We made it to Friday. This week I tried to give away 20,000 satoshis but it rolls over again. Will we be able to get a winner next week for 30k? Finishing off a pound of FTO Blonde Espresso, I wonder what I will open next. Today I chat about our truck appointment yesterday, a quick weekend preview and some more comfrey advise. Leading off with The Perfect Cup Question “What was your favorite food as a kid and do you still like it?” followed up by LOTS of History prepared by Pip at Ducktioncups.
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LOTS of History
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August 11
Humans, another friday is upon us, and lets play a game of “Closest to the Sat”
The BTC price will be $28,993.59… how close am I? (This is 3pm yesterday guess) 6AM was $29401.77
Here’s LOTS of History that is in no paticular order… other than by events, birthdays, passings and holidays.
Oh, and by years…. so yeah, it’s in no order that’s in order.
Order up! Friday LOTS of history with a side of Pip’s attempted humor.
- 1315 – The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage
the first of a series of large-scale crises that struck Europe early in the 14th century. Most of Europe was affected. The famine caused many deaths over an extended number of years and marked a clear end to the period of growth and prosperity from the 11th to the 13th centuries.
Pip’s non-denomination notes – Nearly all human societies at this time attributed natural disasters as being divine retribution for their apparent misdeeds. In a society whose final recourse for nearly all problems had been religion, and Roman Catholicism was the only tolerated Christian faith, no amount of prayer seemed effective against the root causes of the famine. Thus the famine undermined the institutional authority of the Roman Catholic Church, and helped lay the foundations for later movements that were deemed heretical by the Roman Catholic Church, as they opposed the papacy and blamed the perceived failure of prayer upon corruption and doctrinal errors within the Roman Catholic Church.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_of_1315%E2%80%931317
- 1871 – An explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket, England, killing 28.[4][5]
In a market town in England, two massive explosions, that occurred within the factory, killing 28 people and injuring approximately 70 others.
The noise of the explosion was reported to be so loud, that it rattled the windows in Diss, approximately 17 miles away and Southwold 30 miles away. The impact created a chasm in the ground nearly 100 feet (30 m) in diameter, and uprooted trees and the nearby railway line. It was reported to have caused over 188 cases of deafness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stowmarket_Guncotton_Explosion
- 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
the 500 home run club is a group of batters who have hit 500 or more regular-season home runs in their careers. There are twenty-eight players who are members of the 500 home run club. Seven 500 home run club members—Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, Rafael Palmeiro, Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez and Miguel Cabrera—are also members of the 3,000 hit club.
Pip’s notes – Gimme an S! Gimme a portsball! Gooo Sportsball!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500_home_run_club
- 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon
Between 24 July 1969 and 9 February 1971, the astronauts of Apollo 11, Apollo 12, and Apollo 14, were quarantined (in each case for a total of 21 days) after returning to Earth, initially where they were recovered, and then were transferred to the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, to prevent possible interplanetary contamination by microorganisms from the Moon. All lunar samples were also held in the biosecure environment of the Lunar Receiving Laboratory for initial assay
Pip’s notes – Didn’t I hear something about more then 3/4 of the moon artifacts are ‘missings and/or unaccounted for’?…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine
- 1984 – “We begin bombing in five minutes”: United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
While preparing for a scheduled radio address from his vacation home in California, President Reagan joked with those present about outlawing and bombing Russia. This joke was not broadcast live, but was recorded and later leaked to the public. The Soviet Union criticized the president’s joke, as did Reagan’s opponent in the 1984 United States presidential election, Walter Mondale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_begin_bombing_in_five_minutes
- 1992 – The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.
The largest mall in the United States, the largest in the Western Hemisphere, and the eleventh largest shopping mall in the world.
Pip’s notes – they still have malls?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mall_of_America
- 2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force
Happy Birthdays
- 1794 – James B. Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
an American portraitist and engraver, and the fourth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1844 until his death.
Longacre is best known for designing the Indian Head cent, which entered commerce in 1859, and for the designs of the Shield nickel, Flying Eagle cent and other coins of the mid-19th century
Pip’s notes – In 1856, Longacre designed the Flying Eagle cent. When that design proved difficult to strike, Longacre was responsible for the replacement, the Indian Head cent, issued beginning in 1859.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_B._Longacre
- 1858 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
was a Dutch physician and professor of physiology whose demonstration that beriberi is caused by poor diet led to the discovery of antineuritic vitamins (thiamine). Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1929 for the discovery of vitamins.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Eijkman
- 1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)
an influential archaeologist in the United States during the 20th century. Although his first graduate work was in architecture, he later received a doctorate from Harvard University under advisor Alfred Marston Tozzer. His first archaeological experiences were on Iroquois sites, but he specialized in the Mississippian culture, especially its Lower Mississippi Valley incarnation.
