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On This Date
1907 – The New York Times reported that women taxi drivers were such a big hit in Paris that some male drivers were dressing as women in order to compete.
1944 – The Family Allowance Act was passed, providing universal welfare grants to all Canadians with children under the age of 16. The monthly grants ranged from $5 to
$8 per child, depending on age.
1960 – Physicists Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes, working at Bell Labs, patented the first maser, or “microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.”
This would later be called the first laser, although it was really a forerunner of the laser.
Word Origin
Candidate comes from the Latin candidus, meaning “bright, glistening white.” Ancient Roman
candidates would wear bright white togas. This same word also
gave rise to candid, which candidates rarely are.
Happy Birthday!
Betty Callaway (1928–2011) was an acclaimed English figure skating coach who grew up in Reading, Berkshire. After getting rejected by the Royal Ballet School, Callaway decided to pursue ice skating. At 16, she got a spot as a performer in the Blackpool Pleasure Beach ice show. There she fell in love with fellow ice skater Roy
Callaway, whom she later married. In 1950, the couple started coaching ice skaters,
including Princess Anne and Prince Charles. She went on to coach many champions, such as Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, the 1984 Olympic ice dancing gold medalists.
Quote of the Day
“Life is like riding in a taxi.
Whether you are going anywhere or not, the meter keeps ticking.”
~ John C. Maxwell
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2022
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Think-tionary
alexithymia
A. The inability to identify and describe your emotions
or
B. Feeling invisible to or ignored by those around you
When Was It?
It was during this year that the U.S.
moved to the gold standard as a way to back its currency. Casey Jones died in a train wreck, giving rise to the “Ballad of Casey Jones.” Dr.
Karl Landsteiner developed a system for classifying blood types as A, B, or O. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was first published.
The Otis elevator company trademarked the first escalator. And the Boxer Rebellion began in China.
When was it?
Wild Kingdom
Slovenia is hiding a fantastic secret in its Postojna caves. Sure, the caves contain rare cave drawings dated to 1213, wondrous historical artifacts in themselves.
But what draws 35 million visitors a year is found much deeper. 377 feet below the surface, the caves are inhabited by baby dragons! Or at least that’s what the locals call them. During floods, tiny, blind salamanders known as olms washed into the streets of nearby villages.
Long, slender, and dragon-like, locals assumed that they were the offspring of cave-dwelling dragons.
Today is
the World Day of Metta. What is “metta?” The Pali word, from the sacred language of Theravada Buddhism, means “loving kindness.” Metta is your heart’s wish of peace and goodwill for the minds and hearts of others.Buy a Vowel _ M _ S S _ _ N
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