Thought of the day
I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.
Fact of the day
If a human being’s DNA were uncoiled, it would stretch 10 billion miles, from Earth to Pluto and back.
Within three days of dying, the enzymes that digested a person’s food will begin to diegest that person’s body.
What happened in history today
1986 The space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff.
Failure of two rubber seals leads to space shuttle disaster witnessed by millions
President Ronald Reagan was scheduled to deliver the State of the Union that night, but his address was cancelled.
Instead he gave a televised speech from the Oval Office, now remembered as one of the finest ever delivered by a president.
“We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God,” he said.
