November 2nd 2024 - Holidays and Observances

 

(click on the day for details)

• Christian feast day:
  • Agapius and companions
  • Domninus of Vienne
  • Erc of Slane (Ireland)
  • Justus of Trieste
  • Victorinus of Pettau
  • November 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion)
• Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
• Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico)
• Dziady (Belarus)
• Arrival of Indentured Labourers (Mauritius)
• International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations)
• Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota, United States)

 

Observances (click on the day, BD, or week for details)

All Souls Day (Brazil)

Be the Impact Day

Broadcast Traffic Professionals Day

Dynamic Harmlessness Day

Feast of St. Giusto

Look for Circles Day

National Bison Day

National Ohio Day

World Ballet Day

World Numbat Day

Kekri

Traffic Directors Day

 

Nelly’s Birthday

Marie Antoinette’s Birthday

Meow Michelle’s Birthday

KD Lang’s Birthday

Kendall Schmidt’s Birthday

RanbooLive’s Birthday

Soy Luigi’s Birthday

Isobel Yeung’s Birthday

James K. Polk’s Birthday

Dylan Dauzat’s Birthday

Hannah Hart’s Birthday

Dess Dior’s Birthday

David Schwimmer’s Birthday

Daniel Boone’s Birthday

Nickayla Rivera’s Birthday

Jimmy Garoppolo’s Birthday

Park Woo Jin’s Birthday

Josh Wiggins’s Birthday

Shah Rukh Khan’s Birthday

Stevie J.’s Birthday

Aga Khan III’s Birthday

Thiago Messi’s Birthday

Toni Logan’s Birthday

Brielle Barbusca’s Birthday

Karamo Brown

 

Fun Observances

Deviled Eggs Day

On November 2, boil some eggs, and make some delicious deviled or deviled eggs as they are spelled in the United Kingdom, because it is Deviled Eggs Day.

Deviled eggs are a popular snack or party food made from boiled eggs. Traditionally, the yolk is scooped out, mixed with mayo and seasonings and scooped back into the boiled egg whites. Deviled eggs are served cold.

No Sinister Origins

The dish can be traced back to ancient Rome, where it is believed that it was served as the first course. Today, deviled eggs are a very popular appetizer in European and American cuisine. They are traditionally also prepared as part of the Easter meal in many parts of the world. In the United States, deviled eggs are served in a special platter with slots to fit the egg halves.

Food historians have traced the use of the term deviled eggs to the 18th century. During that time, deviled was a culinary term for spicy and hot foods. It is possible that the association came from the connection between the devil and heat in Hell.

How to Celebrate?

• Make some deviled eggs at home for family and friends or host a deviled eggs buffet for brunch. Use your leftover deviled eggs to make egg salad sandwiches for Sandwich Day on November 3.
• Experiment with flavors and condiments. Add a little bit of curry powder to the mashed egg yolk and mayo mix for a South Asian flavor or perhaps some wasabi to transport you to Japan? Add avocados or bacon to the mix for an elevated taste.
• If you are feeling particularly fancy, what about topping the eggs with some caviar or some shaved truffles?

Did You Know…

…that contrary to the popular Equinox myth, one can balance an egg on its end all year long? According to the myth, an egg can be balanced on one end only at the exact moments of the Equinoxes.

 

 

 

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Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
Weevil
Weevil who?
Weevil weevil rock you.

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Knock! Knock!
Who's there?
Sam and Janet
Sam and Janet who?
Samenjanet Evening.

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Knock! Knock! Who's there? Boo hoo. Boo hoo who? Aww, don't cry—it's just a joke.

 

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From the police blotter, 
or, what a beat cop deals with 
every day:

• A deputy responded to a report 
of a vehicle stopping at mailboxes. 
It was the mail carrier.

• A woman said her son was 
attacked by a cat, and the cat would not allow her to take her son to the hospital.

• A resident said someone had 
entered his home at night and taken five pounds of bacon. Upon further investigation, police discovered 
his wife had gotten up for a late-night snack.

• A man reported that a squirrel 
was running in circles on Davis Drive, and he wasn’t sure if it was sick or had been hit by a car. An 
officer responded, and as he drove on the street, he ran over the squirrel.

 

 

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Out of all the creatures in the animal kingdom, hairy frogs are among some of the most freaky. These creatures, also known as the trichobatrachus robustus, or the horror frog, live in Central Africa where they break their own bones in order to produce claws when faced when faced with predators. One researcher explained:

 

Some other frogs have bony spines that project from their wrist, but in those species it appears that the bones grow through the skin rather than pierce it when needed for defense.

 

Males grow up to about four inches and grow long hair-like strands of skin and arteries. Its believed that this “hair” helps the frogs take in more oxygen into their skin. 

 

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