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Jul. 26th mind blowing random thought of the day: First Lady Pat Nixon was the first female political figure to wear pants in public.
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Jul. 27th mind blowing random thought of the day: There is only 1 school district in the entire state of Hawaii, which serves more than 184,000 students.
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I too, have the Catholic guilt. All my mother has to say is the pope says this or that and I’m feeling guilty about the smallest things. Example, she told me the pope says we need to recycle. While cleaning I would love to just throw everything in the trash, including batteries, but there’s that guilt creeping in and even if everything is all bagged up together I go back and seperate it all.
Alkaline batteries can go in the trash here.
Jul. 28th mind blowing random thought of the day: Before mercury, brandy was used to fill thermometers.
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Jul. 30th mind blowing random thought of the day: From 1969 to 2000, the false name of Alan Smithee was used by film directors who wanted to distance themselves from a film that they knew would most likely be badly received by viewers and critics.
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Jul. 29th mind blowing random thought of the day: In non-English speaking countries, the television show Dora the Explorer teaches children English instead of Spanish.
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It also has negative connotations in the last few years meaning rubbish, a bit like calling something that’s awesome “sick”.
Eg when someone’ pen doesn’t work “uh my pen is so gay!”. Mainly used by teenagers and young adults.
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Jul. 31st mind blowing random thought of the day: The planet Jupiter spins around so quickly that it experiences a new sunrise approx. every 10 hours.
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Would it yeet you if youd stand on its surface 
There is no surface on Jupiter. Its made of swirling gases.
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My just-turned 5 year old has recently informed me of this and various other planetary facts 
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Scientist have discovered that there’s another planet orbiting the sun, 3 times as far from the sun as pluto by researching gravity fields
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Really? You have a link to the article?
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Aug. 1st mind blowing random thought of the day: Before 1687, clocks were made with only an hour hand.
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No sorry, my physics teacher told me a few years ago. Come to think of it, it may actually be 100× as far
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Aug. 2nd mind blowing random thought of the day: Edwards, Mississippi is home the world’s only cactus plantation.
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