Tuesday, March 1, 2011

February 2011

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George "The Punching Bag" Morrison, world famous boxer, was born on this day in 1942. Morrison is best known for losing 17 million matches, all by knockout.

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Scientists at the University Of Minnesota Wabasso announced today that male platypuses have only one nostril. This announcement followed a 7 year $17 billion government sponsored study. Oprah Winfrey is on record as saying "That is one weird looking animal."

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On this day in 1963, Alex Fausteder created the Faustinator. Declared the the stinkiest sandwich ever, the Faustinator consists of Limburger, Onions, Sauerkraut, and Garlic on White Bread. Faustian would later invent a grilled version with Ham on it as well.

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In sports news, the Green Bay Packers won the Super Bowl by beating the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25. The Minnesota Vikings, the Packer's rivals in the NFC North, sent their congratulations and said "Enjoy it while it lasts, because we're going to kick your asses next season and then win the Super Bowl."

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Dana Mulder, an avid Star Trek fan, was born on this day in 1973. She claims to have been abducted by the Romulans 8 million times, despite the fact that they don't exists. Local authorities tend to say she's crazy. Romulans don't exist. Wookies on the other hand are something to worry about.

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Researchers in Germany have discovered that Camels can easily fit through the eye of a needle if hit with a shrink ray. Christians are protesting, claiming that Science is mocking the Bible. They plan to protest by doing nothing but pray for the souls of the scientists involved in this research.

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Today is National Bring Your Rutabaga To Work Day

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On this day in 1982, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died at the age of 251. Reports that he died in 1791 are in fact wrong. Historians attribute this inaccuracy to printing errors.

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ESPN announced earlier today that it will be shutting down till April since Football is done and Baseball hasn't started yet

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Apologies for the lack of TYDKYDK yesterday. We had technical difficulties. here is yesterday's TYDKYDK, as well as today's

Hannah Hendrickson was born on this day in 1998. Hendrickson, a mechanic in Toledo, is best known for her performance in her 1st grade play, where she played peasant #3 in Les Miserables

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One week from now, Chuck Norris will successfully travel backwards in time to type this

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On this day in 1952, Peter Simon went around the corner for coffee in his jammies and a coat*

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We apologize for the recent update issues. We have moved everything to a new Quantum Server

The Western conference won the NBA All-Star Game last night. No one cared. the Western conference won the NBA All-Star Game last night. No one cared. mean while 5 billion watched Trevor Bayne win the Daytona 500 and 4 billion watched as The Miz retained the WWE Heavyweight title against Jerry "The King" Lawler at Elimination Chamber

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Hermon Cruz was born on this day in 1902. He is known for being the youngest person ever executed for violating the US Army's No Kissing Elk policy at the age of 921

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Chuck Norris just attempted to travel back in time one week to type something last Wednesday

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On this day in history, at 3:47 PM est, on the corner of fourth and Broadway, just as a green car passed, something happened

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Today is rare disease day. A day to celebrate a disease so rare, it was given it's own day **





* Simon Pegg posted on Twitter that morning that he had done this, giving the inspiration for it.
** it actually is Rare Disease day, which is for promoting rare diseases and raising funding to research and find a cure for them