Beware of averages. The average person has one breast and one testicle.
— Dixy Lee Ray
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Today is Friday, January 19th, 2024. It is Tenderness Toward Existence Day, Good Memory Day, National Tin Can Day, National Gun Appreciation Day, National Popcorn Day, and World Quark Day.
On This Day
In 1861, Georgia joined South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States.
In 1883, the first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, began service in Roselle, New Jersey.
In 1901, Queen Victoria was stricken with paralysis. She died three days later at the age of 81.
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