Daily Calendar for Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Is there a level of caffeine that could kill a human being?

Yes. A lethal dose is 10 grams, or about 100 cups of coffee consumed within 4 hours.

Misfortunes and twins never come singly.

Did you run out of toilet-bowl cleaner? Substitute household (5 percent) bleach or vinegar.

Clodhopper

A rude, rustic fellow.

What is that which is so easily broken that the mere mention of it breaks it?

Silence

The first lion was exhibited in the U.S., in Boston, MA– 1716
Oldest social college fraternity in continuous existence, Kappa Alpha Society, founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York– 1825
Public streetcar service began in New York City– 1832
First major football game played indoors, Chicago Coliseum, Illinois– 1896
National Hockey League established at Montreal, after talks that started on November 22.– 1917
Archeologist Howard Carter opened second doorway to tomb of Tutankhamen– 1922
The movie Casablanca premiered in New York City– 1942
France’s first satellite, Asterix 1, launched– 1965
Comedian Milton Berle married Lorna Adams– 1991
Thelma Chalifoux was the first Metis woman to become a Canadian senator (Alberta)– 1997
A buoy recorded a 75-foot wave off Cape Mendocino, California– 2019

A late-season hurricane brushed the east coast with gales and heavy rain– 1888
A blizzard struck North Dakota– 1896
1.5 inches of rain fell in 1 minute in Barot, Guadeloupe, setting a world record– 1970

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