This Day in History: 1984
seven chemical companies, including Dow and Monsanto, agreed to pay $180 million to thousands of Vietnam veterans who'd been exposed to the chemical herbicide Agent Orange during the war. Lawyers for both sides announced the surprise out-of-court settlement on the day jury selection was set to begin.
This Day in History: 1994
former Arkansas state clerk Paula Jones filed suit against President Bill Clinton in the federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas, asking for $700,000 in damages. The case was just one of four major scandals that combined to threaten Clinton's second term.
This Day in History: 1994
former Arkansas state clerk Paula Jones filed suit against President Bill Clinton in the federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas, asking for $700,000 in damages. The case was just one of four major scandals that combined to threaten Clinton's second term.
This Day in History: 1809
Mary Kies became the first American woman to receive a patent, for her straw-and-silk weaving technique to create hats. The patent was signed by President James Madison.
This Day in History: 1809
Mary Kies became the first American woman to receive a patent, for her straw-and-silk weaving technique to create hats. The patent was signed by President James Madison.
This Day in History: 1809
Mary Kies became the first American woman to receive a patent, for her straw-and-silk weaving technique to create hats. The patent was signed by President James Madison.
This Day in History: 1809
Mary Kies became the first American woman to receive a patent, for her straw-and-silk weaving technique to create hats. The patent was signed by President James Madison.
This Day in History: 1809
Mary Kies became the first American woman to receive a patent, for her straw-and-silk weaving technique to create hats. The patent was signed by President James Madison.
Fun Fact
More than 80% of the white sand around tropical coral reefs is actually the byproduct of parrotfish excretion.
More than 80% of the white sand around tropical coral reefs is actually the byproduct of parrotfish excretion.
Publisher cancels horror novel over AI use
Hachette Book Group cancelled publication of upcoming horror novel Shy Girl over allegations that author Mia Ballard used artificial intelligence to generate large portions of text. According to the New York Times, it's the first time that a major publishing house has withdrawn a book over alleged AI use. Ballard claims that an editor added the AI-generated text.
Speed Training game shown
to reduce dementia risk
Brain training research shows a 25 percent reduction in dementia risk for one specific type of game.
It used a specific exercise called Double Decision, available through a platform called BrainHQ.
Here is how it works: a car or tractor flashes briefly in the center of the screen. Simultaneously, a Route 66 sign appears somewhere in the periphery, surrounded by distracting road signs. You must correctly identify both — the vehicle and the sign location — before they disappear. As your accuracy improves, the images flash faster and the distractions multiply.
It trains the brain to process multiple pieces of visual information quickly — a fundamentally different skill than memorizing word lists or solving logic puzzles. Researchers who study cognitive decline believe that processing speed, not memory alone, may be one of the earliest and most important markers of brain health.
Change your Google habits
By now, you have seen the AI answers pop up on Google when you search. And it's high time to treat Google more like an AI and less like a search engine.
Say you want to know if a glass of V8 is nutritionally better than a glass of milk. Instead of googling nutritional value of each, simply ask Google to compare them for you.
You can also use Google for broader informational questions: What are the causes of... What factors influenced... However, keep in mind that AIs work on probability and training data, not certainty. Treat broad and analytical AI answers as a helpful draft.
🏔️ Think you know your National Parks? Let's find out.
Which U.S. National Park receives the MOST visitors every single year — drawing over 12 million people and more traffic than Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon COMBINED?
A) Zion National Park
B) Rocky Mountain National Park
C) Great Smoky Mountains National Park
D) Yosemite National Park
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✅ The answer is C — Great Smoky Mountains National Park!
Straddling the Tennessee/North Carolina border, Great Smoky Mountains has held the #1 spot for most visited National Park for DECADES. No entrance fee, stunning scenery, and easy access from major cities? Yeah, the people have spoken.
Did you get it right? Drop your answer in the comments — no shame if the Smokies surprised you. They humble a LOT of confident trivia players. 😄
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This Day in History: 1929
Edda van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston, the daughter of an English banker and a Dutch baroness who for decades has been better known to her many film fans as the actress Audrey Hepburn, was born near Brussels, Belgium.