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This wasn't a TIL but this past weekend I learned how to jump a dirt bike and that's something I've always wanted to do. Yeah, yeah, it's nothing impressive or amazing, but being six months out from back surgery and getting older, this has me all giddy.

 


TIL about Wayne Estes. As an avid sports fan, I can't believe I haven't heard about him before. A few hours after scoring 2000 points for the Aggies and playing arguably his best game ever, he comes upon a crash scene. The dude tries and helps the victims of the crash and brushes up against a downed powerline and gets killed at 21. Only Rick Barry averaged more ppg that year. ****ing tragic. :(
 
I was googling what is the healthiest milk today (for my smoothies I eat each day) and I learned that A. There is such a thing a hemp milk. And B. It's the healthiest milk of all. Healthier than soy, almond, oat, coconut, cow, etc. And C. It's supposedly available at the Walmart near me.

The marijuana plant never ceases to amaze me.

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I learned today that Scott Weiland had a Christmas album.

 
Today I learned that there is a musical artist named Scott Weiland. I also forgot that there was a musical artist named Scott Weiland probably in 10 or 15 min from now.
 
Today I learned that there is a musical artist named Scott Weiland. I also forgot that there was a musical artist named Scott Weiland probably in 10 or 15 min from now.
There was a musical artist named Scott Weiland. But you would know him better as the singer for Stone Temple Pilots.
 
I was reading about Lark, Utah located west of Herriman at the mouth of Butterfield Canyon. It's an old ghost town that was bought out by Kennecott, filled in with mining debris and partially moved to Copperton.

While reading about it I found out Fay Wray the original actress in King Kong spent some time growing up there.
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Sleepless night last night.

TIL where the Pony Express trail crossed the Jordan River. It left from the PRockwell station just north of the Utah state prison and followed the point of the mountain. It crossed at Thanksgiving Point's hole #5 at a crossing called Indian Ford.
 
Today I learned that there is a musical artist named Scott Weiland. I also forgot that there was a musical artist named Scott Weiland probably in 10 or 15 min from now.
Log liking this post reminded me that there was a musical artist named Scott Weiland.
 
Wow. Who knew? Not me....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ng-Civil-War-pension-dies-North-Carolina.html

  • Mose Triplett fought for both the Confederate and Union Armies during the Civil War of 1861- 1865
  • In 1930, at the age of 83, his much-younger wife gave birth to daughter Irene
  • Irene qualified for a Civil War pension as the daughter of a veteran; and began receiving the government money in the mid-1950s
  • In a 2014 article with The Washington Post, Irene revealed she was receiving a monthly check of $73.13
  • She passed away Sunday at the age of 90 due to complications following surgery; she was the last US citizen to be receiving a Civil War pension
 
TIL what Hekate means. @Hekate

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Comet NEOWISE, discovered only in March, has become visible to the naked eye. Best with binoculars. Look to the NE sky in early morn(around 3:30 am), and to the NW sky after sunsets. It should be visible for the remainder of July....


NASA Astronomy picture of the day. 7/7/2020. Comet NEOWISE over Lebanon.

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TIL just minutes ago. Gary Larson, he of The Far Side cartoon , is back creating new cartoons again. After putting his pen down 25 years ago. @Archie Moses , I thought of you when I saw the second of his three new toons. Been awhile, so might not even ring a bell for some, but this is good news for fans of his humor. Here’s where he’ll be posting his new ones....

 
Comet NEOWISE, discovered only in March, has become visible to the naked eye. Best with binoculars. Look to the NE sky in early morn(around 3:30 am), and to the NW sky after sunsets. It should be visible for the remainder of July....


NASA Astronomy picture of the day. 7/7/2020. Comet NEOWISE over Lebanon.

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I know what this means. Dragons have come back.

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