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Quote of the Day:
“Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.” -Francis Quarles

Fact of The Day:
Kim Jong is convinced a triplet will topple his regime and as such, puts all triplets in crappy orphanages where they are left to die. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
More Herbs Less Salt Day –Sounds like my cooking everyday.

Link of the Day:
Hungry? Too bad. You certainly won’t want to eat these adorable bento boxes.

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Quote of the Day:
“There are only two ways of telling the complete truth -anonymously and posthumously.” -Thomas Sowell

Fact of the Day:
Cyndi Lauper did the theme song for Pee Wee’s Playhouse but was given credit under the name Ellen Shaw.  –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Race Your Mouse Day…Bring. It. On.

Link of the Day:
Learn more about sinkholes over the world here.

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Quote of the Day:
“It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.” -Peter Ustinov

Fact of the Day:
Using an orange-handled coffee pot to denote decaffeinated brew dates back to

Photo by Flickr user Wha'ppen
Photo by Flickr user Whappen

1923, when General Foods first introduced Sanka. As a promotional gimmick, they provided restaurants and diners with orange-y pots that matched the orange packaging of their decaf coffee. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Global Forgiveness Day –I’m sensing a lot of forgiving this month…man, we must have f* up the rest of the year.

Link of the Day:
If you dug a hole through the world, you probably won’t end up in China (unless you live in Argentina). To find out where you would actually end up, try this site. I’d be in the ocean near Madagascar.

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Quote of the Day:
“One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.” -Jane Austen

Fact of the Day:
Wasps can sniff out food toxins, crop fungus, bodies, drugs, and even 2,4-DNT, a volatile component in dynamite that dogs struggle to smell, so they may be the drug and bomb sniffing dogs of the future. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
National Dog Day and Women’s Equality Day –is it a coincidence they’re on the same date? I don’t think so.

Link of the Day:
The ten best sand artists and their work, via WebUrbanist.

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Quote of the Day:
“He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.” -Abraham Lincoln

Fact of the Day:
Knoxville, Tennessee’s Body Farm isn’t a day spa; it is a forensic anthropology facility. Human cadavers are left outdoors in varying stages of undress, in water, under brush, etc., so that scientists can study the decomposition process. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Kiss and Make Up Day….awww.

Link of the Day:
In case Cute Overload is too much for you, you may enjoy Ugly Overload instead.

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Quote of the Day:
“You can’t find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.” -Carrie Fisher

Fact of the Day:

Picture by Fadder Uri

Those doves released at weddings and other formal ceremonies are actually white homing pigeons. True ring-neck doves are bred to be kept as pets and rarely survive out of captivity. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Ukraine’s National Holiday to celebrate independence from the USSR –hey, there aren’t that many holidays in August, I’m sorry. You could always celebrate my dad’s birthday with me.

Link of the Day:
Futurama as Hellboy.

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Quote of the Day:
“If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.” -Herschel Walker

Fact of the Day:
If you read something before bed, your brain is more likely to store it into your long term memory. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Ride the Wind Day

Link of the Day:
Learn the amazing story behind the most complete T Rex fossils found on earth.

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Quote of the Day:
“I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he or she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.” –Maya Angelou

Fact of the Day:
Charlie’s Angels was originally supposed to be called Alley Cats. –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Be an Angel Day -what kind of an “angel” you’d like to be is really up to you.

Link of the Day:
8 Really cool speakers.

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Quote of the Day:
“What luck for rulers that men do not think.” -Adolf Hitler, if ever a quote makes you think, let it be this one.

Fact of the Day:
Cute originally meant bow legged –so I’m definitely cute! –Source

Today’s Holiday:
Senior Citizen’s Day –stay off the roads today

Link of the Day:
Feel better about your writing by reading some really bad metaphors from high school students…funny enough, some of these sound like silly thinks Tom Robbins would use.

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Quote of the Day:
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong. -Arthur C. Clarke

Fact of the Day:
The tomb of the unknown soldier no longer holds a soldier from the Vietnam war, because his identity has since become “known.” –Source

Today’s Holiday:
World Union Day

Link of the Day:
How like real life can you make a puppet or animatronic character before it becomes creepy? Find out with the uncanny valley.