It’s Friday Eve and it was a fun show. GSD Blend in the cup always makes things a little lively. I chat about progress in my greens growing experiment, Info about my trailer bearings and a new (old) product coming soon. Leading off with The Perfect Cup Question “If you could change two things about the world, what would you change?” followed up by a sweaty edition of LOTS of History prepared by Pip over at Ducktioncups.com (scroll to the bottom of click “LOTS of History” to see the notes.
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LOTS of History
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June 15th
Humans, happy Friday eve & I have pieced this history segment together between trying to help fix the slight problem of
“no air conditioning in the house”. 85*F inside, on a lovely Florida day. Big smiles…
- 763 BC – Assyrians record a solar eclipse that is later used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyria
- 1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
The first blood transfusion from animal to human was administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys,
eminent physician to King Louis XIV of France, on June 15, 1667.
He transfused the blood of a sheep into a 15-year-old boy, who survived the transfusion.
Denys performed another transfusion into a labourer, who also survived.
Both instances were likely due to the small amount of blood that was actually transfused into these people.
This allowed them to withstand the allergic reaction.
Pip’s notes- who knows their blood type?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_transfusion
- 1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
Goodyear is credited with inventing the chemical process to create and manufacture pliable, waterproof, moldable rubber.
In 1855, in the last of three patent disputes with fellow British rubber pioneer, Stephen Moulton, Hancock’s
patent was challenged with the claim that Hancock had copied Goodyear. Goodyear attended the trial. If Hancock lost,
Goodyear stood to have his own British patent application granted, allowing him to claim royalties from both Hancock and Moulton.
Both had examined Goodyear’s vulcanized rubber in 1842, but several chemists testified that it would not have been possible to
determine how it was made by studying it. Hancock prevailed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcanization
- 1934 – The United States Great Smoky Mountains National Park is founded.
As the most visited national park in the United States, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park anchors a large tourism
industry based in Sevier County, Tennessee adjacent to the park. Major attractions include Dollywood, the second-most visited
tourist attraction in Tennessee, Ober Gatlinburg, and Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies. Tourism to the park contributes an estimated
$2.5 billion annually into the local economy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Smoky_Mountains_National_Park
- 1992 – The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the United States to
forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the United States for trial, without approval from those other countries.
Humberto Álvarez Machaín, a Mexican physician, was allegedly involved in the 1985 kidnapping, torture, and murder of Enrique Camarena Salazar,
an American citizen employed by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, by “prolonging [his] life so that others could further torture and interrogate him.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Alvarez-Machain
- 2022 – Microsoft retires its ubiquitous Internet Explorer after 26 years in favor of its new browser, Microsoft Edge.
Pip’s notes- F off, Micro-whatever.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer
Birthday
- 1479 – Lisa del Giocondo, Italian model, subject of the Mona Lisa (d. 1542)
Little is known about Lisa’s life. Born in Florence and married in her teens to a cloth and silk merchant who
later became a local official, she was a mother to five children and led what is thought to have been a comfortable and ordinary steady income life.
Lisa outlived her husband, who was considerably her senior.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_del_Giocondo
- 1754 – Juan José Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1796)
a Spanish chemist and mineralogist, who was best known for being first to isolate tungsten with his brother Fausto Elhuyar in 1783.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Jos%C3%A9_Elhuyar
- 1872 – Thomas William Burgess, English swimmer and water polo player (d. 1950)
the second person to successfully complete a swim of the English Channel after Matthew Webb.
He performed the feat on 6 September 1911, on his 16th attempt.
Pip’s notes – Early swim suits were not becoming…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Burgess
Passings
- 1768 – James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (b. 1710)
a Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments, principally telescopes.
During his 35-year career as a telescope-maker he produced approximately 1,360 scientific instruments
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Short_(mathematician)
- 1992 – Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
an American animator and writer for television. His credits included
Batman: The Animated Series, Land of the Lost, The Real Ghostbusters,
The Smurfs, Star Trek: The Animated Series, and Tiny Toon Adventures.
Pip’s notes – Pip’s inner child is hiding the sniffles…. the little dude misses the weekend cartoons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Menville
Holidays
- The United Kingdom Celebrates National Beer day!
Cheers.
I’m sure there’s other holidays, but Pip is celebrating early for beer day.
Cheers, Get shit done, buy some LOTS silver and have nice day.
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