11/11/25 - Veteran's Day, Movies, I Don't Know, and Lemon Water (Don't)
- bribriny
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Tuesday 11/11/25
Celebrate:
Air Day
Death/Duty Day
National Metal Day
National Sundae Day
National Young Reader's Day
Origami Day
Pocky Day
Singles' Day
Holiday today, Veterans Day.
Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect.
It was 1954 when Armistice Day was renamed to Veterans Day.
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FALLING IGUANA WARNING - Heads up, Falling Iguanas are possible on Tuesday morning. The iguanas aren’t dead; they just become immobilized when the temperature falls into the mid-40s. (wait a minute..this is for Florida..they would have been falling here for weeks!)
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Veterans Day is about saluting our Veterans, and commemorates the end of WW1.
Ranker.com is ranking The Best War Movies of All Time.
1. Saving Private Ryan 1998 directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks
2. Platoon 1986 directed by Oliver Stone with Johnny Depp and Willem Dafoe
3. Full Metal Jacket 1987 directed by Stanley Kubrick
4. Black Hawk Down 2001 directed by Ridley Scott
5. We Were Soldiers from 2002 with Mel Gibson.
6. Schindler's List 1993 again by Steven Spielberg
7. Apocalypse Now 1979 from Francis Ford Coppola
8. Hacksaw Ridge 2016 from Mel Gibson
9. The Longest Day 1962 with John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and Henry Fonda
10. Patton 1970 with George C. Scott
See their full list and help rank the movies here.
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WatchMojo counts down the Top 10 Things We Pretend to Understand but Don't from 10 to 1.
10. How Cars Work - this is why you have a guy.
9. The Stock Market - “Buy low, sell high” is probably the extent of most people’s stock market knowledge.
8, The Definition of "Irony" - Alanis really didn't get it in her song.
7. Debt
6. Social Media
5. Mortgages
4. Bitcoin - it's not even a tangible thing!
3. Modern Art - Remember: modern art is subjective, so no matter what you think, it’s valid.
2. Math -
#1. The Opposite Sex - don't even say you understand them.
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Lemon water. The beverage, which is just adding lemon juice to water, has gone viral in recent years due to its supposed health benefits, including boosting hydration, adding vitamin C, and being an alternative to sugar-filled options like soda or fruit juice.
BUT sipping lemon water does come with a potential health hazard, according to Dr. Stephanie Dumanian, owner of Park Lex 60 Dental.
“I’m not going to lie — I see a lot of effects on patients’ enamel [from drinking lemon water],” she said. I ask, ‘Do you drink lemon water in the morning?’ And they’re like, ‘Every morning!’ And I’m like, ‘Ahhhhhhhh!’ and I ask, ‘Do you brush your teeth right after, too?’ And they’re like ‘Yeah!’ and I’m like, ‘This is terrible!’”
Dumanian explained that we don’t want to brush our teeth after we’ve just exposed them to the significant amounts of acid in lemon water — or any other beverage or food.
Instead, she suggested we brush our teeth before we drink it or wait 20 to 30 minutes after. Alternatively, we can rinse our mouths with water to wash away any acid and then brush.
She noted that using a straw will keep the acidic drink from coming in contact with teeth and that this technique can be useful when drinking coffee, too.
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It's cold today, so let's dream of summertime, and you're visiting some city. And it's hot..the sun is beating down on the pavement, and that seems to be raising the temperature. Well it is!
Many cities are trying out a new pavement coating designed to mitigate urban heat.
The surface temperatures of asphalt surfaces treated with the cool pavement coating were consistently lower than non-treated asphalt concrete at all times of day. The cool pavement surface temperature was, on average, 2.4°F lower at sunrise, 12.0°F lower at noon, and 10.5°F lower in the afternoons.
Cool pavement effectively reduces summer surface temperatures by up to 12° during the day compared to conventional aged pavement.
Also, some cities are planting more trees to help with cooling.
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A Library lends out bonsai trees for a month, and Patrons care for miniature trees as part of a mindfulness initiative; overdue trees incur humorous “late pruning fees.”
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The largest uninhabited island on Earth is Devon Island in northern Canada. No one can live there because of the climate . . . but scientists can use it to simulate Mars. So its nickname is "Mars on Earth."
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