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Léon Foucault's 194th Birthday

They have one of Foucault's pendulums at the Griffith Observatory in L.A..

felinefan wrote:They have one of Foucault's pendulums at the Griffith Observatory in L.A..

There's one in the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park too.

hobie16 wrote:Léon Foucault's 194th Birthday

I owe you again. :)

hobie16 wrote:There's one in the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park too.

There used to be one at Denver's Museum of Nature & Science -- I remember being fascinated by it as a kid.

[font=arial]100th anniversary of the first non-stop flight across the Mediterranean Sea

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For the past month, Yahoo has been making its logo do various things, like using the exclamation point for a jump rope, or skateboarding, etc.. Today it's throwing letters--the mail type--all over. They don't seem to be following a particular theme, just whatever their IT team or whoever comes up with on a daily basis. Somewhat interesting, though.

Maybe not the best timing considering the Federal Government shutdown starting today.

[font=arial]123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park[/font]

hobie16 wrote:Maybe not the best timing considering the Federal Government shutdown starting today.

[font=arial]123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park[/font]

I saw a headline reading "Google Celebrates Yosemite's Birthday Because You Can't." I thought it summed things up fairly well.

German Reunification Day 2013