Good morning! It’s Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
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WORD OF THE DAY
Yoicks [yoiks] (interjection) 1. Fox hunting. (used as a cry by the huntsman to encourage the hounds); 2. (used as a cry of high spirits or encouragement.)
TV TRIVIA
In “Stranger Things,” what was the name of the young boy who vanished in Hawkins, Indiana?
A. Benny Hammond
B. Jack Sawyer
C. Will Byers
D. Davis Garraty
(Answer at bottom of column)
NUMBER TO KNOW
1: The maximum time a high jumper has remained airborne is 1 second. An average human’s hang time is about 0.53 seconds. Michael Jordan’s longest hang time record is 0.92 seconds.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
April 27, 1773: The British Parliament passes the unpopular Tea Act, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company from bankruptcy by greatly lowering the tea tax it paid to the British government and, thus, granting it a de facto monopoly on the American tea trade.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Rapper Lizzo (33)
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.” – Albert Einstein
TRIVIA ANSWER
C. Will Byers
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