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A thought for the day: It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone. -- Marilyn Monroe

On this date in history:

In 1907, the first Christmas Seals to raise money to fight tuberculosis went on sale in the post office in Wilmington, Del.

In 1955, two weeks of bloody student uprisings ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- English poet John Milton in 1608
- actor Margaret Hamilton in 1902
- former Speaker of the House Thomas Tip O'Neill, D-Mass., in 1912
- actor Kirk Douglas in ...Read more

Today is Sunday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2018 with 22 to follow.

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

pestiferous \pes-TIF-uh-ruhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Bearing or bringing disease. 2 : Infected with or contaminated by a pestilential disease. 3 : Morally evil or dangerous to society; pernicious. 4 : Bothersome; troublesome; ...Read more

You drop two coins into a muddy river by mistake. You saw one falling in, a 1 euro coin. You know the other one had to be either a 1 euro coin, or a 2 euro coin.

After searching and pulling out one, and discovering its a 1 euro coin, what is the chance that the other is also a 1 euro coin?

On this date in history:

In 1886, delegates from 25 unions founded the American Federation of Labor, forerunner of the modern AFL-CIO, in Columbus, Ohio.

In 1941, President Roosevelt asked Congress to...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Mary Queen of Scots in 1542
- Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, in 1765
- General Motors founder William Durant in 1861
- French movie pioneer Georges ...Read more

amative \AM-uh-tiv\ (adjective) - Pertaining to or disposed to love, especially sexual love; full of love; amorous.

"Theoretically, any given left-kisser should meet more right-kissers and, over an amative lifetime, or ...Read more

What does this represent?

mankind vs midnight

More than two-thirds of life on Earth died off some 252 million years ago, in the largest mass extinction event in Earth's history.

Researchers have long suspected that volcanic eruptions triggered "the Great Dying," as ...Read more

On this date in history:

In 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1909, Leo Baekeland patented the process for making Bakelite, giving birth to the modern plastics ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1598
- Theodor Schwann, German physiologist/co-originator of cell theory, in 1810
- novelist Willa Cather in 1873
- ...Read more

magniloquent \mag-NIL-uh-kwent\ (adjective) - Lofty or grandiose in speech or expression; using a high-flown style of discourse; bombastic.

"Although Napoleon presented himself as 'the Enlightenment embodied, bringing ...Read more

You're heading into class and your classmate Denni sits down next to you and finds the following written on the desk:

K P C O F G s

Wondering why the "s" is lowercase, Denni asks you.

What does the "s" stand for?

In an ancient grave in Sweden, scientists have unearthed the oldest known strain of a deadly bacteria that has killed millions of people over thousands of years.

They call it Yersinia pestis. You may know it as the plague...Read more