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A thought for the day: Women have been called queens a long time, but the kingdom given them isn't worth ruling. -- American author Louisa May Alcott

On this date in history:

In 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated at Cooperstown, N.Y.

In 1963, a sniper killed civil rights leader Medgar Evers outside his home in Jackson...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- John Augustus Roebling, designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, in 1806
- artist Egon Schiele in 1890
- artist/writer Djuna Barnes in 1892
- entrepreneur David ...Read more

Today is Saturday, June 12, the 163rd day of 2021 with 202 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Mars, Saturn and Venus.

The freezing point of pure water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celsius). However, by simply adding a common household ingredient, you then can easily cool the water 20 degrees past the freezing point, and still keep it in liquid form.

How is this possible?

On this date in history:

In 1776, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman were appointed by the Continental Congress to write a declaration of independence for the ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- English playwright/poet Ben Jonson in 1572
- German composer Richard Strauss in 1864
- Montana's Jeannette Rankin, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of ...Read more

modicum \MOD-ih-kum\ (noun) - A small or moderate or token amount.

"She and the last three queens before her had been hard pressed to maintain a modicum of control over the miners and smelters in the Mountains of Mist..."...Read more

A man wanted to encrypt his password but he needed to do it in a way so that he could remember it. His password is 7 characters long. The password consists of letters and numbers only (no symbols like ! or <). In order to remember it he wrote down "You force heaven to be empty" Can you guess what his password is?

On this date in history:

In 1692, Bridget Bishop was found guilty of the practice of witchcraft and hanged in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the first colonist executed during the Salem ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- French painter Gustave Courbet in 1819
- actor Hattie McDaniel in 1895
- Broadway composer Frederick Loewe in 1901
- Nobel literature laureate Saul Bellow in ...Read more

perfunctory \pur-FUNGK-tuh-ree\ (adjective) - 1 : Done merely to carry out a duty; performed mechanically or routinely. 2 : Lacking interest, care, or enthusiasm; indifferent.

"His hugs, although expansive and ...Read more

Start with a 6-letter word. Replace one letter to find the next word. No word is repeated in the trip until we are back to where we started. Clues are given along the way.

1. block and tackle
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3. recycled glass
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5. decorative moulding
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7. online purchase software
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9. paid a visit
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11. hauled
12 (we are back !)