On this Day - Santa

1929 - In Beverly, Massachusetts, the first US born reindeer arrived.
For some time after, The Boston zoo continued to try and breed the first US born Santa Clause.

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On this Day - Memorial

1868: Memorial Day begins when two women place flowers on both Confederate and Union graves.
Shortly after, an argument over whose flowers were nicer ensued, resulting in fisticuffs.
Thus began the great punch up of northern aggression.

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On this Day - Fritz Von Opel

1928: Fritz von Opel reaches 200Kmh in an experimental rocket car.
OK – Here are three words that don’t belong in the same sentence: 200Km/h, Rocket and Experimental!

On this Day - Scotland

1503: The “Treaty of Everlasting Peace” was signed between England and Scotland.
It lasted until the Battle of Flodden, 10 years later, and was then replaced with a “Treaty of Everlasting animosity.”

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Good Advice

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On this Day - Toaster

1919: Charles Stripe patents the pop-up-toaster.

For the next 90 years, cautionary tales abound concerning the use of metallic flatware to compensate for the products design deficiencies.

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On this Day - H-Bomb

1946: A patent is filed in the United States for the H-bomb.
That should keep us safe - I'm sure North Korea is terrified of being drawn into an intellectual properties lawsuit.

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On this Day - Race

1935 Jesse Owens sets six world records in less than an hour in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Actually he set 7 world records, if you count "First person to set six world records in less than an hour."

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On this Day - Copernicus

1543: Nicolaus Copernicus publishes proof of a sun-centered solar system. He dies just after publication.
Pope Paul III denied involvement saying, "I was at the movies when it happened."

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On this Day - Reclining Chair

1841 - Henry Kennedy received a patent for the first reclining chair. 
Because what the world needs is a chair that is more like a bed. Now all we need is another invention to automatically open a beer cans and mechanically shovel potato chips into the reclinee's mouth. Couch potatoes everywhere interrupted their sedentary existence, and honored Henry Kennedy by waving their remote controls in the air.

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A time sex thing

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