Pip’s notes – Oh… his name was actually philip Phillips.. I thought it’d be something like a nickname or such.
…anyway…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Phillips_(archaeologist)
- 1921 – Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992)
an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Haley
- 1944 – Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx
an American business magnate and investor. He is the founder and chairman of FedEx Corporation, the world’s largest transportation company.
The son of James Frederick “Fred” Smith, the founder of the Toddle House restaurant chain and the Smith Motor Coach Company (renamed the Dixie Greyhound Lines after The Greyhound Corporation bought a controlling interest in 1931). The elder Smith died when his son was only 4, and the boy was raised by his mother and uncles.
Smith was crippled by bone disease as a small boy but regained his health by age 10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_W._Smith
- 1950 – Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
also known by his nickname “Woz”, is an American technology entrepreneur, electronics engineer, computer scientist, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his late business partner Steve Jobs, which later became the world’s largest technology company by revenue and the largest company in the world by market capitalization.
Pip’s notes – It’s the great and powerful, Woz!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak
- 1953 – Hulk Hogan, American wrestler
He is widely regarded as the most recognized wrestling star worldwide and the most popular wrestler of the 1980s, as well as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan
- 1967 – Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host
an American UFC color commentator, podcaster, comedian, and former television presenter.
He hosts The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast in which he discusses current events, comedy, politics, philosophy, science, and hobbies with a variety of guests.
Pip’s notes – You mean the dude from Fear Factor is like the most known face in podcasting now?
Good for him
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rogan
- 1983 – Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian television series Home and Away (2004–2007) before beginning a film career in Hollywood. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), Hemsworth started playing Thor with the 2011 film of the same name and most recently reprised the role in Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), which established him among the world’s highest-paid actors.
Pip’s notes – this Florida dude didn’t keep up with the Marvel Avengers movies too much, here was team Ironman, Team Thor, and Team Captain America…
How about Team Floridaman. The dude has a aligator head as an arm shield, chewing tobacco spit accuracy, and able to call his pet bald eagle into claw at his enemies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hemsworth
Passings
- 1919 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
He became a leading philanthropist in the United States, Great Britain, and the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away around $350 million (roughly $5.9 billion in 2022), almost 90 percent of his fortune, to charities, foundations and universities.
His 1889 article proclaiming “The Gospel of Wealth” called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, expressed support for progressive taxation and an estate tax, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy.
Pip’s notes – ya can’t take it with you, when ya goooo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
- 1956 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
A major figure in the abstract expressionist movement, Pollock was widely noticed for his “drip technique” of pouring or splashing liquid household paint onto a horizontal surface, enabling him to view and paint his canvases from all angles. It was called all-over painting and action painting, since he covered the entire canvas and used the force of his whole body to paint, often in a frenetic dancing style.
Pip’s notes – huh?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock
- 1977 – Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
Williams tube, or the Williams–Kilburn tube named after inventors Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn, is an early form of computer memory. It was the first random-access digital storage device, and was used successfully in several early computers
Pip’s notes – Can this dude help recover a USB drive? Asking for a Pip
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_C._Williams
- 2014 – Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. (July 21, 1951)
an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills.
In 1986, Williams teamed up with Whoopi Goldberg and Billy Crystal to found Comic Relief USA. This annual HBO television benefit devoted to the homeless raised $80 million as of 2014.
Williams made benefit appearances to support literacy and women’s rights, along with appearing at benefits for veterans. He was a regular on the USO circuit, where he traveled to 13 countries and performed to approximately 90,000 troops.
Passing- Williams was found dead in his home in Paradise Cay, California, on August 11, 2014. The final autopsy report, released in November 2014, concluded that Williams’ death was a suicide resulting from “asphyxia due to hanging”.
Pip’s notes – Oh Captain! My Captain!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Williams
Holidays
- 1960 – Chad celebrates independence from France
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad’s Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region.
France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa.
Pip’s notes – it goes from BC to the 60’s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad
- Mountain Day (Japan)
In May 2014, it was announced that Mountain Day will be celebrated as a public holiday every August 11, beginning in 2016. Supporters of the holiday included legislator Seishiro Eto and the Japanese Alpine Club.
The legislation states that the holiday is to provide “opportunities to get familiar with mountains and appreciate blessings from mountains.”
In May 2014, it was announced that Mountain Day will be celebrated as a public holiday every August 11, beginning in 2016.
Supporters of the holiday included legislator Seishiro Eto and the Japanese Alpine Club.
The legislation states that the holiday is to provide “opportunities to get familiar with mountains and appreciate blessings from mountains.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Day
That wraps up LOTS of history, be sure to like and spend money on ou… er, be sure to like & subscribe.
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Pip with ducktion cups, signinng off for the weekend.