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On This Date
1498 – On his third voyage to the western hemisphere, Christopher Columbus landed on an island he named Trinidad. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just seven miles off the northeastern coast of Venezuela.
1715 – Ten Spanish ships full of treasure sank during a hurricane that struck the east coast of Florida. Most of the bounty of gold and silver was salvaged within a year. Much of the remaining treasure was recovered in the 1960s but another $4.5 million in gold coins was found in 2015.
Daily Trivia
J. K. Rowling wrote The Cuckoo’s Calling (2013) using the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Critics thought it was a good first effort for Mr. Galbraith. When it became known that the author was actually J. K. Rowling, sales
increased by 150,000 percent.
Happy Birthday!
J. K. Rowling, born in 1965, is the author of the Harry Potter books.
She first thought of Harry while riding a train in 1990. At that time, she was a single mother scraping by on welfare. With her successful books and their movies, she’s now a multimillionaire. She has contributed money and support for multiple sclerosis research, a disease that afflicted her mother. She now lives in Scotland with her husband, Dr. Neil Murray, and her three children.
Quote of the Day
“The idea of just wandering off to a café with a notebook and writing and seeing where
that takes me for a while is just bliss.”
~ J. K. Rowling
SATURDAY, JULY 31, 2021
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You Are What You Eat
A plate of loco moco looks as mountainous as the islands of Hawaii where it is eaten. The dish is the ultimate comfort food found on every local menu. Gravy is poured on top of a fried egg, which tops a burger atop a heap of sticky rice. The food is also a testament to Hawaii’s Polynesian and American heritages. Variations are popular: some add Spam; others add caramelized onions or salsa. Just don’t add scrambled eggs. The moco loses its loco when you can’t break the drippy, yellow egg yolk.
What’s in a Name?
This actress, born Ilyena Lydia Vasilievna Mironov, has a name that sounds like a spy. She’s also
played plenty of them in the movies.
Golden Memories
On this day 50 years ago, astronauts David Scott and James Irwin became the first people to drive on the moon.
The astronauts had gone to the moon as part of the Apollo 15 mission.
Using the Lunar Rover Vehicle, often called the “moon buggy,” they covered a little over 17 miles of driving on the moon’s surface, hitting max speeds of eight mile per hour and never getting farther than three miles from the Apollo Lunar Module in case the buggy’s batteries gave out and they were forced to walk back.
The Apollo astronauts returned to Earth, but the moon buggy was left behind for future visitors.
Today is
Black Tot Day. On this day in 1970, the Royal Navy ceased issuing sailors a daily rum ration, or “tot.” The tradition began in 1655 and was believed to keep morale high while offering an alternative to water, which spoilt easily.Word Scramble
R L O B C E B
To hit hard or batter
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