Then this picture of an early frontiersman must really get your goat. Thanks BoingBoing!
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Daily Goodness
Quote of the Day:
“The most manifest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.†-Montaigne
Fact of the Day:
If ever dozed off while driving or in class, but only for a second, you’ve microslept. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Gold Star Mother’s Day
Link of the Day:
How penitentiaries caused people to go insane rather than just die.
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Daily Goodness
Quote of the Day:
“All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps.†-Larry Holmes
Fact of the Day:
Ancient mummies were used as medicine in the mid-ages and were even 
sorted into four categories to determine how useful they would be to the patient. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
National Punctuation Day… my favorite is an ellipses.
Link of the Day:
10 Things you can do with your body after you die.
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Daily Goodness
Quote of the Day:
“The More You Do, The More You Can Do.†–yours truly
Fact of the Day:
The hope diamond is supposedly cursed and after 9 owners of the jewel
suffered horrible fates after owning the piece, owner Harry Winston mailed it to the Smithsonian for only $2.44. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Video Games Day -yay!
Link of the Day:
The strange monetary values of a variety of things, such as peacock feathers and human blood.
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Daily Goodness
Quote of the day:
“I’d done three solo albums in a row, and that’s quite narcissistic.” -Bjork
Fact of the Day:
In 1518, a mental plague took over the French city of Strasbourg. Those 
suffering would dance for weeks until they died from a heart attack. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Wonderful Weirdos Day -how fun
Link of the Day:
100 Year Old photo blog has some really cool pics.
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Sad But Interesting
Yesbutnobutyes has an ineresting piece about an elephant that is hung for killing a man. It’s rather depressing, but it is interesting and the video of an elephant painting at the end will certainly help lift your spirits again.
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Daily Goodness
Quote of the Day:
“If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.†-Ursula K. Le Guin
Fact of the Day:
The term “moron†comes from the eugenic movement. Coined by Henry Goddard, an early eugenic founder, it comes from the Greek word moros, meaning “stupid and foolish.†We use the term lightly these days as a kind of vague, almost teasing insult. For Goddard and the eugenic community, a “moron†was anyone deemed unfit for life and indeed a target to be eliminated. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Bison-Ten-Yell Day -I have no idea what this means.
Link of the Day:
Ever want to race in heels? I would eat crap in about a minute. Still, it’s fun to watch.
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Daily Goodness
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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Daily Goodness
Quote of the Day:
“Anytime you do something from the heart, people just know it.” -Brad Paisley
Fact of the Day:
The letter J does not appear anywhere in the periodic table of elements. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Bad Poetry Day -celebrate today with one of the bad poems I wrote in high school.
Link of the Day:
For the fatty in all of us, here’s 25 great foods you never knew could be deep fried. I had the Oreos, they’re quite nice, but pizza sounds heavenly.
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Weird Graves and Tombstones
Those of you who are slightly morbid should love these weird graves and tombstones. Some of them are very clever, including the Scrable one, the Yoda one, the weird asian “wok” joke on the dog one and more.
Go look, it’s very worth your time.