Archives from September, 2010




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Sep 10

Today in Hystery September 28th

   On this day in 1542, the Spanish explorer, Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovered California when he landed at San Diego. It must have been an exciting moment for him writing in his ship’s log. All the explorers wrote ship’s logs, although, just like ‘web logs’ became ‘blogs’, ships logs became ‘shlogs’. You would think that [...]



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Sep 10

Today in Hystery September 27th

“On this day in 1968, the musical “Hair” opened in London. Thousands of Britons were shocked by the profanity, the drugs and the nudity. This was because, as you know, British people hardly ever have sex. To the British, foreplay is six words, “Lie back and think of England”.



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Sep 10

Today in Hystery September 26th

“On this day in 1887, a man named Emile Berliner patented the Gramophone. It didn’t catch on for quite a while because people thought it was just a phone for contacting your grandmother, and she was useless with new gadgets anyway.”



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Sep 10

Today in Hystery September 25th

“On this day in 1885, in Battleford Saskatchewan, the Indian chief Kapapamahchakwew was tried for treason and sentenced to hang for involvement in North West Rebellion. He was also charged with public endangerment because his name was blocking the doors to the court house.”