Today is Monday, February 6, the 37th day of 2017 in the Gregorian calendar, with 328 days remaining.
There are:
8 days until Valentine's
Day;
14 days until Presidents'
Day;
22 days until Mardi
Gras;
23 days until Ash
Wednesday;
34 days until Daylight
Saving Time begins;
39 days until St.
Patrick's Day;
42 days until the
arrival of Spring;
62 days until Palm
Sunday;
64 days until First
Day of Passover;
58 days until April
Fools' Day;
67 days until Good
Friday;
68 days until Easter
Sunday;
70 days until US Federal
Income Tax filing day;
71 days until Last
Day of Passover;
75 days until Earth
Day;
80 days until Arbor
Day;
637 days until the
2018 mid-term elections; and
1,444 days until the end of Donald
Trump's term as President, assuming he isn't impeached.
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On this date in 1952, Elizabeth II became queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
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Among other things, today is also National Frozen Yogurt Day.
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Florida man who faked death, mad cow disease, blackmailing by 'rogue CIA agent,' headed to prison. And probably a book/tv movie deal.
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The KGB Quotations Database contains 52,059 quotations.Some persons born on February 6 who said interesting things:
- Tom Brokaw (1940), American television journalist and author;
- Aaron Burr (1756-1836), American politician, third Vice President of the United States;
- Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917-2016), Hungarian-American actress and socialite;
- Philander Chase Johnson (1866-1939), American journalist, humorist, poet, lyricist, and dramatic editor;
- Bob Marley (1945-1981), Jamaican singer-songwriter, musician and guitarist Marley's last concert occurred at the Stanley Theater (now called The Benedum Center For The Performing Arts) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 23 September 1980. The only known photographs from the show were featured in Kevin Macdonald's documentary film Marley.[;
- Louis Nizer (1902-1994), noted Jewish-American trial lawyer;
- Pollan, Michael (1955), American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism;
- Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), American politician and actor who was the 40th President of the United States;
- Babe Ruth (1895-1948), American professional baseball player; and
- François Truffaut (1932 - 1984), French film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film critic.
Quote of the day:
"I think perfect objectivity is an unrealistic goal; fairness, however,
is not."
-Michael Pollan
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Today is also the birthday of Spencer Ferguson Silver (b. February 6, 1941), an American chemist who, together with Arthur Fry, invented Post-It notes in 1970. Silver still works at 3M, specializing in adhesives technology.
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Obituary
of the day. In case it gets taken down:
MADISON - Nicholas
Bennett Weerts, age 37, our genuine, funny, warm, kind friend, son,
grandson, brother, cousin and nephew, departed this world unexpectedly
on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. He died from complications surrounding not
being breast-fed long enough. Nick's favorite things were the Green Bay
Packers, the Milwaukee Brewers, pay phones, movies, obscure and
repetitive movie references, big sandwiches, hating the Chicago Cubs and
hating the Chicago Cubs. A celebration of life will be held at the
GOODMAN COMMUNITY CENTER, 149 Waubesa St., Madison, from 3 p.m. until 7
p.m., on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017.
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Feeling left out because none of President Trump's executive orders have targeted you or addressed a problem you feel is important? Create your own Trump-signed executive order with this online generator.
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People actually think the Illuminati is behind this avocado commercial.
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'Brute force' may combat drug-resistant superbugs. "Antibiotics have 'keys' that fit 'locks' on bacterial cell surfaces, allowing them to latch on. When a bacterium becomes resistant to a drug, it effectively changes the locks so the key won't fit any more. Incredibly, we found that certain antibiotics can still 'force' the lock, allowing them to bind to and kill resistant bacteria because they are able to push hard enough. In fact, some of them were so strong they tore the door off its hinges, killing the bacteria instantly!."
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Believe it or not, the next class of jobs that will be lost to computers and automation may be pornography.
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