Thursday 11/11/21
Celebrate National Sundae, Air (commemorates the start of commercial air service between the Hawaiian Islands 1929), Metal, Origami, and Singles Day.
It's also Veterans Day. Veterans Day is a day set aside to honor all American veterans of war. On November 11, 1918, a cessation of hostilities, or armistice, between the Allied Powers and Germany took place. With this armistice, fighting during World War I ended, and the stage was set for a treaty to be signed formally ending the war.
On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed. On the first anniversary of the armistice, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day as Armistice Day, and said, "To us in America the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service, and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of nations." At this time celebrations were marked with parades and public meetings, as well as brief pauses in business at 11:00 AM, the time at which the armistice had taken place in 1918.
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Today is Sundae day, typically consisting of one or more scoops of ice cream topped with sauce or syrup and in some cases other toppings such as: sprinkles, whipped cream, marshmallows, peanuts, maraschino cherries, or other fruits Various localities have claimed to be the birthplace of the ice cream sundae, including Plainfield, Illinois; New Orleans, Louisiana; Cleveland, Ohio and New York City. According to What's Cooking America, the biggest rivalry (referred to as the "Sundae War") to claim the invention of the ice cream sundae is between Two Rivers, Wisconsin and Ithaca, New York.
Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 1881
Wisconsin Historical Marker detailing Two Rivers as the locale of the invention of the ice cream sundae – Central Park, Two Rivers, WI
Two Rivers' claim is based on the story of George Hallauer asking Edward C. Berners, the owner of Berners' Soda Fountain, to drizzle chocolate syrup over ice cream in 1881. Berners eventually did and wound up selling the treat for a nickel, originally only on Sundays, but later every day. According to this story, the spelling changed when a glass salesman ordered canoe-shaped dishes. When Berners died in 1939, the Chicago Tribune headlined his obituary "Man Who Made First Ice Cream Sundae Is Dead".[6][7] Two Ithaca High School students, however, claim that Berners would have only been 16 or 17 in 1881, so it is therefore "improbable" that he would have owned an ice cream shop in that year. They also state that the obituary dates Berners' first sundae to 1899 rather than 1881.
Residents of Two Rivers have contested the claims of other cities to the right to claim the title "birthplace of the ice cream sundae". When Ithaca, New York, mayor Carolyn K. Peterson proclaimed a day to celebrate her city as the birthplace of the sundae, she received postcards from Two Rivers' citizens reiterating that town's claim.
Ithaca, New York in 1892
Ithaca Daily Journal, May 28, 1892
Supporting Ithaca's claim to be "the birthplace of the ice cream sundae", researchers at The History Center in Tompkins County, New York, provide an account of how the sundae came to be: On Sunday, April 3, 1892, in Ithaca, John M. Scott, a Unitarian Church minister, and Chester Platt, co-owner of Platt & Colt Pharmacy, created the first historically documented sundae. Platt covered dishes of ice cream with cherry syrup and candied cherries on a whim. The men named the dish "Cherry Sunday" in honor of the day it was created. The oldest-known written evidence of a sundae is Platt & Colt's newspaper ad for a "Cherry Sunday" placed in the Ithaca Daily Journal on April 5, 1892. By May 1892, the Platt & Colt soda fountain also served "Strawberry Sundays" and later, "Chocolate Sundays".
Platt & Colt's "Sundays" grew so popular that by 1894, Chester Platt attempted to trademark the term ice cream "Sunday".
You decide...over a Sundae.
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Around one in four people have, according to a new poll. And over half of them say it's happened more than once.
You'd expect older people to be more likely to say it's happened to them, just because they've spent more years in the work force. But people between 25 and 50 were the most likely to say yes, 28%, compared to 17% of people over 65.
A separate study just came out that looked at how tired workers are in all 50 states. And according to the results, the most sleep-deprived workers are in Hawaii.
The ten states where workers are most likely to be underslept are: Hawaii, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Maryland, New York, Indiana, South Carolina, Michigan, and Delaware.
The least sleep-deprived states are all fairly rural: South Dakota, Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, and Nebraska.
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A study looked at dog owners' Instagram posts to figure out the best and worst-behaved dog breeds. Fluffy white Japanese Spitz dogs are the naughtiest.
And a half-Chihuahua, half-Pug breed called Chugs also ranked low.
The best-behaved dogs include Korean Jindos,
Rhodesian Ridgebacks, and Miniature Pinschers.
The study also looked at the U.S. states where people complain about their dogs the most. The states with the naughtiest dogs are Kansas, North Carolina, and South Dakota. The states that complain the least are Maryland, Maine, and Indiana.
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In a survey of 2,000 pet owners, 6% of people say they bathe with their pets.
The survey was mostly focused on the "unhygienic" things pet cats and dogs do often alongside their owners.
22% of people "share meals" with their pets, 67% allow their pets on the sofa, 36% let their pets track dirt into the house without cleaning their feet first, 21% allow their pets to walk on kitchen countertops and tables.
Virtually everyone, 97%, let their pet "kiss" them, a lot of people let their pets onto their bed, and 44% of them sleep with their pets every night, and 29% of people admit that their house has a bit of a "pet smell."
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Fox is bringing back that awful dating show "Joe Millionaire", but this time there are two guys, and one of them is a millionaire, while the other one isn't. And the women don't know which is which. "Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer" will premiere in January.
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Today’s Useless Fact of the Day - Alaska is the only state whose name is on one row on a keyboard.
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