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5/10/23 - Moon, Butterflies, and Teachers Want Stuff

Wednesday 5/10/23


Celebrate:

Bike to School Day

Clean Up Your Room Day

Donate a Day's Wages to Charity Day

International Receptionists' Day

National Root Canal Appreciation Day

National School Nurse Day

National Shrimp Day

National Small Business Day

National Third Shift Workers Day

Occupational Safety and Health Professional Day

Trust Your Intuition Day


Sciencealert.com has a story headlined...Scientists Finally Confirm What's Inside the Moon. (Oh, I hope it's cheese....cheese)

Well, sadly no.

A thorough investigation has found that the inner core of the Moon is, in fact, a solid ball with a density similar to that of iron. This, researchers hope, will help settle a long debate about whether the Moon's inner heart is solid or molten, and lead to a more accurate understanding of the Moon's history – and, by extension, that of the Solar System.

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The Kelly Clarkson Show is ditching the sunny skies of Hollywood to move across the country to the City That Never Sleeps. The production now will be recording at NBC's 30 Rock building in Manhattan after having spent years in Universal City, California. Clarkson will be taking over the iconic Studio 6A where other hosts like David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Fallon have shot their shows.


The official coronation portraits of King Charles, Queen Camilla, and the family were released yesterday, and there were two noticeable absences. I bet you can guess who they were:

Prince Harry and Prince Andrew, who's Charles' brother.

Harry reportedly left the U.K. right after the ceremony, but it's not clear if he would have been invited to pose for the pics even if he'd stayed.

On a related note:

A lip-reader tried to interpret the conversation Harry had with the guy he sat next to at the coronation. One of the things he supposedly said was, quote, "I'm fed up with the way they treat me."

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This week is Teacher Appreciation Week . . . and if you're not sure how to participate, teachers have one word for you: GIFTS.

In the old days, an apple might have done the trick. But these days, a lot of teachers have wish lists set up on Amazon.

In a survey of more than 1,000 teachers, 75% said they'd love to have any appreciation shown through gift cards and items purchased off their Amazon wish lists. But most teachers aren't asking for, like, a new air fryer.

The wish lists are usually filled with classroom supplies, stuff that they may have to purchase out of their own pockets.

Nearly 57% of teachers say the #1 supply they're always running out of is writing utensils, likes pens, crayons, pencils, and markers.


The Eurovision Song Contest semifinals continue Thursday from Liverpool, United Kingdom, in its 67th edition. It started Tuesday and you can catch it on Peacock.. The competition is the world’s most-watched annual music event and features 37 performers chosen by each competing country, all of which are European except Australia and Israel. Roughly 161 million viewers across 34 countries tuned into the 2022 competition.

Two semifinals will be held—one today, another Thursday—to determine the final lineup of 26 competitors for Saturday's finale. Contestants from Spain, the UK, Italy, Germany, and France are automatically advanced. Both industry experts and viewers decide the winners of the contest, known for its over-the-top costumes; for the first time ever, fans from nonparticipating countries can vote in the final.


One of fiction's greatest villains is making their mark on the real world.

The Eye of Sauron is a well-known symbol from the Lord of the Rings, and was famously depicted on screen as a fiery orange eye peering over the landscape of Middle Earth.

So when a group of butterflies with bright orange hindwings and dark eyespots needed redescribing, researchers wasted no time in honouring the work of J.R.R. Tolkien in the name of a new genus.

Saurona is one of several new butterfly genera described by an international team of researchers.


Food & Wine is reporting that if you step into a Burger King this month and your spider-sense starts tingling, there's a good reason. The chain has teamed up with the forthcoming film sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to offer a unique alternate-universe take on its most famous hamburger.

You'll be able to order a red-and-black-bunned Spider-Verse Whopper that, appropriate to the plot of the Miles Morales-focused franchise, almost looks like it comes from another dimension. While pretty much your otherwise average Whopper, this version swaps out the traditional bun for a red bun with black sesame seeds, along with replacing the usual American cheese with melted Swiss.

Burger King has dipped into dyed bun territory before, typically around Halloween. Previous Whopper hues have included a black Halloween Whopper, a white Ghost Whopper, an orange Ghost Pepper Whopper, and a green Nightmare Whopper, which promised to give whoever ate it bad dreams.


The Pulitzer Prize is one of the highest distinctions in the US for journalism, literature, and music.

The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver and “Trust” by Hernan Diaz, while Nonfiction went to "His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice" by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa.

Speaking of books, the Southeast Steuben County Library's Bood Sale is going on this week at 100 Nasser Civic Center Plaza in Corning, which is the United Steel Workers Union Hall.


Today's Useless Fact of the Day - Many food historians believe that the Bills restaurant in Sydney, Australia . . . which opened in 1993 . . . was the first place to serve avocado toast.

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