18 February 2019
Athazagoraphobics suffer from the irrational fear of being forgotten or ignored. Idiot mittens are attached with yarn—through coat sleeves—to keep them from being lost. This is Independence Day for those who live in The Gambia, freed from Britain’s rule in 1965. The Ski-Doo was the Ski-Dog until the painter mis-painted the name on the prototype. There were no gunslingers in early western Canada because they all wore mittens. Strict vegans abhor silk. There are precisely 138 terminal board positions in a game of Tic-Tac-Toe. Today in 1815, the Treaty of Ghent was proclaimed in Washington, ending the War of 1812. Art Deco reigned as the international style king from 1925 to 1939. The tofu crossed the road to prove it wasn’t chicken. The top request by our soldiers in WWII was Hockey Night in Canada ; smokes came second. The Egg McMuffin was first introduced to fast food junkies in 1972. Today in 1861, Jefferso...