Monthly Archives: February 2021

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Black History … is American History and is daily not 28 days


Wethepeople“Mr. Sessions has used the awesome powers of this office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters.

 – Coretta Scott King

The feature picture is called “The Faces of My People” by Margaret Burroughs b.1917 and made of woodcut on paper.

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1962 – The 8th and 9th planets aligned for the first time in 400 years.


1962 8 of 9 planets align for 1st time in 400 years

This artistic rendering shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
This artistic rendering shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side. Credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

The eighth planet from the sun, Neptune is about the size of Uranus and is known for supersonic strong winds. Neptune is far out and cold. The planet is more than 30 times as far from the sun as…

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Ground Hog Day …February 2… also a Fun Fact below


The below information was posted April 2011

The Union of Concerned Scientists and the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania announced today that Groundhog Day will be pushed forward eight days to January 25 in 2012 in recognition of the impact climate change has had in the region.

Spring Comes Eight Days Earlier

Groundhog Day will be pushed forward eight days in recognition of the impact climate change has had on the region.

The change is based on analysis by UCS scientists who found that, since 1997, spring has come an average of eight days earlier to western Pennsylvania.