| Celebrities
Born Today: < |
Mary
Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958)
Rock Hudson (1925-1985)
Lorne Michaels (1944)
RuPaul (1960)
Sophia Marceau (1966)
Danny DeVito (1944)
Lauren Hutton (1942)
Bob Gaudio (1942)
Daisy Fuentes (1966)
Martin Scorsese (1952)
Gordon Lightfoot (1938) |
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Leonids
Meteor Shower
November 17-18
Frequency: The Leonids have a 33-year peaks, during which 100s
of meteors per hour can be observed. The last of these peaks
occured in 2001, so expect about 1/3 of what they'll be seeing
in 2034. |
| November
Pilgrim Trivia: |
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► The trip to Plymouth Rock took 66 days, with 105
passengers (2 died on the way), and a crew of an estimated
25-30. William Bradford wrote everyting we know about the
trip.
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The Pilgrims did not celebrate Easter or Christmas, as they
believed they were based on Pagan celebrations.
► The Mayflower, the Pilgrims' ship, is also called
Epigaea repens, the flower pictured on the right.
► A second ship called the Mayflower made a voyage
from London to Plymouth Colony in 1629 carrying thirty-five
passengers; the original was likely scrapped after its trip
home.
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| November
17th's Joke: |
As a kid, I thought my dad was blind and deaf. He would sit
for hours in his recliner moaning, "I can't see! I wish
I could hear what's going on!" Finally my mom told me to
quiet down and to stop playing in front of the TV.
-Adam Christing |
| In
Case You Didn't Know... |
► Hammer - In ancient times a hammer was used as a weapon,
to inflict pain on one's enemies.
In modern hammers are used to inflict pain on one's own thumb.
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| The
Exam... |
Father: How were the exam questions ?
Son: Easy.
Father: Then why look so unhappy ?
Son: The questions didn't give me any trouble, but the answers
sure did! |
