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MDBCs 07 Jan 2023


sandrewn

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January 7th 2023 - Holidays and Observances

 

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Observances (click on the day or week for details)

Harlem Globetrotter’s Day

I Am a Mentor Day

I’m Not Going To Take It Anymore Day

Mahayana New Year

National Bobblehead Day

National Pass Gas Day

National Tempura Day

 

Weston Koury’s Birthday

Nicolas Cage’s Birthday

Rand Paul’s Birthday

Lewis Hamilton’s Birthday

Lamar Jackson’s Birthday

Clix’s Birthday

Camille Rowe’s Birthday

Blue Ivy Carter’s Birthday

 

Fun Observances

Old Rock Day

January 7 is Old Rock Day. The unofficial holiday encourages people to acknowledge, celebrate, and learn more about old rocks and fossils.

Ammonite fossil.

A rock is a solid mass made of minerals or mineral-like substances. Used for a variety of purposes throughout the history of humankind - as tools, musical instruments, weapons and for mining - rocks form the outermost layer of Earth.

A Peek Into Earth's History

While natural processes - volcanic eruptions and erosion - continually help create rocks on Earth, old rocks are especially important to those who study the Earth and its history. Old rocks hold many answers to the mysteries of Earth's formation - they can tell scientists about natural events that played a role in the formation of the rocks and the effects that event had on other life forms in the area.

Old rocks can also sometimes hold fossils - the preserved remains of animals, plants and other organisms. These fossils can help scientists find out the kind of flora and fauna that existed in the past and what may have caused them to evolve or go extinct.

Finding the Age of Old Rocks

Geologists date old rocks using a technique called radiometric dating or radioactive dating. The process involves looking at the decay of radioactive elements available in rocks. The oldest rock of terrestrial origin to be dated using this method is a zircon found in the Jack Hills of Australia. Scientists estimate that the rock could be as old as 4.4 billion years.

How to Celebrate?

  • Learn more about the types of old rocks.
  • Pick up a book about fossils and learn how fossils tell us more about the Earth’s past or visit your local natural history museum.
  • Take a walk in the park and collect interestingly shaped rocks.
  • Buy your loved ones some pretty looking rocks. And by rocks, we mean jewels. After all, diamonds are old rocks.
  • Looking for a new hobby? May we suggest collecting rocks?
  • Find rocks boring? Listen instead to music from old rock bands.

Did You Know…

...that Petrology is the scientific study of rocks?

 

 

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Just because the items in these classified ads are free doesn’t mean they’re worth it:

• Free: Piano with matching bench seat, very good condition, all keys work probably 

• Free: 5 kitchen drawers, all matching naughty pine fronts 

• Free Vain Screening 

• Free rent in exchange for elderly woman 

 

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My three-year-old sat in the bathroom with me, watching as I 
removed my dentures and brushed them. After a few minutes, he asked, “Can you take your ears off too?”

 

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I’m now in high school, so when I ran into my third-grade teacher, I doubted she would remember me.

“Hi, Miss Butcher,” I said.

“Hi, Eddie,” she replied.

“So you do remember me?” I asked.

“Sure. You don’t always leave a good impression, but it is a lasting one.”

 

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Q. A man is washing windows on the 25th floor of an apartment building. Suddenly, he slips and falls. He has nothing to cushion his fall, and no safety equipment—but he doesn't get hurt. How is this possible?

A. He's washing windows inside the building.

 

 

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Mongolian Naval Force — Shipshub

 

 

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25 minutes ago, Backwoods Boy said:

Reading the mis-worded ads reminded me of one I saw advertising "vintage muslim sheets".

@Backwoods Boy

 

Reminds me of a mistake I made here in one of my posts, with reference to; ho verses hoe! Every so often, you might see me write that I have watch my Ps & Qs and also Hs. So now you know why.

 

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