Saturday & Sunday 8/19 & 20/23
Celebrate:
Saturday
Black Cow Root Beer Float Day - Chocolate Ice Cream!!
Break the Monotony Day
International Bow Day
International Geocaching Day
International Homeless Animals Day
International Orangutan Day
International Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day
National Aviation Day
National Hot and Spicy Food Day
National Potato Day
National Sandcastle and Sculpture Day
National Soft Ice Cream Day
World Honey Bee Day
World Photo Day
Sunday
National Bacon Lover's Day
National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
National Lemonade Day
National Radio Day
Virtual Worlds Day
World Mosquito Day
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Cat Nights begin Yesterday August 17. This term harks back to the days when people believed in witches. A rather obscure old Irish legend said that a witch could turn herself into a cat eight times, but on the ninth time (August 17), she couldn’t regain her human form. This bit of folklore also gives us the saying, “A cat has nine lives.” Because August is a yowly time for cats, this may have prompted the speculation about witches on the prowl in the first place. Also, nights continue to get longer. Cats, crepuscular creatures, are nocturnal hunters. Their superior night vision means that the nights belong to them.
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The National Gardening Bureau has made 2023 Year of the Broccoli!
The common type of broccoli we see in grocery stores is “Calabrese broccoli” (named after Calabria in Italy).
Closely related to cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, and kohlrabi, this cole crop is worth growing for its nutritional content alone. It’s rich in vitamins and minerals as well as a good source of Vitamin A, potassium, folic acid, iron, and fiber.
Originally, broccoli was eaten for its stems.
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So far this hurricane season, it seems most of the aciton is in the Pacific.
Hurricane Hilary has strengthened into a Category 4 storm, with winds near 140 mph, as it approaches the coast of Southern California. Heavy rainfall could peak this weekend and Monday in an area ranging from Bakersfield, north of Los Angeles, down through San Diego and into Arizona and parts of southern Nevada. A tropical storm hasn't made landfall in California in 84 years.
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Jay-Z is driving a local surge in library memberships in New York City.
It's all thanks to the 'The Book of HOV' exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library. The display went live last month and contains a slew of artifacts that have been collected over the course of the rapper's career, including a mock Baseline Studios exhibit, items from many of his businesses, and, of course, displays of all his solo albums.
The Brooklyn Public Library activated around 14,000 new memberships between July 14 and August 12, believed to be driven by limited-edition Jay-Z themed library cards. Each card in the collection features album artwork from one of his studio albums.
The hit exhibition is on display in honor of the 50th anniversary of hip hop. The exhibit will be open to the public until October 2023.
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It's been a pretty good comeback year for Miley Cyrus. She spent eight weeks at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 after releasing Flowers in January and is still on the charts. Now she's gearing up for another release and it's coming to fans in a pretty unique way.
On August 24 ABC will launch a new special Endless Summer Vacation: Continued (Backyard Sessions) featuring Cyrus. The next day, her new song Used To Be Young will drop, complete with a music video.
"This song is dedicated to my loyal fans. I love YOU for loving every version of ME. Always, Miley," she wrote in an Instagram post.
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In recognition of Rotten Tomatoes' 25th anniversary, fans voted on the Top 25 films of the last 25 years.
Here are the results:
1. "The Dark Knight", 2008
2. "Interstellar", 2014
3. "Inception", 2010
4. "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", 2003
5. "Avengers: Endgame", 2019
6. "The Matrix", 1999
7. "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", 2001
8. "Parasite", 2019
9. "Everything Everywhere All at Once", 2022
10. "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers", 2002
11. "Saving Private Ryan", 1998
12. "Fight Club", 1999
13. "Top Gun: Maverick", 2022
14. "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse", 2023
15. "Avengers: Infinity War", 2018
16. "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse", 2018
17. "Inglourious Basterds", 2009
18. "No Country for Old Men", 2007
19. "Mad Max: Fury Road", 2015
20. "Gladiator", 2000
21. "The Departed", 2006
22. "There Will Be Blood", 2007
23. "La La Land", 2016
24. "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", 2004
25. "Whiplash", 2014
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