan signed Public Law 99-359, which changed Daylight Saving Time from the last Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April.  It was estimated to save the nation about 300,000 barrels of oil each year by adding most of the month April to D.S.T.



Today is:
Nelson Mandela International Day
National Sour Candy Day

James

[phkrause]

Tom Sawyer was the first novel written on a typewriter.

Could be a Jeopardy question one day!


Today is:
National Words With Friends Day
National Hot Dog Day

James

[phkrause]

The Earth experiences 50,000 Earth quakes per year and is hit by Lightning 100 times a second.


Today is:
International Chess Day
National Moon Day

James

[phkrause]

Researchers at the Texas Department of Highways in Fort Worth determined the cow population of the U.S. burps some 50 million tons of valuable hydrocarbons into the atmosphere each year.  The accumulated burps of ten average cows could keep a small house adequately heated and its stove operating for a year.

I wonder is that’s a nice way for them to say farting?


Today is:
National Be Someone Day
National Junk Food Day

James

[phkrause]

The 57 on Heinz ketchup bottles represents the number of varieties of pickles the company once had.


Today is:
National Day Of The Cowboy
National Rat Catcher’s Day

James

[phkrause]

WWII fighter pilots in the South Pacific armed their airplanes while stationed with .50 caliber machine gun ammo belts measuring 27 feet before being loaded into the fuselage. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, he went through "the whole 9 yards", hence the term.


Today is:
National Amelia Earhart Day
National Tequila Day

James

[phkrause]

In the last 3,500 years, there have been approximately 230 years of peace throughout the civilized world.


Today is:
National Hire A Veteran Day
National Wine And Cheese Day

James

[phkrause]

Average number of people airborne over the US any given hour: 61,000.


Today is:
National Disability Independence Day
National Aunt And Uncle’s Day

James

[phkrause]

Firehouses have circular stairways originating from the old days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.


Today is:
National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
National Love Is Kind Day

James

[phkrause]

The name Jeep came from the abbreviation used in the army. G.P. for 'General Purpose' vehicle.


Today is:
World Conservation Day
World Hepatitis Day

James

[phkrause]

A recent study showed 25% of US drivers making a turn failed to use signals correctly. 48% of US lane changers failed to use signals. Such failures are responsible for up to 2 million preventable accidents a year.


Only 25%? I swear, it’s more like 90%.


Today is:
National Chicken Wing Day
International Tiger Day

James

ps:Not sure who did the survive, but I agree with James! When I take my walks I count the amount of drivers that actually use there turn signals, and most of the time it's usually only four out of ten that do!!

[phkrause]

If you have three quarters, four dimes, and four pennies, you have $1.19, the largest amount of money in coins without being able to make change for a dollar.



Today is:
National Avocado Day
National Mutt Day

James

[phkrause]

The following sentence: 'A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.' Contains the nine different pronunciations of "ough" in the English Language.

Yeah….



Today is:
World Lung Cancer Day
International Childfree Day (I thought it was pawn your children off on someone else day, but no, it's for those who can't or do not wish to have children)

James

[phkrause]

Emus and kangaroos cannot walk backwards, and are on the Australian coat of arms for that reason.

Today is:
National Coloring Book Day
National Ice Cream Sandwich Day

James

[phkrause]

It takes about 142.18 licks to reach the center of a Tootsie pop.

One of lifes mysteries solved!  ?



Today is:
National Grab Some Nuts Day (the kind you eat)
National IPA Day (as in beer)

James

[phkrause]

The Boston University Bridge (on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts) is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane. Images



Today is:
International Beer Day
National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day

James

[phkrause]

Hot water is heavier than cold.
Middle School Chemistry



Today is:
International Hangover Day
International Blues Music Day

James

[Rahab]

Is there something for every day of the year?

[phkrause]

3 hours ago, Rahab said:

Is there something for every day of the year?

Yes, except Sundays! Why? I have no idea, well maybe I do!!

[Rahab]

Interesting ? 

[phkrause]

If one spells out numbers, they would have to count to One Thousand before coming across the letter "A".

Today is:
Purple Heart Day
National Lighthouse Day

James

[phkrause]

Los Angeles' full name 'El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula' is reduced to 3.63% of its size in the abbreviation 'L.A.'.



Today is:
Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your Neighbor’s Porch Day (Ummm)
Global Sleep Under The Stars Night

James